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Rewinding Jimi Hendrix’s national anthem

Posted by MsPiggleWiggle
Tags: usa, history, 1960s, festivals.music, woodstock, musicians, jimi hendrix, anthems.national, guitars.fender, fourth of july, independence, national day, war, protests, author.paul grimstad, source.the new yorker, paywall
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/rewinding-jimi-hendrixs-national-anthem

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The New Yorker
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Jan 26 2021
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  1. MsPiggleWiggle
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    If you're paywalled and video of Hendrix playing the Anthem at Woodstock Our Declaration of Independence was signed on Aug. 2, 1776, and Woodstock was on Aug. 15-18, 1969, so it was a nice nod to...

    If you're paywalled and video of Hendrix playing the Anthem at Woodstock

    Our Declaration of Independence was signed on Aug. 2, 1776, and Woodstock was on Aug. 15-18, 1969, so it was a nice nod to a largely-forgotten date.

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    doingmybest
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    Aaaaarrrrrrrrgggghhhhhh! I just had to go listen to it again. It’s so good. It’s so painful, it’s so true. America was so beautiful and so deeply broken. This music still rings true.

    Aaaaarrrrrrrrgggghhhhhh! I just had to go listen to it again. It’s so good. It’s so painful, it’s so true. America was so beautiful and so deeply broken. This music still rings true.

    3 votes
    1. anadem
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      is Thank you MsPiggleWiggle, it's so refreshing to hear Jimi again, especially today

      America was so beautiful and so deeply broken

      was is

      Thank you MsPiggleWiggle, it's so refreshing to hear Jimi again, especially today

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