HORSESH!T. Hendrix was a patriot who loved America, served in the military (although it was determined that that was not a suitable occupation for him), and expressed his love in that song.
His Star Spangled Banner rendition was not unpatriotic - it was the exact opposite. This writer is 180 degrees wrong.
That’s what I thought as well.
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“Hendrix was a patriot who loved America, served in the military (although it was determined that that was not a suitable occupation for him), and expressed his love in that song.”
Bears repeating. Hendrix did serve, and may or may not have supported war in Vietnam, but his rock version is exquisite exactly because it’s patriotic and yet distinctive. Hendrix didn’t play it as in a marching band, yet it still stands as a great version of our National Anthem.
I never perceived his Woodstock performance of "Star Spangled Banner" to be anti-patriotic or even as a protest against Vietnam. If I remember it, his performance was so late at night that the sun was coming up as it was ending. The sunrise inspired Jimi to do the national anthem as an improvised guitar solo.
Yep, while Jimi may not have been a fan of the Vietnam War in terms of the way it was conducted, he made it clear he was not a fan of the Viet Cong, or Communism in general.