The New Orleans native should bring rich musicality and innovation to the anthem. The over-under is set at 120.5 seconds.

Then he started to play “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Many guitar heroes have played the national anthem. Famously, Jimi Hendrix performed the song at Woodstock, delivering an iconic rendition ...

Jimi Hendrix composed a dissonant version of the “Star Spangled Banner.” He explored the piercing dynamics of the electric guitar to implant a radical interpretation of the anthem at the close ...

Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812.

Jimi Hendrix composed a dissonant version of the “Star Spangled Banner.” He explored the piercing dynamics of the electric guitar to implant a radical interpretation of the anthem at the close ...