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Title: Top Ten Solo-Guitar Versions of ?The Star Spangled Banner? Post by: FunkyMonkey on July 05, 2011, 12:48:17 PM Top Ten Solo-Guitar Versions of ?The Star Spangled Banner?
July 4, 2011 Happy 4th of July, everyone! In honor of today?s independence day, I think it?s fitting to share some videos of, what I would consider, some of the greatest guitar players to ever perform ?The Star Spangled Banner?. Included in this column is Steve Vai?s particularly shred-awesome version of the song, Zakk Wylde?s gritty version, and Eric Johnson?s fluid version ? we can?t forget the versions by Dave Mustaine and Slash. Those are some great shredders, but lets not forget some of the classics such as Stevie Ray Vaughan (using a slide!) ? and of course, there?s the master of them all, Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock. So I figured adding more solo-versions to this column, the better! I could?ve kept on going, but I think ten versions of the same song pretty much gets the point across, and this represents a great mix of versions and styles from shred, metal, bass and blues. Videos: ZAKK WYLDE SLASH DAVE MUSTAINE NEAL SCHON TED NUGENT STEVE VAI ERIC JOHNSON CLIFF BURTON STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN JIMI HENDRIX http://www.gear-vault.com/guitar-star-spangled-banner/ Title: Re: Top Ten Solo-Guitar Versions of ?The Star Spangled Banner? Post by: lynn1961 on July 06, 2011, 01:35:33 AM Very nice! For me, personally, there is nothing like hearing this song on electric guitar. I actually listened to every single video and loved it! So, as always - thank you.
I just gotta' say that I thought Vai's version was the best (yes, even above the Hendrix version) (ok.....yeah....and Slash too). And as I was watching it, I noticed Steven Adler in it - Rock n' Jock 1990. Title: Re: Top Ten Solo-Guitar Versions of ?The Star Spangled Banner? Post by: Trist805 on July 06, 2011, 12:57:39 PM Heck yea, Eric Johnson! I'd love to see that one...oh sweet there is a video in the link!
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