I got a number of good ideas for this feature last night at Drinking Liberally, but I’m deferring them for now. This being 4th of July weekend, it seemed only right to try to rustle up some unobjectionable patriotic music. A harder task than you might think, but I’ve found a few and I’ve decided to make a bit of a concert. This Land is Your Land is out of the question, because I’ve already posted in at least twice. Nor could I put up the most overtly “patriotic” song to ever top the charts, the gag inducing Ballad of the Green Berets, which is indeed there on youtube, sung by the long and justifiably forgotten Barry Sadler.
So, I’ve settled on these. First, you can play a game of spot the celebrity while listening to Willie Nelson sing America the Beautiful. I have no idea what they were raising money for, but it couldn’t have been anything too terrible, given the politics of some of the folks on that stage.
Jimi Hendrix, with the greatest ever version of the Star Spangled Banner.
Next up, Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul singing I am a Patriot. Advance to about 2 minutes in if you want to skip the sermon.
Finally, what’s the Fourth of July without Born in the USA.
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