Monday, July 4, 2011

Stars and Stripes


From one of the best piccolo solos.....

John Philips Sousa - The Stars and Stripes Forever.mp3
Buy: Sousa's Greatest Hits (1999)

.....to one of the best guitar solos....

Jimi Hendrix - The Star Spangled Banner.mp3
Buy: Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix (1998)

....to a brilliant song that doesn't really have anything to do with Independence Day.

Dave Alvin - 4th of July.mp3
From: King of California (1994, out of print, according to Amazon)
This album is brilliant! How the hell can it be out of print!

2 comments:

Walter Sobchuk said...

You should post Stars and Stripes of Corruption by the Dead Kennedys

FurryBootsCityBoy said...

4th of July is a great track but I always preferred the version (slowed down acoustic) that was done on one of his albums which I had many years ago on pre-recorded cassette - but I remember it had a different title in the UK from the album that was released in the USA. Still a great song and Dave Alvin is a massively underrated singer/songwriter.