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50 years ago, Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock anthem expressed the hopes and fears of a nation

  • Written by Mark Clague, Associate Professor of Musicology, University of Michigan
Hendrix's version of the National Anthem combined reverence and revolution.nelag0/pixabay, CC BY

One of the most powerful, searing renditions of the national anthem ever recorded, Jimi Hendrix’s iconic Woodstock anthem, almost never happened.

In his memoir, Hendrix’s drummer, Mitch Mitchell, admitted that the band “hadn’t...

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