I wanted to share with you this video I made - I arranged an acoustic version of our National Anthem awhile back, in part as an expression of my view of the Iraq war, incorporating a little bit of another great American tune: “How many roads must a man walk down…”. I recently went back to it, and it came out as blues:  because I’ve been playing a lot of blues, and as a gesture of  appreciation for the contributions African-Americans have made in so many ways to American and world culture, and  as a tribute to Barack Obama being nominated for President…
I hope we all vote in November… and let’s hope things change.  Phil Drum

 

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