The Star-Spangled Banner (Acoustic)

[guitardog123456]

Nice Job!!! God Bless America and......Our Troops!

[momphkey]

Awesome

[yuothineyesasian]

nice, check my version out would you?

watch?v=5VPmJpB2EIo

[thecorsario31]

fantastico

[72ve17]

very nice

[jbguitarplayer15]

check out my cover of this song i love this bluegrass version

[Papatalk]

5 stars!

[Guitarperson81]

I love your rendition. I literally tear up at the bridge.

[number1covers]

Actually, you don't want to change a song like this too much. My band pretty much nailed this one. Check out our vid for some pointers. And yes, people openly weep when we play our version.

Go ahead now git goin'. And bring a hanky ya big galute!

[BlackMaxx37]

amazing wow!

[fleischixxx92]

amazing

[skynyrdguitar7]

that rocks bro!

[seconway05]

Hello there, Very nice video and your great on the guitar, wish I could see the tab to learn it myself. God Bless our troops and thank God my brother is ok, he was shot twice in Iraq on July 1st.(US Army)

[musiclovvver]

Hi, I want to say to you that i like this vid! It is Amazing!

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Let me know if you liked the video and tell me about other nice video's!

[Tribulation725]

if you claim you support our soldiers, you probably shouldn't have included the part about anger and sadness towards our current government in the video description.

[phild1214]

I respectfully disagree - I do support our soldiers, and to do so brings up feelings of anger and sadness about what they are going through...

[SPeppar]

Not at all. Supporting the troops and supporting the war/government are two different things. Supporting the troops means supporting that they are over there doing a service for their country and putting their lives at risk. Supporting the war is supporting the thing that they are fighting against.

[annigeturgun]

To support our military means supporting what they are doing. If not, you are saying, "I respect you, but not your job, I don't believe in what you are risking your life for." No one wants to see another 9/11, USS Cole, embassies bombed, etc., Stay proud.

[Valcarion]

@annigeturgun Yes, but not why they are doing it. The reason for them having to do what they are doing, right now, isn't that clear, and for that reason, many of us are questioning why, and starting to get angry at the seemingly lack of humanity of the US government. My cousin had been in the Army for 5 years, 2 tours of Iraq, and I proudly support him, the rest of the armed forces, and what they do. But I do NOT support the REASON they must do what they have to do..

[annigeturgun]

@Valcarion You are entitled to your opinion. I do not agree. Most people do not agree with you. However, our sons and daughters, friends and family are doing what they are called to do according to their courage and honor so that you may have the freedom to voice your opinion. I respect your right to have that opinion.

[Valcarion]

@annigeturgun You obviously don't understand the point I was making, so I will reiterate it, hopefully it will come through this time.

"However, our sons and daughters, friends and family are doing what they are called to do according to their courage and honor so that you may have the freedom to voice your opinion."

That right there is EXACTLY what I was trying to say I supported. You basically rewrote my point, without the bit about not liking the US government. Does that make any sense?

[Valcarion]

@annigeturgun I love the military, I love our sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, and friends who fight and die every day to preserve our right. There is nothing more honorable than that, save all mankind never fighting again, which will never happen.

This is the only thing I said that was different was I don't approve of what our government uses the military for.

You and I are on the same page about the military, but we differ on our opinions about the government. And that's ok! :)

[miles305678]

Support the people themselfs, not the war thats killing them.

[effects69]

ok now please do the welsh one ;) and if ya do pm me :D

[irvingjohn]

The sad ending does reflect the anger towards the current government. Excellent, top notch arrangement... my goal as a guitar player is to some day be this good.

[phild1214]

Thanks...

[anyusmoon1]

Positively lovely, thank you.

[phild1214]

Thanks for your nice comment...

[littlemissjeni21]

Amazing job :)

[phild1214]

So Glad you liked it...

[dreamrequest]

Great job! I'm going to have my son learn this one (21 yo US Army active, 1 tour, next one coming up)

love the reference to blowing in the wind... great esp in today's political climate!

[phild1214]

Thanks very much for your comment, and God bless you and your son.

[ElvenDane]

Do you by any chance have a tab of this ?

[phild1214]

Thanks - no I don't have a tab for it just yet...

[ElvenDane]

Lovely ;-) - great picking.

The ironic thing is that it's originally an English tune.

[VinMonroe]

Yo! I'm not sure at all it would be so cool and nice with the French one ! .. lol ! good job brother of finger-ache ! what I'm quite sure is that you should know Marcel ( the French guitarist ! ) ..Marcel Dadi of course .. peace to his soul! ..see you !..

[hotcrosc]

aw that wuz real nice.

[b03y]

well done.

[kevpresent]

That was a good job , minus the political comments to the right ( or should I say far left) Cant we just be proud of Old Glory and leave it at that.... Kev * .... 7th Generation Grandson to the Designer of the United States Flag

[annigeturgun]

7th generation to Betsy Ross? Wow!

[mandolindan]

Thank you....that was excellent.

[tallisrock]

a very good arrangement of the star spangled -you should try it on a classical guitar

[fastlab89]

im not american, but you did a nice job with the arrangement =]

[Toxic1Pickel]

check out hendrix's version!!

[phild1214]

I did...many, many years ago...it is a masterpiece...

[heykid50]

thats really pretty, even though in all technicality i am canadian, i still like hearing the US anthem.. maybe you could do a canadian anthem? hahaha...good luck with that

[alekgrey]

Thanks

[1122BILL]

Nice work dude!DERBYSHIRE,ENGLAND.

[xtelevisionset]

That's some nice fingerpickin' there. Where'd you get the sheet music?

[phild1214]

Thanks...It's my own arrangement

[phobics]

thats great nearly as good as rule britannia

[dawnwtc2007]

That was so good!

[maukrvp]

I am a vet and that song has great meaning to me and my family and just wanted to thank you for doing a fine job and it was great. Thank You Again!!!!!!!!!

[phild1214]

And thank you, sir - that means a lot...

[rosemarysmi]

So beautiful.

[charlesrcrown]

really good. second only to whitney at the sbowl

[TonyBtheEG]

It was good.

[ledzeppjase]

IM logged in as ma bro im 11 and that is sum mad guitar

[phild1214]

Thanks everyone for listening and watching and sharing your comments...

[harpersteven]

im irish.. but still really enjoyed it!

nice one!!!

[squids5]

Nothing screams patriotic likes a guitar solo that kicks asteroid and a bookshelf in the background

[spartan4329]

nice fancing it up

[nerujband]

awesome... nice play....

[thejerkyboys]

Nice job man!

[krisroyale]

very nice! im not an american but its awesome!

[tanklesshawk]

Beautiful! (Tears) No seriously though, very nice job. A work of art.

[THERes1gnation]

this is so awesome

[Rocko45]

it wasn't even that good

[creamofcardstv]

great video! Definitely worth 5 stars. Please try out my strange musical instrument quiz when you have time.

[metalmonkey666]

you make me proud.

[edpalmer2]

You got the idia! (nice guitar) edpalmer

[KC1967]

wow!!!! good job!!

[starhobo]

very cool arrangement!

[DanWCheatham]

5 stars! Just one question; What chord was that at the very end?

[phild1214]

It's basically an A with an added 9th - that is I'm playing B on the fourth fret of the G string instead of A -

[GiantColoringBook]

Cool

[technorganic]

very humbling and pretty as the acoustic version, nicely done, thanks a lot man. brings back memories, would love to see some montage vidoes of this!

Thanks,

BD

pcdj user since 1999!

Long Live Digital 1 Media.

[edpalmer2]

Brings back memories to me also!! edpalmer

[nuse75]

BEAUTIFUL MUCISIAN

[blue2flame]

thats really good they should put u on olieo´´com

[stealurface1976]

very nice...great picking skills...congrats on the feature as well!

[lastkidpicked169]

That was great

[browncmp]

I remember when Slash did that, sounds better acoustic.

[lgroman]

Very nice!

[PeaceProfit]

Now is the time to remember, to realize, that those who die in support of their nation, either, soldier, enemy or victim, do so with the express intent of securing peace for all nations, and it is this effort that the living hold the soul responsibility to actively achieve, through the strength, unity and peaceful change offered by the dawn of this precious tomorrow so costly secured . . .

BL*M

[jotanai68]

Good job!!!

[xjennifartx]

beautiful! most enjoyable..

[amusinggrace]

very nice! thank you for posting.

[muffinhead9]

Oh yes BEUTIFUL......Thanx, and God Bless ya Love

[RunningKicksButt]

This was beautifully played. Thank you for paying tribute to our Nation. God Bless.

[OneCarolinaGirl]

Fantastic!

[nyjbarnes]

Amen, God Bless America.

[thatsmichael]

Nice. I wish I could do that. Maybe one day I can come up with my own version. I am wondering how long you have been playing that.

[Dreamer2TV]

Thank God! Not another pit-a-ful "Hendrix" version! This one's worth listening to, very enjoyable - thank you for doing this.

[robindavies24]

Well played great variety of positions, what guitar are you playing ?

[phild1214]

Martin D-28...1967...my baby...