"Star Spangled Banner" by the Port 5 Live Jazz Trio @ the National association of Naval Veterans

When a distinguished group of Naval Veterans ask if you can play the "National Anthem" for them, you don't say that you don't know it...you just figure it out as you go....
Joe Corsello-Drums
Preston Murphy-Bass
Michael Stark-Guitar
The story goes.......The “Star-Spangled Banner” was a poem. The words were written by Francis Scott Key in 1814. During the War of 1812, on September 13, 1814, Key watched a night-time battle between Great Britain and America that took place in Baltimore, Maryland at Fort McHenry. He was trying to secure the release of prisoners but ended up being detained and held by the British. The bombing of Fort McHenry continued throughout the night, and the American flag, the symbol of our nation, was not always visible. If the flag was not flying or was replaced with a British flag, it would mean that the British had captured the fort.