Among the world’s best-known national anthems, “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) emerged out of a welter of ... the melody unfurling out of a stirring introductory snare drum roll—it’s no wonder that ...

Jimi Hendrix’s Star-Spangled Banner brought the sounds of Vietnam to the crowd at Woodstock. But he wasn’t the only musician to reimagine the national anthem during a time of war.