Would Japan's Consul General run divebombs down the length of an distorted open E string to portray the rockets red glare as Jimi Hendrix did in his psychedelic version of The Star Spangled Banner in 1969? Why yes he would. And he'd put a little vibrato on it before he little winged it out his 10-watt Vox amp. Consul General Yamanouchi would have made Jimi righteous proud, laughing, and slapping
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