E22: "American Woman" Lauren Hart on Nailing the National Anthem Every Time




The True Philadelphia Podcast with Matt O'Donnell
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Summary: Lauren Hart thinks she has sung the Star Spangled Banner 1,000 times. Easily. It started as something neat to try at a Flyers game. Decades later and she's still performing it just as gracefully as the last time. Lauren explains why the song is so difficult to sing, how her father (the late Flyers broadcaster Gene Hart) influenced how she performs it, why it was so hard doing a duet version of "God Bless America" with the late Kate Smith, if she is scared of Gritty (the Flyers' new mascot) and why she is getting political with her upcoming new album "American Woman." Oh, and what about Fergie's version of the Star Spangled Banner?