OK, look: The Star-Spangled Banner is very, very hard to sing.
It starts really low and ends really high “land of the free.” It’s got a lot of lyrics to remember. In short, I’m always impressed by people who perform it at huge events.
Conan Gray — who is a 23-year-old singer-songwriter — was at Dodger Stadium, singing the United States’ national anthem before the Home Run Derby … and there were a lot of critics out there.
