I am looking for a rendition by a radio personality.  He put together
music behind a narrative about what Francis Scott Key saw and how he
came to write the Star Spangled Banner.  I don't think he ever sold
it.  He just plays it occasionally on the radio and it may be on a web
site.

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Request for Question Clarification by jes5199-ga on 09 Jul 2002 08:30 PDT

Can you tell us anything about the Radio Station (Name / City / Call letters / 
FM Frequency) or about the radio personality ?

Hi -
I'm not at all sure this is the guy you're looking for, so I'm just
going to post it as a comment -

The singer is called Larry Hosford - he's a country singer/songwriter,
and he has a rendition of the Star Spangled Banner that weaves
together the actual song lyrics with his "story" of that night.  His
song is called "DEFENCE OF FORT M'HENRY".

Have a look at the following page on his website - it lists the song
lyrics:
http://www.larryhosford.com/SC%20Lyrics/Defence%20Of%20Fort%20M'Henry.htm

I haven't been able to find any web-based or physical recording of the
song, and his website seems to say there aren't any web recordings,
anyway.

It's not on any of his albums - see here:
http://www.larryhosford.com/Music.htm

If this *is* the rendition you're looking for, there are contact
details on his website that might lead you to an actual recording of
the song.