On a gloomy Kentucky Derby Day, Grace Potter wowed the Churchill Downs crowd with a slow but showy version of the national anthem.
The Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter wore a cream cowboy hat she customized with feathers and a gold, waist-cinched dress with gold accessories for her performance at the 151st race in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 3. Potter kept her performance measured until the very end, when she did some showboating on the final word "brave."
The performance came ahead of the release of her "lost" album, "Medicine," recorded in 2008 with T Bone Burnett and out May 30. She'll support the album on tour with Chris Stapleton in July.
Many fans praised Potter as a "powerhouse" vocalist, and one shared quite the compliment: "My grandma said that it gave her goosebumps."
But "before you lose your minds," the fan noted, "I did not say better than."
"Very nice job," another said. "Never heard her before. I was impressed."
One viewer called it a "miserably slow" and "selfish" version.
"Don't they have try outs for the national anthem anymore?" another wondered. "Wince, wince."
"You let me down," one fan tweeted. "Zero Inspiration. Darn."