Independence Day is here, but my DirecTV service is down, meaning that I cant watch “A Capitol Fourth” on TV – and analog television had been extinct for over three weeks! So what should an American do without the annual outdoor concert that featrues the likes of Barry Maniolw and Elmo?

Perhaps you viral video fans have heard or seen the infamous John Daker, a member of the First United Methodist Church in Peoria, Illinois. Many people laughed or mocked his singing of the medley that contains  “Christ the Lord is Risen Today” and “That’s Amore,” but there’s more to him than his moment (make that one and a half moments) of fame and infamy – he gathered five other congregants and sang a rather messed-up medley of “God Bless America” and the “Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

In other words, happy Independence Day!