Name: Sacred Steel
Brand: Arhoolie
SKU: 446657
Price: 12.14 USD
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Sacred Steel

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Album: Sacred Steel
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Don't Let the Devil Ride	More Info...	0:03
2)	In the Garden	More Info...	0:03
3)	At the Cross	More Info...	0:03
4)	Call Him By His Name	More Info...	0:03
5)	Pass Me Not, Oh Gentle Savior	More Info...	0:02
6)	Joyful Sounds	More Info...	0:04
7)	Just a Closer Walk With Thee	More Info...	0:05
8)	Little Wooden Church On A Hill	More Info...	0:04
9)	Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Poor Man's Friend	More Info...	0:06
10)	This Is A Holy Church	More Info...	0:07
11)	At the Cross	More Info...	0:02
12)	Amazing Grace	More Info...	0:02
13)	God Be With You	More Info...	0:01
14)	Closing Prayer	More Info...
15)	Praise the Lord Everybody	More Info...	0:08
16)	Amazing Grace	More Info...	0:04
17)	Praise Music	More Info...	0:04
18)	Father In Jesus' Name	More Info...	0:03
19)	House Of God March	More Info...	0:04
20)	God Be With You	More Info...	0:01

Album: Sacred Steel
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Don't Let the Devil Ride	More Info...	0:03
2)	In the Garden	More Info...	0:03
3)	At the Cross	More Info...	0:03
4)	Call Him By His Name	More Info...	0:03
5)	Pass Me Not, Oh Gentle Savior	More Info...	0:02
6)	Joyful Sounds	More Info...	0:04
7)	Just a Closer Walk With Thee	More Info...	0:05
8)	Little Wooden Church On A Hill	More Info...	0:04
9)	Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Poor Man's Friend	More Info...	0:06
10)	This Is A Holy Church	More Info...	0:07
11)	At the Cross	More Info...	0:02
12)	Amazing Grace	More Info...	0:02
13)	God Be With You	More Info...	0:01
14)	Closing Prayer	More Info...
15)	Praise the Lord Everybody	More Info...	0:08
16)	Amazing Grace	More Info...	0:04
17)	Praise Music	More Info...	0:04
18)	Father In Jesus' Name	More Info...	0:03
19)	House Of God March	More Info...	0:04
20)	God Be With You	More Info...	0:01

Performer Notes

Personnel: Willie Eason (vocals, steel guitar); Fayette Coney (vocals); Alvin Lee (electric guitar, electric bass); Ronnie Mozee, John Hampton (electric guitar); Henry Nelson, Sonny Treadway, Aubrey Ghent (steel guitar); Francine Jones, Carlos Fox (keyboards); Terrence Elliot (electric bass); Timothy Williams, Lejena Manning, Benjamin Beckford (drums).
Liner Note Authors: Sherry S. Depree; Hubert C. Depree.
Recording information: Church Of Living God, Deerfield Beach, FL (09/05/1993-07/13/1996); Church Of The Living God, Deerfield Beach, FL (09/05/1993-07/13/1996); Daytona Beach, FL (09/05/1993-07/13/1996); Deerfield Beach, FL (09/05/1993-07/13/1996); Eason Residence, St. Peterburg, FL (09/05/1993-07/13/1996); House Of God Church, Perrine, FL (09/05/1993-07/13/1996); Howard Johnson Motor Lodge, Daytona Beach, FL (09/05/1993-07/13/1996); Ocala, FL (09/05/1993-07/13/1996); Perrine, FL (09/05/1993-07/13/1996); St. Petersburg, FL (09/05/1993-07/13/1996); Univ. of Florida's Harn Museum (09/05/1993-07/13/1996); University Of Florida's Harn Museum (09/05/1993-07/13/1996).
Photographer: Robert Stone.
Arrangers: Fayette Coney; Henry Nelson; Aubrey Ghent.
Sacred Steel is one amazing collection. Subtitled "Traditional Sacred African-American Steel Guitar Music in Florida," this multi-artist chronicling of this seldom-heard genre is a musical and emotional delight. The electric lap steel guitar has been the instrument of choice in both the Jewel Dominion and Keith Dominions (both African-American Holiness-Pentecostal churches) since the late '30s, replacing the traditional church organist. This collection showcases the pioneering work of five of its best known and most influential sacred steel practitioners: Willie Eason, Sonny Treadway, Glenn Lee, Henry Nelson, and his son, Aubrey Ghent. Their individual approaches to this style range from crude blues-based slides and slurs (blues table steel master Hop Wilson is called to mind more than once here) to highly technical flourishes bordering on country pedal steel sounds, with all of it played with a sincerity and spirit indigenous to the music, which is nothing short of heartfelt and energetic. Split evenly between instrumentals and the instrument interfacing with the congregation and choir at live religious services, the music runs the gamut from still and beautiful (Sonny Treadway's instrumentals) to the wild and abandoned playing of Aubrey Ghent. This is 75 minutes of music that will appeal to blues and gospel and even retro-minded rock & roll fans willing to take the time to explore this fascinating genre. ~ Cub Koda

Professional Reviews

Musician (9/97, p.89) - "...what comes through loudest and clearest is the raw emotion the steel is able to tap into, from haunting to joyous....What a rare treat to unearth a fresh, little-known genre with sixty years of tradition!"