Artist: Willie Eason
Sacred Steel Archive: Nettie Mae Harrison Interview
Nettie Mae Harrison Interview 00:00 00:00 RS 131 00:00 RS 132 00:00 Interviewee: Nettie Mae Harrison Interviewer: Robert Stone Date: 9/11/2003 Location: Language: English For the...
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Deep Dives: The Roots of Sacred Steel
In 1997, Arhoolie Records released its first disc of Sacred Steel music, a gospel tradition with deep roots in the African American holiness churches of the...
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The Chris Strachwitz Collection
As founder of both Arhoolie Records and the Arhoolie Foundation, Chris Strachwitz has been collecting, documenting, recording, and promoting regional roots music for over 60 years....
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Sacred Steel Archive: Jeannette Eason Interview
Tough, strong-willed and big hearted, Jeannette Davis Eason was a truly remarkable woman and a major factor in Willie Eason’s success as a musician and businessman.
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Sacred Steel Archive: Acorne Coffee Interview
Born in 1936, pedal-steel guitarist Acorne Coffee lived most of his life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania then retired to his wife’s home state of South Carolina, where he lived until his death in 2009. Elder Coffee influenced Chuck Campbell in his early years as a steel guitarist.
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Robert Stone Sacred Steel Archive
The Arhoolie Foundation’s Robert Stone Sacred Steel Archive consists of over 150 recorded interviews and over 6,510 photographic negatives documenting the Sacred Steel gospel music tradition....
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Sacred Steel Archive: Willie Eason Interview
As a teenager, Willie Eason learned to play the steel guitar by watching his older brother, Troman, who took lessons in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from a Hawaiian musician he heard on a radio broadcast circa 1937.
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Sacred Steel Film
Watch the Complete Film Now! Sacred Steel Directed by Robert L. Stone The Arhoolie Foundation, in cooperation with the Documentary Arts Foundation, produced this documentary film...
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