ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION COLLECTIONS:Robert Stone Sacred Steel Archive
Sacred Steel Archive: Elton Noble Interview
I met Elton Noble in the early 1990s, when he was learning the House of God, Keith Dominion steel guitar tradition from Aubrey Ghent, under the Florida Folklife Program’s Apprenticeship Program, which I coordinated. Today, Elder Nobel is a talented steel guitarist and a compelling preacher who serves as pastor for House of God No. 2 in Fort Pierce, Florida, and is in high demand as a guest speaker at revivals and other large church meetings throughout the geographic range of the House of God.
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Sacred Steel Archive: Chuck Campbell Interview
A resident of Rochester, New York when we met in 1996, Chuck Campbell was one of the first steel guitarists from outside Florida I documented. As a pioneering pedal-steel guitarist in the House of God who possesses a solid knowledge of music theory, he led the way in incorporating the pedal-steel guitar into the House of God musical tradition, which the non-pedal or “lap” steel guitar had dominated for decades.
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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 Archive: Robert Stone Biography
The Robert Stone Archive: Robert Stone Biography Bob Stone is an independent folklorist and photographer based in Gainesville, Florida. During his tenure with the Florida Folklife...
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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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