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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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Sacred Steel Archive: Harvey Jones Interview

Sacred Steel Archive: Harvey Jones Interview

Harvey Jones Interview Jewell Gospel Singers, Nashville, Tennessee, 1951. L-R: Bishop Lorenzo Harrison, steel guitar; Harvey Jones, guitar; Corroneva Burns, drums; Bobby Powell, piano; vocalists Candi...

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Sacred Steel Archive: Felton Williams Interview

Sacred Steel Archive: Felton Williams Interview

Highly regarded among steel guitarists who grew up in the Church of the Living God, Jewell Dominion, Felton Williams was a talented man with a lifelong thirst for knowledge. He was born in Tupelo Mississippi in 1934. Following the premature death of his father, at the age of four, he moved with his mother and four siblings to Mt. Clemons, about twenty miles northeast of Detroit, Michigan.

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Sacred Steel Archive: Gamaliel Penn Interview

Sacred Steel Archive: Gamaliel Penn Interview

The son of Bishop Naomi Manning, the second Chief Overseer of the Church of the Living God, Jewell Dominion, and grandson of Bishop Lorenzo Harrison, the steel guitarist who prevailed in Jewell Dominion worship services for decades, guitarist Gamaliel Penn has deep roots in Jewell Dominion musical traditions.

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Sacred Steel Archive: Charles Flenory Interview

Sacred Steel Archive: Charles Flenory Interview

Detroit House of God, Keith Dominion musician Charles Flenory plays both standard guitar and steel guitar. He was born in 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio where his father served as an elder in the Church of the Living God, Jewell Dominion.

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Sacred Steel Archive: Sonny Treadway Interview

Sacred Steel Archive: Sonny Treadway Interview

Sonny Treadway was born and raised in Michigan and grew up playing steel guitar with Bishop Ron Hall and Calvin Cooke under the guidance of “Uncle” Felton Williams. As a young man, he traveled throughout much of the United States with Church of the Living God Chief Overseer Bishop Mattie Jewell to play for worship services, assemblies and revivals, usually accompanying steel guitarist Bishop Lorenzo Harrison on standard (fretted) guitar.

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Dear friends, 

We’re thrilled to announce that the Arhoolie Foundation and Les Blank Films are joining together to purchase our longtime home at 10341 San Pablo Avenue in El Cerrito. 

The decision to buy the building comes after several months of thoughtful consideration and a strong response from our community. It has become clear to us that continuing our work in the place where Chris Strachwitz originally conceived it is the best way forward for the organization. Staying in our longtime home preserves an important part of Arhoolie’s cultural legacy, prevents the disruption that moving would cause, and—most importantly—opens up possibilities for closer collaboration with Les Blank Films, Down Home Music, and our local East Bay community.

Now comes the hard part. While we are under contract to buy the building, we need to raise $2.4 million to meet the purchase price by April 15. Here are two ways you can donate to our cause:

  • The GoFundMe page for the capital campaign
    (donations to this fund are shared by all three of the tenants).

  • Direct tax-deductible donations/securities to either of the two non-profits who are buying the building:
    Contact Harrod Blank at Les Blank Films https://lesblank.com/contact/;
    or Adam Machado at Arhoolie Foundation, adam@arhoolie.org.

As we begin this capital campaign, we will continue our normal operations in the building while forging a closer institutional bond with Les Blank Films and taking modest, collaborative steps to bring more public programming into Down Home Music. We plan to revive Les Blank and Chris’ tradition of in-store film screenings and will host more informal, free performances and gatherings in the store as part of our outreach work. We believe this collaboration will result in a vibrant community gathering place dedicated to music, film, and deep roots culture. 

We’re grateful for your support. We look forward to updating you on our progress in the coming weeks and months.