Tag: sacred steel

Sacred Steel Archive: Robert Randolph Interview

When I first photographed Robert Randolph at the House of God headquarters church in Nashville, he was a budding steel guitarist from New Jersey whose extended family included a number of ministers and professional musicians.

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...

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.

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.

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.

About Chris Strachwitz

The ripple effect of Chris Strachwitz in the world is immeasurable in preserving this music. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to not...

SPECIAL PROJECTS BY THE ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION

SPECIAL PROJECTS BY THE ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION

Sacred Steel Instrument Fund

2001-2002 – Sacred Steel Instrument Fund The purpose of the Sacred Steel Instrument Fund was to provide a source of instruments to talented musicians, to support...