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- Date Released: January 21, 1997
- Genre: Blues
- Style: Inspirational
- Label: Arhoolie Records / IODA
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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.
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Don't Let the Devil Ride
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3:03 |
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In the Garden
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3:08 |
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At the Cross
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2:49 |
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Call Him by His Name
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3:36 |
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Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour
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2:35 |
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Joyful Sounds
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4:27 |
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Just a Closer Walk With Thee
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4:59 |
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Little Wooden Church on a Hill
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4:28 |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Poor Man's Friend
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5:59 |
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This Is a Holy Church (Live)
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7:17 |
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At the Cross (Live)
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2:18 |
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Amazing Grace (Live)
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1:51 |
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God Be With You (Live)
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0:55 |
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Closing Prayer (Live)
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0:25 |
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Praise the Lord Everybody (Live)
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7:55 |
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Amazing Grace (Live)
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4:47 |
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Praise Music (Live)
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4:22 |
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Father in Jesus' Name (Live)
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3:13 |
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House of God March (Live)
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4:29 |
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God Be With You (Live)
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1:42 |
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20 Total Tracks, 74:18 Total Length
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Credits
- Paul Butterfield - Engineer // Alvin Lee - Bass (Electric) // Alvin Lee - Guitar (Electric) // Terrence Elliot - Bass (Electric) // John Hampton - Guitar (Electric) // Robert Stone - Producer // Robert Stone - Engineer // Robert Stone - Photography // Robert Stone - Text // Chris Strachwitz - Executive Producer // Dix Bruce - Graphic Design // Dix Bruce - Layout Concept // Sonny Treadway - Guitar (Steel) // Sonny Treadway - Performer // Benjamin Beckford - Drums // Fayette Coney - Arranger // Fayette Coney - Vocals // Hubert C. Depree - Liner Notes // Sherry S. Depree - Liner Notes // William Dudley - Engineer // Ronnie Mozee - Guitar (Electric) // Aubrey Ghent - Arranger // Aubrey Ghent - Guitar (Steel) // Aubrey Ghent - Performer // Timothy Williams - Drums // Lejena Manning - Drums // Glenn Lee - Pedal Steel // Glenn Lee - Performer // Willie Eason - Guitar (Steel) // Willie Eason - Vocals // Willie Eason - Performer // Carlos Fox - Keyboards // Teresa Hollingsworth - Re-Release Coordinator // Francine Jones - Keyboards // Henry Nelson - Arranger // Henry Nelson - Guitar (Steel) // Henry Nelson - Performer // Michael Stapleton - Engineer
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