Posts Tagged ‘ Steel ’

This includes Margaret Thatcher talking about pop music…well, isn’t this jolly -.-

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The keening wail of the pedal steel guitar is such a fundamental part of country music that it’s difficult to imagine its being played in any other genre. But Chuck Campbell not only uses it to play a soaring version of African American gospel music, he does it with a virtuosic authority that will redefine the way people think about the instrument. Sacred Steel on Tour collects a dozen live tracks recorded in theaters, clubs, and churches featuring Campbell and his brothers:… More >>

Sacred Steel on Tour

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If, as many sacred musicians believe, the blues is “devil’s music,” who, pray tell, is responsible for the feverish music on this sacred-steel record? Sorry to say, this music is nasty in the most righteous sense of the word. The Campbell Brothers, led by incredible pedal-steel guitarist Chuck and electric guitarist-bassist Phil, play an almost insurgent brand of sacred-steel music–a form with deep ties to the Church of the Living God, Keith Dominion–that adds the urgency … More >>

Pass Me Not: Sacred Steel Guitars, Vol. 2