The Best of Sacred Steel, by Various Artists

The Best of Sacred Steel

by Various Artists

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1.	Sonny Treadway - Don't Let the Devil Ride 03:01	buy track
2.	Glenn Lee - Call Him by His Name 03:33	buy track
3.	Willie Eason - Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Poor Man's Friend 05:57	buy track
4.	Chuck Campbell - I Feel Good 03:52	buy track
5.	Darick Campbell - End of My Journey 04:35	buy track
6.	Ted Beard - The Train 05:24	buy track
7.	Robert Randolph - Without God 05:57	buy track
8.	Josh Taylor - Precious Lord Take My Hand 03:08	buy track
9.	Aubrey Ghent - Just a Closer Walk with Thee 04:29	buy track
10.	Calvin Cooke - Since I Laid My Burden Down 03:52	buy track
11.	The Lee Boys - Say Yes! 03:34	buy track
12.	Darick Campbell - Where Could I Go but to the Lord 06:30	buy track
13.	Footie Covington - Footie's Medley (Pink Panther) 03:29	buy track
14.	Elton Noble - Then Comes Joy 04:39	buy track
15.	Henry Nelson and Aubrey Ghent - Praise the Lord Everybody 07:53	buy track
16.	Willie Eason - Near the Cross 02:08	buy track

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The playing of the steel guitar was introduced into African American Holiness-Pentecostal praise music in the 1930s by Willie Eason, and it remains an essential instrument to this day. In addition to two tracks by Eason, this compilation features many of the important sacred steel guitar players including Aubrey Ghent, the Campbell Brothers Derick and Chuck, Glenn Lee and the Lee Boys, Sonny Treadway, and Calvin Cooke. Of particular note in this collection is Eason’s “rap” “Franklin D. Roosevelt, A Poor Man’s Friend.”

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released November 23, 2010

2010, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on Arhoolie Records.

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Arhoolie Records El Cerrito, California

In Nov. 1960, Arhoolie LP 1001 introduced the Texas songster Mance Lipscomb to the world. (An arhoolie is a field holler). For 60 years, Arhoolie Records has released 350+ albums, including Cajun, zydeco, norteño, bluegrass, gospel and blues. Regional forms like zydeco may have never had national exposure without Arhoolie. The Smithsonian acquired Arhoolie in 2016. ... more

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