It was good. It was nice to see a few pedal steels playing together again. It was fun and had me dancing.
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Robert Randolph Presents…The Slide Brothers
The Slide Brothers are Calvin Cooke, Chuck Campbell, Darick Campbell and
Aubrey Ghent–the greatest living musicians who embody the Sacred Steel
tradition. The joyous music these legendary artists create extends far
beyond scared steel to encompass blues, rock and soul all celebrated
with a sound that is uniquely their own.
The pedal steel guitar was introduced to church services by Willie Eason
in the 1930’s. His single-string passages, which imitated the
African-American singing and shouting voices, remain the signature sound
of the Keith Dominion steel guitar style. The goal of a skilled steel
player in church is to use the guitar to mimic voices, to ‘sing’ lines
of the hymns and to provide praise music that pushes the congregation
closer to feeling the Holy Spirit. This church-bred style of high
energy electrified slide remains today an integral part of the worship
service wherever the faithful gather.
Despite its role in church services, this dynamic, high energy music had
never been heard outside of church. As a new century dawned, rumors of
an extraordinary new form of slide guitar began to attract interest
among blues fans who long favored the electrified sound of slide guitar
masters such as Elmore James and Duane Allman. Where the music of Muddy
Waters or the Allman Brothers showcased traditional six string slide
guitar, critics and fans alike were jolted by the an even more potent
brand of slide guitar being performed on pedal steel instruments. As the
center core of the Sacred Steel movement was its artistic purity. Ted
Beard, Calvin Cooke, Aubrey Ghent and other pedal steel icons within the
church had fostered a rich, uniquely American art form unspoiled by
commercialism.
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