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Sacred Steel (musical tradition)

Sacred Steel is a musical style and African-American gospel tradition that features the steel guitar as part of religious services. The style developed in a group of related Pentecostal churches in

Notable performers#

  • Maurice “Ted” Beard
  • The Campbell Brothers
  • Roosevelt Collier
  • Calvin Cooke
  • Aubrey Ghent
  • A. J. Ghent son of Aubrey Ghent
  • Bishop Lorenzo Harrison
  • The Lee Boys
  • Robert Randolph and the Family Band
  • Sonny Treadway
  • A Brief History of the House of God Steel Guitar Tradition by Robert L. Stone
  • Sacred Steel and The Empire State by Robert L. Stone
  • . By Robert L. Stone.
  • Aubrey Ghent Music and biography
  • “Sacred Steel”: Traditional Sacred African-American Steel Guitar Music in Florida Various Artists (links to samples from the CD)
Genre family
Christian music genres