American mainstream musical audiences are already familiar with the steel guitar as an elemental sound in Hawaiian music and country/western music. But even aficionados of the steel guitar might be ...
The "Sacred Steel" tradition born in the House of God Church some 80 years ago employed the pedal steel and lap steel guitars as the centerpiece of their message. The steel guitars, long an eloquent ...
In American music, slide guitar (also known as bottleneck guitar) is a technique employed primarily by blues guitarists. It involves the use of a smooth cylinder that can fit over a player's finger, ...