| FA940501B | Gospel musician Willie Eason playing the piano in Florida. | | Piano--Performance
African American entertainers
Folk musicians
African American country musicians
Gospel musicians
African American musicians
African American guitarists
Pianists
Instrumentalists | /fpc/folklife/Fa940501b.gif |
| FA940501C | Gospel guitarist Willie Eason posing with his lap steel guitar in Florida. | | Stringed instruments
Musical instruments
Steel guitar
Plucked instruments
Guitar
African American entertainers--Portraits
Folk musicians--Portraits
African American country musicians--Portraits
African American musicians--Portraits
Instrumentalists--Portraits
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| FA940501A | Gospel guitarist Willie Eason playing his lap steel guitar in Florida. | | Stringed instruments
Musical instruments
Bottleneck (Guitar playing)
Steel guitar
Plucked instruments
Guitar
African American entertainers
Folk musicians
African American country musicians
African American musicians
Instrumentalists
Stringed instrument players
Plucked instrument players
African American guitarists
Gospel musicians | /fpc/folklife/Fa940501a.gif |
| a_s2044_02_tape02 | Glenn Lee performing sacred steel music with a band at a House of God church | Sound | Guitarist
Singers
Fieldwork
Steel guitars
Guitar music
Performing arts
Guitarists
Music performance
African Americans
Religious songs
Religious music
Gospel songs
Gospel musicians
Gospel (Black)
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Religion
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Glenn Lee performing sacred steel music with a band at a House of God church
- Date
- 1994-03-07
- Description
- One audio cassette recording. (Duplicate can be found on tape 5.) Recorded at a Church of God church (not during church services)in Perrine, Florida. The band consisted of Glenn Lee (steel guitar), Alvin Lee (bass), Benjamin Beckford (drums), and John Hampton (guitar). Excerpted from a longer recording (see tapes 18-20 in S 2044). The Sacred Steel Guitar Recording Project originated in 1992 when Florida Folklife Program folklorist Robert Stone discovered that several predominantly African American House of God churches (a sub-sect of the Pentecostal church) in the St. Petersburg area were using steel guitars in their religious services. The practice began by Willie and Troman Eason in the 1930s, and expanded upon by players such as Henry Nelson and Lorenzo Harrison. Realizing that this was a unique musical tradition, labeled Sacred Steel, the Florida Folklife Program to applied for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to conduct fieldwork and create a music album for public dispersal. The aim of the project was to increase public awareness of the gospel steel guitar tradition, as well as document it for future generations. Matched with state funds, the grant period originally ran from October 1993 through October 1994, but was extended for another year. In that time Stone, along with sound engineers William Dudley and Mike Stapleton, interviewed and recorded several steel guitarists in the St. Petersburg area. An album entitled Sacred Steel was released in 1995. It was then re-released through an agreement with Arhoolie Records in 1997.
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| a_s2044_02_tape10 | Glenn Lee performing Pass Me Not Oh Gentle Savior | Sound | Fieldwork
Steel guitars
Guitar music
Performing arts
Guitarists
Music performance
African Americans
Religious songs
Religious music
Gospel songs
Gospel musicians
Gospel (Black)
Bands (Music)
Musical groups
Churches
Religion
Christianity
Protestants
Guitarist
Singers
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Glenn Lee performing Pass Me Not Oh Gentle Savior
- Date
- 1994-03-07
- Description
- One audio cassette recording. For more of Lee, see tapes 2 and 4. The Sacred Steel Guitar Recording Project originated in 1992 when Florida Folklife Program folklorist Robert Stone discovered that several predominantly African American House of God churches (a sub-sect of the Pentecostal church) in the St. Petersburg area were using steel guitars in their religious services. The practice began by Willie and Troman Eason in the 1930s, and expanded upon by players such as Henry Nelson and Lorenzo Harrison. Realizing that this was a unique musical tradition, labeled Sacred Steel, the Florida Folklife Program to applied for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to conduct fieldwork and create a music album for public dispersal. The aim of the project was to increase public awareness of the gospel steel guitar tradition, as well as document it for future generations. Matched with state funds, the grant period originally ran from October 1993 through October 1994, but was extended for another year. In that time Stone, along with sound engineers William Dudley and Mike Stapleton, interviewed and recorded several steel guitarists in the St. Petersburg area. An album entitled Sacred Steel was released in 1995. It was then re-released through an agreement with Arhoolie Records in 1997.
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| fls_sacred_steel | Folklife Subject: Sacred Steel | interactive resource | Religious Music, Gospel, Worship Music, Steel Guitar | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/folklife_subjects.png |
Folklife Subject: Sacred Steel
- Date
- Description
- Since the 1930s, the sounds of steel guitar have been heard in an unlikely place, far removed from Nashville or the Hawaiian islands. Musicians in the Pentecostal House of God church use the steel guitar instead of the often-heard organ or piano to lead their lively, music-driven worship services. The very human, voice-like qualities of lap and pedal steel guitars are perfectly suited to underscore a spirited sermon or lead an ecstatic choir in praise. In 1992, while serving as State Folklorist, Bob Stone unearthed what became known as Sacred Steel music in South Florida.
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| flp_eason | Folklife People: Willie Eason | interactive resource | Gospel, Sacred Steel | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/folklife_people.png |
Folklife People: Willie Eason
- Date
- Description
- Willie Eason was a pioneering figure in the African American "Sacred Steel" guitar tradition of the House of God, Keith Dominion Holiness-Pentecostal churches. He influenced dozens of musicians and inspired many to play the steel guitar for worship services in nearly 200 House of God churches found in more than two dozen states. Florida is home to more than 40 House of God churches, more than any other state. Eason used the steel guitar to imitate the ornamented, improvised singing he heard in church and became known as "Little Willie and his Talking Guitar." His reputation increased as he made seven 78 rpm records in the 1940s and 50s for black gospel labels. Eason and his family moved to St. Petersburg, Florida in 1986 where he continued to play for House of God services. He received the Florida Folk Heritage Award in 1995.
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| s500_t | Florida State Prison Register: T, 1875-1959 | text | Prisoners
Criminal records
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Capital punishment
Probation
Prison sentences
Crime
Criminals
Florida--Crimes and criminals | /fmp/prison-registers/thumbnails/s500_book-t-v_001.jpg |
Florida State Prison Register: T, 1875-1959
- Date
- 1959 (circa)
- Description
- Typewritten list of inmates incarcerated at the Florida State Prison with surnames beginning with the letter T. Inmates are generally listed chronologically.
- Collection
| s500_e | Florida State Prison Register: E, 1875-1959 | text | Prisoners
Criminal records
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Capital punishment
Probation
Prison sentences
Crime
Criminals
Florida--Crimes and criminals | /fmp/prison-registers/thumbnails/s500_book-d-e_074.jpg |
Florida State Prison Register: E, 1875-1959
- Date
- 1959 (circa)
- Description
- Typewritten list of inmates incarcerated at the Florida State Prison with surnames beginning with the letter E. Inmates are generally listed chronologically.
- Collection
| s500_d | Florida State Prison Register: D, 1875-1959 | text | Prisoners
Criminal records
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Capital punishment
Probation
Prison sentences
Crime
Criminals
Florida--Crimes and criminals | /fmp/prison-registers/thumbnails/s500_book-d-e_001.jpg |
Florida State Prison Register: D, 1875-1959
- Date
- 1959 (circa)
- Description
- Typewritten list of inmates incarcerated at the Florida State Prison with surnames beginning with the letter D. Inmates are generally listed chronologically.
- Collection
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