Steel guitar music started on the island of Oahu — and teachers there are working with the next generation of students to continue the tradition. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) Quincy Cortez ...
Formed out of House of God Church in Perrine, Florida, The Lee Boys remain today, as they were when Collier joined 20 years ago, one of the leading exponents of sacred steel — music that’s rooted in ...
In 1904, Joseph Kekuku, inventor of the Hawaiian steel guitar, left Hawaii to perform on the American West Coast. Newspaper critics called him the “world’s greatest guitar soloist.” Redpath Chautauqua ...
Originally produced as a documentary in 2000. Special features: About the Arhoolie Foundation. Program notes inserted in container. Elder Maurice "Ted" Beard, The Campbell Brothers with Katie Jackson, ...
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Eighteen years ago today, the country music world lost the legendary steel guitar player who performed with some of the genre's biggest stars ...
KAILUA, Hawaii – Quincy Cortez plucks at a slim black box laid across his legs, his fingers flashing silver. Steel strings twang with each pull from the metal rings – wearable guitar picks – adorning ...