Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events

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One audio cassette recording. (Duplicate can be found on tape 5.) The first half of the tape was recorded at a House of God "Family and Friends Day Celebration" in Daytona Beach on 5 September 1993. The second half was recorded at the Ocala House of God Church #2 on 26 November 1993, and the then at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival on May 24 1994 (for entire festival performance, see D94-20 in S 1576.) On the second half, the vocals are weak. 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.

State Archives of Florida, Series S2044

1993-11-26

Florida Folklife Program

House of God church (Daytona Beach, Fla.)

Ocala House of God Church #2 (Ocala, Fla.)

Florida Folk Festival

Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park

sound recordings

audiocassettes

Sound

a_s2044_02_tape03

S2044

2

Tape 3 (GSR 1B)

Sacred Steel Guitar Recording Project

Florida Folk Festival

Stone, Robert, 1944-

Stapleton, Mike, 1959-

Dudley, Bill

Ghent, Aubrey, 1958-

Nelson, Henry, 1930-2001

African American

House of God in Daytona: I am a Soldier

Jubilee music (with congregation)

Father in Jesus Name

House of God March & medley

Children How Do I Send Thee

When the Saints Go Marching In

God Be With You

Ocala House of God # 2: Praise the Lord Everybody

Amazing Grace

1994 Florida Folk Festival: Dont Let the Devil Ride

One Day at a Time

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