Train Don't Leave Me: The First Annual Sacred Steel Convention

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Recorded live at the first annual Sacred Steel Convention in winter 2000, this righteous and raw collection features multiple players--the Campbell Brothers, Aubrey Ghent, Elton Noble, and Calvin Cooke among them--testifying with all the vigor of the converted via lap- and pedal-steel guitars and howling vocals. Captured, appropriately, at Florida's House of God Holiness Pentecostal Church, one of a group in which this sort of music has accompanied services since the '30s, Train Don't Leave Me visits familiar songs in the gospel canon ("Just a Closer Walk with Thee," for instance), yet breaks with tradition by eschewing touchstones like choirs and organs for the bluesy grit and sepia tones of the steel. If there's such a thing as Southern-fried roadhouse gospel--and really, there should be--Train Don't Leave Me is it. Hallelujah for the innovation. --Kim Hughes

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Train Don't Leave Me: The First Annual Sacred Steel Convention
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Manufacturer: Arhoolie Records
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ASIN: B000059LEX
Release Date: 2001-04-24

Something's Got A Hold Of Me - Dante Harmon
God Is A Good God - Bryan 'Josh' Taylor/Jerry Taylor
Precious Lord Take My Hand - Bryan 'Josh' Taylor
Have You Tried Jesus? - Calvin Cooke/Grace Cooke
Since I Laid My Burden Down - Calvin Cooke
Train Don't Leave Me - Aubrey Ghent
I Feel Like Praising Him - Glenn Lee/Roosevelt Collier/Keith Lee
Will The Circle Be Unbroken? - Lonnie ' Big Ben' Bennett
See What The End Gonna Be - Lonnie ' Big Ben' Bennett/Cherlyn Bennett
I Want To Go Where Jesus Is - Maurice 'Ted' Beard Jr./Freddie Dixon
All God's Children - Elton Noble/Jerry Taylor
I Feel Like Pressing My Way - Robert Randolf/Ricky Fowler
Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Aubrey Ghent
What's His Name?... Jesus! - The Campbell Brothers

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Recorded live at the first annual Sacred Steel Convention in winter 2000, this righteous and raw collection features multiple players--the Campbell Brothers, Aubrey Ghent, Elton Noble, and Calvin Cooke among them--testifying with all the vigor of the converted via lap- and pedal-steel guitars and howling vocals. Captured, appropriately, at Florida's House of God Holiness Pentecostal Church, one of a group in which this sort of music has accompanied services since the '30s, Train Don't Leave Me visits familiar songs in the gospel canon ("Just a Closer Walk with Thee," for instance), yet breaks with tradition by eschewing touchstones like choirs and organs for the bluesy grit and sepia tones of the steel. If there's such a thing as Southern-fried roadhouse gospel--and really, there should be--Train Don't Leave Me is it. Hallelujah for the innovation. --Kim Hughes

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Hottest guitar music in blues, rock or gospel.......2001-06-13

Arhoolie Records' series of Sacred Steel guitar music - slide guitar on both pedal steel and lap steel guitars - is a revelation. African-American church music featuring a pedal steel was new to me before I got the first of this series, but now I'm a convert. The performances at the Sacred Steel Convention were somewhat liberated from the church setting (although the songs have mostly religious themes)and allowed the players to jam and let loose. The guitarists (and there are many of them - each with a cut or two) all all soulful and tremendously hot; I don't think I've heard any guitar player who is currently playing this well. Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy and even B B King should take note - this album exceeds anything these greats have put out in the last 5 years. Don't be intimidated by the religious overtones, buy this disc if you have any interest in electric guitars and the wild music they can make!!

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