Sacred Steel on Tour! [LIVE]

The Campbell Brothers

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 23, 2001)
• Original Release Date: October 23, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Arhoolie Records
• ASIN: B00005QDIH
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #66,314 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
The keening wail of the pedal steel guitar is such a fundamental part of country music that it's difficult to imagine its being played in any other genre. But Chuck Campbell not only uses it to play a soaring version of African American gospel music, he does it with a virtuosic authority that will redefine the way people think about the instrument. Sacred Steel on Tour collects a dozen live tracks recorded in theaters, clubs, and churches featuring Campbell and his brothers: Phillip, a talented guitarist, and Darick, who plays lap steel. All the performances here are revelatory, but the tracks recorded in churches, where Campbell's playing forms a vital part of a service, are particularly illuminating. On "Scott's Testimony," for example, Campbell offers a wordless but strangely vocal commentary on the sermon. He makes his pedal steel moan, cry, whoop, and holler with an almost human voice. Chuck Campbell is a musician of formidable talent under the best of circumstances, but when the spirit moves him, he enters a rarefied musical realm, where his playing is the guitar equivalent of speaking in tongues. --Michael Simmons

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music with a meaning, a passion, and a purpose, March 6, 2002

By A Customer

The Campbells are a true phenomenon, having played in their father's church for 20 plus years, the band was finally "allowed" to play outside church about 3 years ago. In that time, they've wowed audiences from Morocco to Vancouver, from the Kennedy Center to the New Orleans Jazz Fest.

The music is pure & passionate, untouched by producers, agents, etc. This is music with a purpose, the band's "job" in Church is to get people into a good sweaty groove and then get them to "drift out" of the limitations of the body and allow your spirit to soar.

These aren't songs for a woman, or a man, or for material posesions, these are songs of faith, and hope for a better tommorrow; these are songs of joy and praise.

Church for the Campbells is not a quiet affair, it's a noisy joyous affair, that provides thanks to the powers that be for giving us time on this earth..

This CD was primarily recorded at the House of God, 300 Phelps Rd. in Rush NY...20 minutes outside of Rochester. The band plays most Sundays from noon to two. All are welcomed by the Band's proud father, Bishop Charles Campbell...

Your ears and your soul will love this music !!