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Campbell Brothers
Sacred Steel on Tour
Genres: Pop, Christian & Gospel, Gospel

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Thank Ya'
2. Put A Little Love In Your Heart
3. A Prayer Meeting At Mary's House
4. I'll Fly Away
5. I've Got A Feeling
6. Scott's Testimony
7. Pass Me Not
8. Didn't It Rain
9. Love Lifted Me
10. J-E-S-U-S
11. Morning Train
12. Oooh Ooooh

CD Details

All Artists: Campbell Brothers
Title: Sacred Steel on Tour
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Arhoolie Records
Release Date: 10/23/2001
Album Type: Live
Genres: Pop, Christian & Gospel, Gospel
Styles: Contemporary, Instrumental
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 096297050323

Synopsis

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

CD Reviews

Music with a meaning, a passion, and a purpose

03/06/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"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 !!"