Can't nobody do me like Jesus! : photographs from the sacred steel community / Robert L. Stone ; foreword by Eric Lewis Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stone, Robert L., 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church music--African American churches--Pictorial works.

Church music.

Hawaiian guitar--Pictorial works.

Hawaiian guitar.

African American guitarists--Pictorial works.

African American guitarists.

African American gospel singers--Pictorial works.

African American gospel singers.

African American church musicians--Pictorial works.

African American church musicians.

African American Pentecostals--Religious life--Pictorial works.

African American Pentecostals.

African Americans--Religious life--Pictorial works.

African Americans.

Religious life.

Church music--African American churches.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

xii, 180 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 x 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2020]

Summary:

Folklorist Robert L. Stone presents a rare collection of high-quality documentary photos of the sacred steel guitar musical tradition and the community that supports it. The introductory text and extended photo captions in Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus! Photographs from the Sacred Steel Community offer the reader an intimate view of this unique tradition of passionately played music that is beloved among fans of American roots music and admired by folklorists, ethnomusicologists, and other scholars.

Contents:

Church meetings

Wakes, funerals, and tributes

Celebrating God's glory through style and adornment

Festivals and concerts

House of God centennial

Generations.

Notes:

Extended photo captions (pages 165-179).

Includes bibliographical references (page 180).

Other Format:

Online version: Stone, Robert L. Can't nobody do me like Jesus! : photographs from the sacred steel community

ISBN:

9781496831507

1496831500

OCLC:

1154114462

Publisher Number:

99986729206