Book of lap steel, page one

Nic Neufeld · Post by **Nic Neufeld** » 1 Jun 2021 5:24 am

Do you have a date for that one?

That harp guitar is pretty wild, but they did seem fairly common back then.

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 1 Jun 2021 5:34 am

I can remember playing a Joseph Kekuku festival here in Dover NJ way back around 2003 or so. Apparently he is buried there after settling down, marrying and living there.

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 1 Jun 2021 6:13 am

Nic, I don't but I bet it's findable.

Nic Neufeld · Post by **Nic Neufeld** » 1 Jun 2021 6:21 am

Indeed it is...went to the UIOWA link in the bottom of the pic. Here's all four pages of it:
https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora ... 5025_55021

1904 vintage, apparently. Before the Hawaiian thing really took off in popularity...

Dan Koncelik · Post by **Dan Koncelik** » 3 Jun 2021 4:08 am

...and seemingly page one of the book of blues slide guitar in america, too!

https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/06/the-f ... can-music/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithson ... 180972028/

These were surprising reads to me, a newbie to the steel world

though i'd imagine most of you on this forum know a lot of this history already

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 5 Jun 2021 5:04 am

John Troutman was a longtime member here and his book is required reading for anyone interested in the thread steel guitar weaves through American music.