{"product_id":"various-african-steel-slide-guitar-classics-from-uganda-south-africa-zimbabwe-zambia-the-congo-1953-66-lp","title":"VARIOUS 'African Steel: Slide Guitar Classics From Uganda, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia \u0026 the Congo: 1953-66' LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eNEW\/SEALED\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOlvido Records is proud to present African Steel, a follow-up to 2019’s African country-western compilation Bulwayo Blue Yodel. Here we have a compendium of beautiful songs highlighting the early years of the slide guitar in southern, central and eastern Africa. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeaturing traditional and popular regional styles adapting the acoustic lap-steel guitar, African Steel reveals intriguing influences from southern American country and blues, Argentinian and European tango, and back to the Hawaiian origins of the instrument, long before the shimmering electric slide guitar of Docteur Nico, and the pedal steel mastery of Demola Adepoju of King Sunny Ade's African Beats. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRanging from up-tempo dance numbers, to plaintive bottleneck-blues style ballads, to a Ugandan string-band cover of a Jimmie Rodgers classic, each song presented here is a unique glimpse into the early years of the slide guitar’s incorporation into various African musical cultures. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese fourteen songs have been carefully restored from rare shellac and lacquer discs to honor and celebrate a previously under-represented chapter in global music history, and includes a booklet with contextual notes and translated lyrics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ROWDYS RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46871681171587,"sku":null,"price":58.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/5057\/0883\/files\/AFRICANSTEEL.jpg?v=1774492562","url":"https:\/\/rowdysrecords.com.au\/products\/various-african-steel-slide-guitar-classics-from-uganda-south-africa-zimbabwe-zambia-the-congo-1953-66-lp","provider":"ROWDYS RECORDS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}