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African American

BaronChocula

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2. Today I learned

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Fri Jan 2, 2026, 06:02 PM

5 hrs ago

the modern steel guitar comes from Hawaii.
Also, I was aware of a tradition of the steel guitar in black churches, but I didn't know it was mainly of one branch of one denomination, the Church of the Living God.

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