Sacred Steel - an American Sound with Toledo Roots

Get introduced to a unique style of African-American gospel music, when Sacred Steel led by Del Grace presents the spiritual history of the sacred African-American Steel Guitar.

Get introduced to a unique style of African-American gospel music, when Sacred Steel led by Del Grace presents the spiritual history of the sacred African-American Steel Guitar. Begun in the 1930’s when the steel guitar replaced the organ in a group of related Pentecostal churches.  Today, every August musicians from various styles of steel guitar playing – using lap and pedal guitars, come to Toledo to showcase this religious music.