5/31/2023 0 Comments Robert randolph steel guitar![]() A woman dressed all in black whirled to the front of the church, dancing in paroxysms of ecstasy, her face drenched with tears, as ushers tried to keep her from bumping into musicians, pastors and church elders. Randolph answered with a resounding slide. ''In the name of Jesus,'' the pastor cried. Next to him, a drummer, a six-string bassist and a lap steel guitarist added to the joyful din. In front of the long, narrow, wooden-floor room, just to the right of the pulpit, Robert Randolph sat alongside a large purple pedal steel guitar, fingers flying across the strings to tease out lead lines that sounded like John Lee Hooker and rickety rhythms reminiscent of Bo Diddley, two musicians whom he claims never to have heard. Even the children joined in on toy tambourines and plastic drumsticks. Inside, parishioners banged tambourines against their palms and hit drumsticks against church pews in perfect rhythm. ![]() The loud, unmistakable sound of vintage rock 'n' roll blared one recent Sunday afternoon from the open windows of an unlikely location, the House of God, Which Is the Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of the Truth Without Controversy Inc., in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.
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