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History of the Steel Guitar

A set of steel guitar through the turn of the century until now, with many famous steel guitar players on hand to make it interesting! This informative and super-cool set featured Duke Ching (Don Ho's steel guitarist), Norm Hamlet (of Merle Haggard's Strangers), Pat Quilter, Jeremy "J.W." Wakefield, Joel Paterson, Dave "D.B." Berzansky, and Chas Smith, demonstrating the evolution of the steel guitar from its acoustic Hawaiian origins through the electric lap steel, the early non-pedal steel guitar, the classic pedal steel guitar, and even a wild futuristic vision of where the instrument is headed! An accompanying exhibition in the Geekfest guitar museum included some very famous celebrity-owned pieces. Pat Quilter demonstrates the early acoustic Hawaiian origins of the instrument Pat Quilter plays "Hilo March" Duke Ching, Don Ho's steel guitarist, plays some authentic Hawaiian guitar on the resonator dobro Duke plays "Moana Chimes" Joel Paterson plays "12th Street Rag" on his Gibson lap steel Jeremy "JW" Wakefield plays "Out Of Nowhere" on the Bigsby non-pedal steel guitar Dave "DB" Berzansky plays "Cool It" on his early Sho-Bud pedal steel Norm Hamlet (of Merle Haggard's Strangers) plays "Hammin' It Up" and "Ridin' the Frets" on his original Rus-Ler pinstriped pedal steel guitar! Chas Smith demonstrates his futuristic titanium steel guitar