Sonny always plays the right thing at the right spot and is a very well rounded player. I recommend that you listen to Sonny Garrish on The Hinson’s recordings because not only is it great steel playing but it’s also something you can from. Scott Sanders, a little known player can also be heard on a lot modern of Gospel recordings. For example, well-known steel player Sonny Garrish can be heard playing on The Hinson’s recordings which has a country flair. There are some steel guitar players who make a good living playing on Gospel recordings especially because so much Gospel music is recorded in Nashville. Steel guitar is highly featured in Gospel music the way it was in country music twenty or thirty years ago. We are now seeing more and more steel guitar being used performing Gospel music.

It’s difficult to brand any type of religious music because of the variety and the diverse artists that perform it.

I saw Billy Preston in concert in Reno, Nevada in the 80’s and I was astonished at how great a Hammond B3 organ player he was. James Brown and Billy Preston both started in Gospel. Donna Summer had Gospel roots and she returned to Gospel after her disco career. Many famous singers had Gospel roots, for example Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin spring immediately to mind. For example, Contemporary Christian, Negro Spirituals, Protestant Hymns, Catholic Chants as well as most Christmas Carols are Gospel based. Gospel music has many different sub-categories. Bob Hempker sitting in for Bobbe Seymour again.

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