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photo In the early 1930's, Willie Eason, a parishioner from the House of God church in Philadelphia, became the first person to play gospel music on the Hawaiian steel guitar. Slowly, but surely, his innovation became the rock-solid foundation for all gospel music within the modern Pentecostal church.


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produced by: Jay Keuper
camera: Wayne De La Roche, Bernard McWilliams
edited by: Jay Keuper










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