We’ll be serenading you with some island melodies, country tunes, and rock, all featuring the steel guitar, an instrument whose origins take us back to the late 19th and early 20th century invention by native Joseph Kekuku. The music this Friday features some early Hawaiian popular influences including Sol Ho’opi, Hoot Gibson, and King Nawah’s Hawaiians. The focus moves to mid-to late century greats featuring Pete Drake, Buddy Emmons, Buster Martin and Speedy West. The popularity of the ‘island sound’ in the early century brought us the sound of steel across many genres, including gospel, folk, blues, and country. Spend a couple of hours on an August morning in Sonoma County taking a journey from Hawaii to Forth Worth.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King Nawahi's Hawaiians | Hawaiian Capers | Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story |  |
| 2 | Trio De Hawaii | Melodias Populares Mexicana | Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics | |
| 3 | Sol Ho'opi'i | Singing The Blues | Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1 | |
| 4 | Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette | An Orange Grove in California | Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story | |
| 5 | Hoot Gibson | Mai Givee (Don't Give It Away) | Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics | |
| 6 | Kalama's Quartet | Sassy | Vintage Hawaiian Music: The Great Singers 1928 – 1934 | |
| 7 | Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians | Heat Wave | Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] | |
| 8 | Sol Ho'opi'i | I Like You | With My Little Ukulele in My Hand | |
| 9 | King Nawahi's Hawaiians | Under a Texas Moon | Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 | |
| 10 | Madame Riviere's Hawaiians | Ellis March | With My Little Ukulele in My Hand | |
| 11 | Buster Martin | Herbie's Steel Guitar Polka | Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 10] | |
| 12 | Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians | Bob & Jim by The Waters of Minetonka | Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story | |
| 13 | Jim & Bob | The Song of the Range | Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics | |
| 14 | Johnny Bond & His Red River Valley Boys | I Won't Stand in Your Way | Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story | |
| 15 | Shot Jackson & Buddy Emmons | Singing Strings Of Steel | The Steel Guitar & Dobro Sounds | |
| 16 | Lone Star Playboys | Steel Guitar Bounce | The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18 | |
| 17 | Albert Lee | Rainbows All Over Your Blues | The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons | |
| 18 | Howard White | Steel Guitar Swallow | Western Swing And Steel Instrumental | |
| 19 | Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar | For Pete's Sake [Instrumental] | For Pete's Sake [Gusto] | |
| 20 | Pete Drake | Pedal Jumpin' | Stars Of The Steel Guitar | |
| 21 | Speedy West | Stainless Steel | Steel Guitar | |
| 22 | Tiny Murphy & His Bar 69 Boys | Hot Steel | Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story | |
| 23 | Jerry Byrd | Hilo Steel Guitar | Stars Of The Steel Guitar | |
| 24 | Bob Wills | Texas Playboy Rag | Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story | |
| 25 | Doc Watson | Steel Guitar Rag | Memories | |
| 26 | Bobby Lee | Steel Guitar Rag | Quasar Steel Guitar | |
| 27 | Lloyd Green and Jay Dee Maness | You Ain't Goin' Nowhere | Journey To The Beginning – A Steel Guitar Tribute To The Byrds | |
| 28 | Cyril Pahinui & Bob Brozman | Hawaiian Cowboy | Four Hands Sweet & Hot | |
| 29 | Bob Brozman | Dinah | Devil's Slide | |
| 30 | Bob Brozman | Just As Well To Let Her Go | A Truckload of Blues | |
| 31 | Bob Brozman | Let's Get It Stomp | A Truckload of Blues | |
| 32 | Spade Cooley | Spadella | Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story | |
| 33 | Sonny Treadway | Don't Let The Devil Ride | Sacred Steel Guitar | |
| 34 | Jim & Bob The Genial Hawaiians | Saint Louis Blues | Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story | |