In part one of our interview with Robert Stone, the author of “Sacred Steel,” WUFT FM’s Patrick Colden talked about the steel guitar first becoming popular in mainstream American POP culture. In part two of his interview, you can hear how much influence the instrument has in the state of Florida.
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