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- ↑ Green, Tony. (2002) "Soul of Steel" in St. Petersburg Times
- ↑ Robert L. Stone, Sacred Steel: Inside an African American Steel Guitar Tradition (University of Illinois Press, 2010), chapter 8.
- ↑ "Sacred Steel: The Steel Guitar in the Gospel Blues Tradition" from About.com
- 1 2 3 McArdle, Terence (June 16, 2020). "Darick Campbell, gospel musician who upheld sacred steel tradition, dies at 53". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ↑ Wharton, Ned (2001) npr.org, Heavenly 'Sacred Steel': The House of God's Little-Known Sound Goes Mainstream.