Club 57, located in the basement of a Polish church at 57 St. Visit megaphone.How one small, no-budget club became a crucible of East Village creativityNew York's East Village was alive with artistic activity in the 1970s and '80s, fueled by low rents, resistance to the Reagan presidency and the desire to experiment with new modes of art, performance, fashion, music, and exhibition. Her research focuses on feminism, activism, and literacy practices in youth culture, specifically through zines and music. Rebekah Buchanan is an Associate Professor of English and Director of English Education at Western Illinois University. His sensitive portrayal of this community attests to the ongoing importance of musical traditions in African American life and worship. Stone gives the viewer much to witness, always presenting his passionate subjects with dignity. The images capture musicians as they play for worship services before spirit-filled believers singing, dancing, shouting, praying, and testifying.
He took the photos in this book from 1992 to 2008 in Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Florida, and at concerts in Italy. In 1996, Stone began to document the tradition beyond Florida.
He produced an album for the Florida Folklife Program, which Arhoolie Records licensed and released worldwide. With the passion, skill, and unique voice they brought to the instruments, these musicians profoundly impressed Stone. In 1992, a friend in Hollywood, Florida, introduced Stone to African American musicians who played the electric steel guitar in the African American Holiness-Pentecostal churches House of God and Church of the Living God. The introductory text and extended photo captions in Can’t Nobody Do Me Like Jesus! Photographs from the Sacred Steel Community (University of Mississippi Press, 2020) offer the reader an intimate view of this unique tradition of passionately played music that is beloved among fans of American roots music and admired by folklorists, ethnomusicologists, and other scholars. Stone presents a rare collection of high-quality documentary photos of the sacred steel guitar musical tradition and the community that supports it.
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