We are pleased to announce the establishment of the European Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, the purpose of which is to award public recognition to people who have contributed to popularizing the steel guitar and steel guitar music in Europe.
The most obvious people for induction into ESGHoF are the many great European steel guitarists (practicing, retired or now of blessed memory) but there are many others such as instrument builders, teachers and musicologists, for example, who have also laboured at popularizing the steel guitar too. This process of recognition, we believe will give a great fillip to the steel guitar in Europe by revealing the extent of playing and players across the different nations, which will come as a great surprise to many. ESGHoF, by the very nature of its focus on contribution by individuals could well serve as a catalyst to the development of European styles and sounds and bring about a greater self confidence among players, instrument builders and fans.
To this end we are pleased to have been able to obtain the voluntary services, for the ESGHoF Selection Committee, of some of the most knowledgeable and accomplished individuals from within the European steel guitar community. They will have the task of making the annual selection of inductees to ESGHoF, a task made more difficult by the huge choice of worthies and our limited annual resources. So the sooner we get started the sooner will justice be done.
The members of the ESGHoF Selection Committee are listed in the following document: http://www.chanos-isgf.org/esgforum/ESG ... mittee.pdf
