Bishop Ronnie P. Hall

(1943 - 2025)


Ronnie P. Hall was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan to Deacon Phillip and Elder Ruby Hall. He’s a multi- talented musician playing both the steel, rhythm, and bass guitars fluently. He became interested in playing music around age eight or nine, but it wasn’t until 1953 that Ronnie began playing consistently for the Ecorse, Michigan Church of the Living God, Jewell Dominion.

In 1973, Ronnie bought his first Fender eight-string steel guitar. He favors this steel guitar over others in his vast collection of string instruments. His early influences were Teacher Felton Williams Jr. and Bishop Lorenzo Harrison.

Bishop Ronnie P. Hall is currently the senior Pastor of the Mt. Carmel Full Gospel Assemblies Inc. He established Golden Sacred Strings Inc., to preserve his body of work to someday be remembered in the history books of African American steel guitar players.

Ronnie was presented with the Legends Award in 2009, he was inducted into the Sacred Steel Hall of Fame in 2010, and received the Life Time Achievement Award in 2018.

FAQS

What is Sacred Steel?

Sacred Steel is an African-American gospel tradition that features the steel guitar in religious services. It originated in Pentecostal churches in the 1930s

Where did Sacred Steel originate?

It developed in the Church of the Living God, particularly in the Keith and Jewell Dominions.

How did Sacred Steel gain popularity?

Sacred Steel gained wider recognition through performances by artists like Robert Randolph, Calvin Cooke, Aubrey Ghent and the Campbell Brothers, who brought the genre to international fame.

God Bless Sacred Steel!