Clifford L. Warren Jr.
Clifford Warren was born in Widner, Arkansas February 11, 1935, to Clifford L. Warren Sr. and Doretha (Corbitt) Warren. For a short time, his family moved to Mississippi and then to Toledo, Ohio in 1938 when Clifford was about three years old.
Clifford started playing guitar at the age of eight and later learned the Hawaiian steel guitar at age eleven. His favorite guitar was the Gibson 335, his influences were brother Henry Wortham, Reverend Jack Coleman and Fred Neal.
About the age of fourteen, Clifford enjoyed the honorable distinction of being an assembly musician traveling and playing guitar with Bishop Lorenzo L. Harrison, from 1968 to 1978.
Bishop Clifford L. Warren is senior pastor of the Jewell Dominion Church of the Living God located in Toledo, Ohio. Clifford received the 2009 Sacred Steel Legends Award in Toledo, Ohio. In 2010, he was inducted into the Sacred Steel Hall of Fame as a legendary rhythm guitarist.
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!
