DOBRO

DOBRO (resophonic guitar, c. 1927) The Dobro is a unique American musical instrument that has become central to the sound of modern BLUEGRASS and country music. It is one of the key forerunners of the PEDAL-STEEL GUITAR. The Dobro has its roots in the craze for Hawaiian music that swept the country in the 1920s. The classical guitar was introduced by Portuguese settlers in the islands around the 1830s; by the century's end Hawaiian musicians had taken to playing the guitar on their laps, tuning…