@SFOMuseum Instagram Posts Tagged guitar This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Instagram account. There are 11 posts . See all the tags or all the Instagram posts that have been archived so far.

For many guitarists, customized gear is essential to the look and sound of surf music. This image was posted on June 15, 2021. #instrumentalsurf #surfrock #guitar #guitarbuilding #customguitar #slacktone
North Carolina native Elizabeth Cotten (1895–1987) first picked up her brother’s banjo at the age of eight. This video was posted on March 21, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #elizabethcotten #guitar #banjo #grammys #fingerpicking #guitarist #music #albumcover #musician #womenshistorymonth #5womenartists
North Carolina native Elizabeth Cotten (1895–1987) first picked up her brother’s banjo at the age of eight. This video was posted on March 21, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #elizabethcotten #guitar #banjo #grammys #fingerpicking #guitarist #music #albumcover #musician #womenshistorymonth #5womenartists
Arhoolie Records’ subsidiary label Blues Classics was the first to reintroduce the work of Memphis Minnie (1897–1973) to a new and largely white audience. This image was posted on January 31, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #memphisminnie #mississippi #blues #memphis #guitar #louisiana #singer #songwriter #recordalbum
Louis Overstreet (1921–80) began singing in gospel quartets at an early age. This video was posted on January 26, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #louisoverstreet #pastor #guitar #folkmusic #quartet #gospel #music
Louis Overstreet (1921–80) began singing in gospel quartets at an early age. This video was posted on January 26, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #louisoverstreet #pastor #guitar #folkmusic #quartet #gospel #music
The lap steel guitar developed in Hawai’i in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries and is attributed to an adolescent named Joseph Kekuku (1874–1932). This image was posted on January 16, 2019. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #hawaii #music #steelguitar #guitar #recordalbum #albumcover
Lydia Mendoza (1916–2007), the first true star of Tejano music, nicknamed “La Alondra de la Frontera” (Lark of the Border), was born in Houston to Mexican parents who fled the Mexican Revolution for South Texas. This video was posted on November 29, 2018. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #lydiamendoza #tejano #houston #guitar #texas #spanish #album #albumcover
Lydia Mendoza (1916–2007), the first true star of Tejano music, nicknamed “La Alondra de la Frontera” (Lark of the Border), was born in Houston to Mexican parents who fled the Mexican Revolution for South Texas. This video was posted on November 29, 2018. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie #arhoolierecords #chrisstrachwitz #lydiamendoza #tejano #houston #guitar #texas #spanish #album #albumcover