Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band has been making joyful music like this for years from its home in Hamburg, Germany, expertly crafting steel drum versions of hip-hop and funk classics from the '70s to ...

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“Steel guitar isn’t the rhythm, it isn’t the heartbeat, it’s the cherry on the top,” said Malie Lyman, 20, who plays the steel guitar professionally.

But while the steel guitar can still be found in country and other types of music, the Hawaiian steel guitar garners little recognition today, even on the island of Oahu, its birthplace.