The John Field BMG Library of PDFs

[Andy Volk]

Some form of BMG - the English magazine for Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar enthusiasts - was published from the early 20th Century until 1979. This archive of magazines has many fascinating articles and is a time capsule of ads and attitudes. Steel guitar shows up more often than you would think, like these cover stories below - all available to download. Link below.



It's a fun trip down musical memory lane and a useful resource.

https://classic-banjo.ning.com/page/bmg-magazines

[David Matzenik]

Thanks Andy, i'll be "digging" through those.

[Joseph Lazo]

I downloaded one of these just to have a look. What a treat! The writing is so engaging, and there's so much history in these pages. Thanks for posting this!

[Jack Hanson]

A bonafide treasure trove!

Much appreciated, Mr. Volk. Thank you!

[Anthony Lis]

Yes, a very useful resource; I've used the archive frequently in my research. And Andy is right—many steel guitar references in the issues.

[Andy Volk]

Each issue also has music arrangements in (mostly) only standard notation but there are occasional steel guitar tunes as well as guitar, banjo and mandolin music.

[Jeremy Reeves]

this is great, the transcriptions and arrangements look very cool

[Jim Smerk]

Thank You!