Stat(u)e Of Mind is an album devotionally dedicated to steel guitar combined with resonator guitar his performer, Finnish guitar player Ville Leppänen, is an accomplished master Let me explain the strings of steel guitar are usually played with a special device precisely called ‘steel’ instead with the fingers as in other string instruments In many cases it can have three necks and foot pedals that are used to change tuning The way to use pedals can be adjusted by the player It is usual to put the guitar on the knees or fixed on a kind of board with legs Coming back to album the trio includes Ville Lopänen on steel, electric and resonator guitars, JP Mönkkönen on bass, upright bass and acoustic guitar and Tero Mikkonen on drums, percussion and ukulele, but they also have some guest musicians His repertoire is basically formed by instrumentals based on the earthy sounds of southern American music where the blues prevail, sometimes with a jazzy air and other times with a Hawaiian one, but always performed with a wide imagination The fourteen album songs are the band own compositions This is an original, innovative and different recording