Wesley Webb West—most commonly; Speedy West—is the first known country musician to professionally use a pedal steel guitar. Originating in Hawaii in 1885, the original steel guitar came from the hands ...

Fiddles, banjos, and guitars have long been commonplace in country music. However, a pedal steel guitar brings a whole new layer of emotional depth to your favorite country song. First used in ...

If something ain’t broke, there’s no use fixing it, which is what makes these modern songs for classic country and folk lovers so enduring and timeless. From the classic swell of a pedal steel to the ...

CARBONDALE The pedal steel guitar, a staple of the country music sound, is a staggeringly complex instrument. Although the numbers vary from instrument to instrument, the pedal steel generally ...

MONTPELIER Jerry Fessenden feels that he was born for the pedal steel guitar. "It was something about the way my mother carried me in the womb," said the 62-year-old musician and instrument builder.

Since releasing 'Altar of Harmony,' his 2020 debut on Jack White's Third Man Records, Luke Schneider has been redefining the role of the pedal steel guitar and showing audiences how dynamic the ...

Musician Buddy Emmons, widely regarded as the world’s foremost steel guitarist, hailed for his unique playing style and innovations with regard to tuning, has died at age 78. Born Buddie Gene Emmons ...

HARRISON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) - South Mississippi's Bill Stafford is recognized as a big time musician and the man behind transforming the steel guitar into a more complete instrument. Stafford still ...

With a daring avant-garde approach, she pushed the frontiers of an instrument best known for speaking with a down-home accent. By Alex Williams Susan Alcorn, an experimental composer and musician who ...

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