Akaka, who has been playing Hawaiian steel guitar for more than 50 years, was not initially drawn to the instrument, despite hearing it at parties and luaus while growing up. As an 8-year-old, he ...

In 1904, Joseph Kekuku, inventor of the Hawaiian steel guitar, left Hawaii to perform on the American West Coast. Newspaper critics called him the “world’s greatest guitar soloist.” ...

Byrd was born in Ohio, in 1920, and started playing steel guitar as a child. He went pro by the time he was 15 and would go on to perform or record with artists that include Dolly Parton, Patsy ...

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Cindy Cashdollar has spent a half century playing steel guitar and dobro with everyone from Bob Dylan to Van Morrison. She’s taken home five Grammys for her work with the western swing band ...

His playing influenced mainland musicians, notably the jazz trombonist Bob Dunn who became a pioneer of western swing steel guitar. As a result steel guitar quickly became a staple in country & ...

A lap steel guitar is a compact guitar played in a horizontal position, either in the player’s lap — hence the name — or on a stand or table. Players use a slide known as a tone bar to fret ...

Playing it requires both hands, both feet and, occasionally, both knees. Sometimes there is one guitar neck full of strings, sometimes there are a few — each in its own tuning.

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In his inaugural Guitar World column, Cory Wong establishes the principles – and the mentality – of good rhythm playing, and how you can make yours fun ...