He’s been playing steel guitar his whole life and started playing conventions in the early 2000s. Sweeney says having younger generations come to events like this is gratifying.

In addition to playing on albums by Case, Thornton’s Boxmasters, Calexico, Dr. Dog, K.T. Tunstall, the Old 97's and Giant Sand, he's done several albums of his own since he started playing steel ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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WHO: Pedal steel guitar player Noah Faulkner. WHAT: This teenager inserts a country twang into eighties (and beyond) covers for his dog, Kara, and nearly 40,000 Instagram followers. WHY IT’S SO ...

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.

Paul Franklin Talks Pedal Steel, Playing With Vince Gill on ‘Walking the Floor’ In-demand musician shares secrets of the pedal-steel guitar in a deep-dive chat with host Chris Shiflett ...

The first time Dale Talbert came to Conroe, he was playing steel guitar with a Country and Western band at the annual rodeo. It was the early 1990s, and little did he dream he would return ...

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 ...