Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead had many musical loves, among them was the pedal steel guitar, and a 1957 performance by Chuck Berry which he called "beautiful".

Switching out his fabled Les Paul for an ES-335 and his Marshall for Magnatones, Slash goes all in on the blues for Orgy Of The Damned – and lifts the lid on the gear that powered the album When you ...

Slash is one of the most recognisable musicians on the planet: he has a look, he has a sound, but he isn't done challenging himself. Far from it; he's been learning one of the most challenging ...

You’ve most certainly heard a pedal steel guitar before, most likely in any ‘old’ country song, or more specifically, any country song that doesn’t include the word ‘truck’ in its lyrics. Pedal steels ...

One of the staples of country music, the pedal steel guitar, takes center stage this weekend at an annual music convention being held for the 15th year-in-a- row in Norwalk. The Pedal Steel Guitar ...

Not only did Buddy Emmons set a benchmark for pedal steel guitar that has changed little since the 1960s, but he invented mechanical aspects that make the instrument what it is today. Although he ...

Jerry Fessenden builds a pedal steel guitar in his Montpelier workshop Credit: Jeb Wallace-Brodeur “This is a horrible little shop,” Jerry Fessenden says as he opens the door to a shack abutting the ...

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 GREAT: ...

An anchor of the classic mid-century Nashville sound, the pedal steel guitar has been a trusted part of the broader pop palette at least since Jerry Garcia added affable, if primitive, pedal steel to ...