Ninety-seven years ago today, one of the greatest pedal steel players and most influential figures in country music history was born.

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. On other songs he takes a conventional approach. An ...

Former Buckaroo Tom Brumley — whose keening steel guitar gave the Buck Owens classic “Together Again” its soul — died Tuesday in Texas of complications of a heart attack. He was 73. Buckaroo Jim Shaw ...

Folklyric: C-7027 (on container: 7027). Title on container: Hawaiian steel guitar classics, 1927-1938. "A sampler ... of acoustic Hawaiian lap steel guitar. Selections range from turn-of-the-century ...

A group of Oklahomans have come together to celebrate and preserve the steel guitar. The steel guitar has long held a special place in classic country music. As the modern music landscape changes, the ...

Nothing cries as convincingly as a pedal steel guitar. While that sound breaths emotion into Hawaiian, country, and even rock n’ roll music on occasion, it is more often associated with Nashville than ...

Saturday, March 4, at The Blue Room at Third Man Records Ahead of the show, the Scene caught up with Pahl and Schneider in separate phone conversations. Below is a portion of our talk, woven into one ...

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: ...

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 the ...