XENIA, Ohio (WDTN) — One of the most notable steel guitar players and oldest radio broadcasters in the Miami Valley is preparing for his annual show. Ray “Chubby” Howard is the master of the steel ...
In September 1955, George Jones reached the Billboard country chart for the first time with “Why Baby Why.” It certainly wouldn’t be his last, as Jones went on to have one of the most influential ...
Half a century ago, steel guitar greats Lloyd Green and Jay Dee Maness played pedal steel on the Byrds' 1968 record "Sweetheart of the Rodeo." Now, they're revisiting the seminal country rock album.
Legendary steel guitarist Kayton Roberts has died. Roberts played for a host of country icons like Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Randy Travis and Alison Krauss, and he also ...
Turner played for artists including Waylon Jennings, The Highwaymen & Chris Stapleton. By Jessica Nicholson Accomplished steel guitar player and producer Robby Turner, who has played with artists ...
The late Pete Drake was a well-known Nashville session player whose pedal steel guitar licks were heard on many of country music’s biggest during the 60s, 70s, and early 80s. Songs like George Jones’ ...
On this day (September 16) in 1928, Ralph Mooney was born in Duncan, Oklahoma. He fell in love with the steel guitar at a young age and went on to have a legendary career in country music. Over 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: ...
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 ...
It wasn't supposed to end like this for local steel guitar master and Bakersfield Sound legend Larry Petree and his wife of 60 years, Betty Petree. "At this moment, I'm not sure exactly what happened, ...
Accomplished steel guitar player and producer Robby Turner, who has played with artists including Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, The Highwaymen and Chris Stapleton, died Thursday, Sept. 4, at age 63.