Fiddles, banjos, and guitars have long been commonplace in country music. However, a pedal steel guitar brings a whole new layer of emotional depth to your favorite country song. First used in ...

The guitarist and co-founder of a famous 1980s hard rock band died at the age of 67. The death of Chris Hager, a member of Mickey Ratt and then the hard rock band, Ratt, which was created in 1981, was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Susan Alcorn, photo by Stewart Mostofsky and courtesy of High Zero Foundation After coming to the pedal steel guitar through ...

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’ ...

This year is off to a great start for Roger Edgington. The steel guitarist celebrated his 70th birthday in March, marked his 50th wedding anniversary with his wife, Judy, last week, and was inducted ...

While you may have never heard his name, Jerry Byrd played a key role in the history of country music. The steel guitarist master played with legendary musicians like Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, Patsy ...

Graham Griffith first took up conventional guitar at 14, studying classical guitar. In his early 20s he played self taught fiddle in a jug band called the Cosmo Hamfat Entertainers. After seeing ...

Susan Alcorn, the revered pedal steel guitarist who brought the instrument beyond its traditional role in country music, died on Friday, January 31. Baltimore’s High Zero Foundation shared the news ...