The pedal steel became central to his groundbreaking career.

Susan Alcorn, photo by Stewart Mostofsky and courtesy of High Zero Foundation After coming to the pedal steel guitar through country bands, Alcorn pursued a solo career in which she refined her ...

ORANGE, New Jersey (WABC) -- In this one-room sanctuary on a suburban New Jersey street, a rock-and-roll icon was born. It was in the House of God church in the '80s and '90s a young Robert Randolph ...

When you hear steel guitar in a song, it’s usually used as supplemental instrumentation, adding texture to the tunes. You generally don’t expect to see the men and women of steel in the forefront, and ...

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 ...

“Paul Franklin is one of the absolute masters of the pedal steel,” Chris Shiflett says during the opening of Walking the Floor‘s newest episode. “When I asked him to name some of the artists he’s ...

Eighty-nine years ago today, the pedal steel guitarist who changed the sound of country music forever was born.

CARBONDALE The pedal steel guitar, a staple of the country music sound, is a staggeringly complex instrument. Although the numbers vary from instrument to instrument, the pedal steel generally ...

NEW TODAY, A MAN FROM THE TRIAD IS GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME. HE’S GOING ON TOUR WITH CIRQUE DU SOLEIL. STAR CONNOR JOINED US NOW, SO STAR, WHAT WILL HE BE DOING IN THESE NATIONAL AND ...

Russia keeps threatening to use nuclear weapons. The United States, China, North Korea - they're all beefing up their arsenals. Meanwhile, a Kansas City musician set up his pedal steel guitar in a ...

ORANGE, New Jersey -- In this one-room sanctuary on a suburban New Jersey street, a rock-and-roll icon was born. It was in the House of God church in the '80s and '90s a young Robert Randolph learned ...