One hundred six years ago today, the influential steel guitar master who played with some classic country's biggest stars was born.

At 94, Robert Fuller has reformed the classic country band he played with in the 1950s and 1960s. Fuller, the sole remaining original member, once opened for country music legend Patsy Cline. The new ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wesley Webb West—most commonly; Speedy West—is the first known country musician to professionally use a pedal steel guitar.

The guitar, the banjo, the mandolin, the fiddle, and the upright bass are just a few of the instruments commonly associated with country music. Though there is one instrument missing from that list, ...

Members of 45 RPM are Nashville musicians, songwriters, and producers who’ve worked in the industry for years. They’ve toured with some of the biggest names in country music and played on sessions for ...

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 ...

In 1904, Joseph Kekuku, inventor of the Hawaiian steel guitar, left Hawaii to perform on the American West Coast. Newspaper critics called him the “world’s greatest guitar soloist.” Redpath Chautauqua ...