Joe Goldmark may boast a staggering record collection, be a partner in a famously ecumenical record store and play all kinds of pop music on his pedal steel guitar, but he admits his musical passions ...

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 ...

Quincy Cortez plucks at a slim black box laid across his legs, his fingers flashing silver. Steel strings twang with each pull from the metal rings — wearable guitar picks — adorning his right thumb, ...

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Don Helms, the steel guitarist whose aching instrumental cry gave musical voice to the anguish and the joy in virtually all the key recordings by country music titan Hank Williams, died Monday in ...

Don Helms, whose piercing, forceful steel guitar helped define the sound of nearly all of Hank Williams' hits, and who performed and recorded with a long list of other country greats, died Aug. 11 in ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steel guitar music started on the island of Oahu — and teachers there are working with the next generation of students to continue ...