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 ...

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 ...

Ninety-four years ago today, the innovative pedal steel master who played on a long list of classic songs was born in Georgia ...

The Steel Guitar Hall of Fame makes a permanent home for itself with the Hawaiʻi State Public Archives as American Archives ...

The Hawaiian steel guitar became a cultural force in America at the turn of the century, popularized by troupes of traveling musicians from Hawaii. It evolved beyond its association with a tropical ...

Wesley Webb West—most commonly; Speedy West—is the first known country musician to professionally use a pedal steel guitar. Originating in Hawaii in 1885, the original steel guitar came from the hands ...

Ever since I was in junior high school, I have somehow liked—or rather, been intrigued by—the music known as the blues, and ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) – The first Live Steel Guitar Music Festival has returned to Oahu. The 2022 Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival will be held on Saturday, June 11 at the Kaneohe Windward Mall and begins at ...

Buddy Emmons -- one of the most influential musicians ever on the steel guitar -- died Wednesday (July 29) at the age of 78. By Chuck Dauphin Buddy Emmons — one of the most influential musicians ever ...

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, ...

KAILUA, Hawaii – 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 ...