Cindy Cashdollar has a tone that combines the beautiful leaves of an autumn day with the peaceful, serene snowflakes of a winter’s snow. It is timeless, wise, and reflective. Even though she doesn’t play pedal steel often (lap steel is her go-to for steel), her playing represents C6 in a thoughtful way, and every pedal […]
In 2014, on a humid summer morning in North Carolina, I sat in my bedroom wondering if I’d ever be able to play something decent with my C6 neck. I had just gotten this new tuning/neck a few months earlier; I had been a single neck E9 player up until then, and had been playing
Lloyd Green’s playing tone is a blazing fire; scorching, yet sharply defined by the outlines of the flames. His pedal steel playing is fearless, and his tone shows it. His notes are like sparks in the wind, waiting to ignite everything around it with a bewildering, natural grace. Mr. Nashville has been on so many sessions,
Here’s a couple tips for how to get the most out of your practice sessions. Useful music practice tips for pedal steel or other instruments… Practice Rigs & Tools Using a Metronome PRACTICE RIGS & TOOLS If you are going to spend a good amount of time practicing, and want to get the most out of
Well, how do you even begin to describe Buddy Emmons’ tonal personality on the pedal steel? You start with Round 1, and hope by Round 10 you’re still in the fight. Buddy Emmons was a heavyweight player: with notes that sting you, make you cry like a baby, but yet are as soothing as an
Rebuilding the days when pedal steel players were a majority on Broadway: when multi-pedal steel jams could be found daily; when new licks were a golden treasure to be discovered; when pedal steel players were the kings and queens of the town. Let’s bring back the Golden Days of pedal steel in Nashville…