Susan Alcorn, Voyager on Pedal Steel Guitar, Dies at 71
With a daring avant-garde approach, she pushed the frontiers of an instrument best known for speaking with a down-home accent ...
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Guitar gods: The 30 most influential lead guitarists of all time
Van Halen found himself atop lists of best guitar players at a young age, and his legend has only continued to grow since he, his brother Alex, Michael Anthony and David Lee Roth released the hard ...
Pioneering ‘genius’ guitar player has died, leaving fellow musicians to share touching tributes
An innovative instrumentalist has died, leading many in the music industry to pay their respects. In a post on X, the ...
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The Hawaiian steel guitar changed American music. Can one man keep that tradition alive?
But while the steel guitar can still be found in country and other types ... youngest Hawaiian steel guitar player in the world. Now 20, she is one of the best-known Hawaiian musicians of her ...
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Pioneering pedal steel guitar virtuoso Susan Alcorn has died aged 71
Having released over a dozen albums and collaborated with a multitude of artists throughout her career, Alcorn is widely ...
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Leo Fender got it right in 1948 with an amp he created for lap-steel guitar players
In 1948, the company introduced a “beginner” set that paired a Hawaiian lap-steel guitar with an amp designed ... two Champion models from the flat, top-rear mounted panels found in the ...