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John Hughey was born December 27, 1933, in Elaine, Arkansas.He began playing guitar at age nine, when his parents bought him an acoustic guitar from Sears. [1] In the seventh grade, he befriended a classmate named Harold Jenkins, who would later become a prominent country singer under his stage name Conway Twitty. [1]
Don Reno Bluegrass , Country; Tony Rice Bluegrass , acoustic; Don Rich; Arlen Roth; Eldon Shamblin Western Swing, Country; Ricky Skaggs; Hank Snow Country; Merle Travis Country; Travis Tritt Country; Keith Urban; Steve Wariner; Doc Watson Bluegrass , Traditional Country; Speedy West Pedal Steel; Clarence White Bluegrass, Country, Country rock ...
Buddy Gene Emmons (January 27, 1937 – July 21, 2015) was an American musician who is widely regarded as the world's foremost pedal steel guitarist of his day. [1] [2] He was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1981. [3]
Ralph Eugene Mooney (September 16, 1928 – March 20, 2011) [1] was an American steel guitar player and songwriter, he was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1983. [2] He was the original steel guitarist in Merle Haggard's band, The Strangers and the most prominent steel guitarist in Waylon Jennings' band, The Waylors.
Paul V. Franklin (born May 31, 1954 [1]) is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist.He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell's road band; in addition he toured with Vince Gill, Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed and Dire Straits.
Brumley was inducted into the Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, the International Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, and the Missouri Country Music Hall of Fame. [1] In 1999, he was asked to record with the Light Crust Doughboys by invitation of Doughboys Grammy Award-winning artist-producer Art Greenhaw, a lifelong fan of Brumley. The recordings took ...
Jimmy Day (born James Clayton Day; January 9, 1934 – January 22, 1999) [1] was an American steel guitarist active in the 1950s and 1960s. [2] His career in country music blossomed about the time the pedal steel guitar was invented—after pedals were added to the lap steel guitar.
He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame's Walkway of Stars in 1970 and the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2010. On May 1, 2022, [3] Drake was one of four inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame for the year 2021 along with Ray Charles, The Judds, and Eddie Bayers. [9]