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Bobby Lee (Robert Paul Lee born 1949, died 2023), was a pedal steel guitar player and active promoter of the instrument, creating several Internet websites and most recognized as the founder of the Steel Guitar Forum. Inspired by the steel guitar styles of Jerry Garcia (with The Grateful Dead) and Don Helms (with Hank Williams), Bobby Lee took ...
A steel guitar (Hawaiian: kīkākila [1]) is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar".
Steel strings twang with each pull from the metal rings — wearable guitar picks — adorning his right thumb, index and middle finger. His left hand hovers over the strings along the neck, a ...
The organization contains inductees from outside the U.S. [9] and is sometimes referred to as the "International Steel Guitar Hall of Fame" to distinguish it from various regional associations. [ 2 ] The first woman to become a member was Barbara Mandrell in 2009 [ 10 ] An ongoing goal of the hall of fame is to secure a permanent museum site to ...
The British Steelies Society Forum ; Steel Guitar Forum – A discussion site for pedal steel, lap steel, and related musical instruments; Steel Guitar Jazz – A website featuring pedal and nonpedal steel guitar in jazz music – run by Jim Cohen; www.pedalsteel.co.uk – website run by Bob Adams
He is a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame (2006). [1] Bradshaw is noted for creating what is now an international standard for describing how a steel guitar is configured, and coined the name "copedent" to describe it. [2] NPR music writer Jesse Jarnow called Bradshaw "perhaps the world's leading authority on the instrument". [3] Bradshaw ...
Pedal Steel Guitar Association is an organization dedicated to the pedal steel guitar. It was established in November 1973 in New York City, and has published The Pedal Steel Newsletter 10 times per year since December 1973. [1] [2] [3] The organization also holds an annual conference. [4] It is held in Darien, CT in November.
During the ensuing years, he worked with various musicians in Montreal and began making albums of his own, including 1962's Neil Flanz and his Nashville Steel, and 1964's Get On The Star Route (recorded in Toronto using an Emmons Stereo pedal steel guitar). The success of the two albums gained him recognition, both in Canada and the United States.