# Pedal Steel Guitar songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 26, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279 "2022-09-26T18:34:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/21 "2022-09-26T21:07:18Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Definitely need at least one Red Rhodes track in this thread > > [https://youtu.be/reT0pYBciDM](https://youtu.be/reT0pYBciDM) See post #2. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/22 "2022-09-26T21:14:33Z")
And I know this version was played on a console steel without pedals (it’s too early), but most pedal steel players just used the pedals to switch between tunings for the early part of its existence. Plus “Kick it off, Leon” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxzxH6wIPCY) Incidentally, the person who first played while changing the tuning on their pedal steel was Bud Isaacs on Webb Pierce’s “Slowly”. Before that, pedal steels and console steels sounded the same. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3B6FjkaY-O8/maxresdefault.jpg "Webb Pierce - Slowly") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B6FjkaY-O8) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/23 "2022-09-26T21:14:45Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > See post #2. 😉 Oops…well, we definitely need _more_ than one Red Rhodes tune then. 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/24 "2022-09-26T21:22:23Z")
Mike Doughty’s _Haughty Melodic_ album has some nice pedal steel guitar accompaniment on some of the songs, although they are primarily acoustic guitar tracks. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DF1n0-BM-RM/maxresdefault.jpg "White Lexus") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF1n0-BM-RM) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sZu3hP4lNpA/hqdefault.jpg "Mike Doughty - American Car") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZu3hP4lNpA) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/25 "2022-09-26T21:28:40Z")
Here’s a much better example of what Randolph can do with a steel. I’ve seen him in concert and he tears that mother UP! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gt5BVuIv4t8/maxresdefault.jpg "Robert Randolph - Voodoo Chile") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt5BVuIv4t8) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/26 "2022-09-26T22:18:29Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Yeah, Rusty Young for Poco always played great. His pedal steel guitar often sounded like a cross between guitar and organ… When Buffalo Springfield broke up, and Richie Furay and Jim Messina started Poco, they asked Jerry Garcia for a pedal steel recommendation. Jerry said “You want Rusty Young.” (Oh, Jerry was the pedal steel player on the OP’s example, “Teach Your Children”.) Just found a Rolling Stone article on him, right after he died a year and a half ago: > In Poco, Young made his name and reputation as one of the first musicians to integrate a pedal steel guitar, then largely associated with country, into rock & roll. Young’s spunky playing enriched the band’s goal of fusing two seemingly disparate genres, and on Poco standards like “A Good Feelin’ to Know,” he even pushed the sonic limits of the instrument. “Rusty was one of the most innovative people on the pedal steel guitar,” Poco founder Richie Furay tells _Rolling Stone_ . “Nobody had ever heard a steel guitar run through a Leslie cabinet when we were doing it. We wanted to bring rock and country together, and that pedal steel gave us that rock & roll organ sound." Found a clip that starts with his solo on _Bad Weather,_ probably my favorite country-tinged ballad (wait for his harmonics, he loves those). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rF4LM3u5pnc/maxresdefault.jpg "Rusty Young Poco on Steel Guitar Richie Furay and Paul Cotton") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF4LM3u5pnc) [And a “Steelie” lesson using Rusty’s solo…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cTC8cvmfLo) And if you don’t know the album _Suite Steel,_ it’s full of great players. Here’s Rusty, playing off Clarence White’s guitar. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Zbdmxe8Lt2A/hqdefault.jpg "Rusty Young - Everybody's Talkin'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbdmxe8Lt2A) ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/27 "2022-09-26T23:56:48Z")
[Junior Brown](https://youtu.be/mCMTzg14MnI) Although, he’s playing a “guit steel”. You have to see it… ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/28 "2022-09-27T01:03:35Z")
Linda featured a lot of pedal steel on her early albums. This one’s a favorite; [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/x2Hwv8jbPZU/maxresdefault.jpg "Linda Ronstadt "Crazy Arms"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Hwv8jbPZU) ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/29 "2022-09-27T05:34:19Z")
Jimmy Day is one of the all-time greats. He played with Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Jim Reeves, and Ray Price: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZeNUqahfeAY/maxresdefault.jpg "Crazy Arms") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeNUqahfeAY) Speaking of Ray Price–can’t go wrong with Buddy Emmons. How about “Heart Over Mind?” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_RvBZzrkfds/hqdefault.jpg "Ray Price Heart Over Mind") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RvBZzrkfds) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/30 "2022-09-27T12:35:01Z")
Love that Bob Wills’ Steel Guitar Rag ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/31 "2022-09-27T12:48:20Z")
Nice steel work on this Judy Collins version of “Someday Soon”. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZIgnHPqp0Dk/hqdefault.jpg "Someday Soon - Judy Collins 1969.avi") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIgnHPqp0Dk) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/32 "2022-09-27T12:52:35Z")
Heh, a friend saw this yesterday and thought of me because of the pedal steel on it. Nice song, nice playing. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OR-NqKqYCWQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Drumming Bird - "American Spirits" (Live at The Mountain Opry)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR-NqKqYCWQ) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/33 "2022-09-27T12:57:35Z")
one of the only times you’ll see an EDM/electronica group use a steel guitar … Interestingly, the BBC wanted the song mimed like normal PSB showed up with everyone here and they were getting paid by the BBC so they had no choice but to use them … [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1qbYpgx5C_4/hqdefault.jpg "Pet Shop Boys - You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk on Top of the Pops 14/1/2000") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qbYpgx5C_4) ---
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> [@Chefguy](#): > > Here’s a much better example of what Randolph can do with a steel That’s excellent. Not at all what we traditionally expect to hear from a steel, but clearly he’s a master of the instrument. ---
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Ha! I came in to suggest her version of the Little Feat song Willin’. Great pedal steel solo by “Sneaky” Pete Kleinow. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fzI6jDqi7OY/maxresdefault.jpg "Willin'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzI6jDqi7OY) ---
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Jeff “Skunk” Baxter with Steely Dan Pearl of the Quarter [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WxnWBdyQ_Nc/maxresdefault.jpg "Pearl Of The Quarter") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxnWBdyQ_Nc) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/37 "2022-09-27T14:22:15Z")
^^ That’s a very good one I had forgotten about. One of my favorite steel guitar parts. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/38 "2022-09-27T15:41:32Z")
I learned to play that on a Strat. It’s not the same sound, but you can approximate it pretty well using a slide. You’re working _way_ up the neck, of course, somewhere in the vicinity of where the 23rd fret would be or thereabouts. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/39 "2022-09-27T15:47:01Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > one of the only times you’ll see an EDM/electronica group use a steel guitar … Daniel Lanois (best known for _The Maker_) uses pedal steel to create some interesting music. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HCWIDn6Q6Xs/maxresdefault.jpg "Daniel Lanois - Senegal (Live on KEXP)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCWIDn6Q6Xs) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/40 "2022-09-27T15:52:06Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Daniel Lanois (best known for _The Maker_) That’s a fine song, but I think that he’s better known for producing classic albums by U2, Robbie Robertson, the Neville Brothers, Bob Dylan and others. As a solo artist, he’s probably what you’d call a musician’s musician. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279.md?page=3)