# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**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, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/41 "2022-09-27T15:53:03Z")
Well, he does have that small side-job as a producer too. 😉 I was trying to say that as a musician, he is best known for that particular song. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/42 "2022-09-27T15:57:18Z")
David Gilmour on the PULSE live album and DVD. “One of These Days”, “High Hopes” and “The Great Gig In the Sky”. Gilmour has done a few versions of One of These Days, this is my favorite. It’s only available on the DVD, it wasn’t included on the CD. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CK_BcyKOAt4/hqdefault.jpg "Pink Floyd - One Of These Days (PULSE Restored & Re-Edited)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK_BcyKOAt4) ---
**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, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/43 "2022-09-27T16:03:37Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I was trying to say that as a musician, he is best known for that particular song. Ok, understood, and I didn’t want to be a wise-ass. But note that he also regularly contributed guitar (mostly slide/steel) on the records he produced for others. ---
**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, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/44 "2022-09-27T16:37:43Z")
Not a wise-ass! I always enjoy your posts as they are typically value-added which can’t always be said for mine. 🙂 > [@racer72](#): > > David Gilmour on the PULSE live album This is a great example of pedal steel usage outside the norm! ---
**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, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/45 "2022-09-27T18:17:34Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Heh, I own a couple of pedal steels, I’m not very good at playing them, but I enjoy them. > > And yeah, Bobby Black is one of the absolute greats. It doesn’t hurt that everyone else in the band was basically one of the greats, as well. > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iawlT3HHW0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iawlT3HHW0) The aforementioned Michael Nesmith with steel player Red Rhodes also did a version of that ditty: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ENBMa68C1fE/maxresdefault.jpg "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENBMa68C1fE) ---
**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, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/46 "2022-09-27T18:46:39Z")
I just thought that this thread needs some Ben Keith, frequent collaborator with Neil Young and part of one of his bands, the Stray Gators, so here’s a nice tune: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/k-WooRAzNyg/maxresdefault.jpg "Field of Opportunity (2016 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-WooRAzNyg) ---
**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, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/47 "2022-09-27T21:13:18Z")
Hehehe, total nitpick, but I think he’s playing a Dobro/Resonator on that recording. A related instrument, but not the same thing (and I need to get me a Dobro). 😃 ---
**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, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/48 "2022-09-27T21:23:33Z")
Brian Eno, “Deep Blue Day”. One of my favorites, so good it actually makes me tear up. Daniel Lanois is playing the steel. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mZnRe6e20xE/hqdefault.jpg "Brian Eno -- Deep Blue Day") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZnRe6e20xE) Maggie Bjorklund is an innovative pedal steel player. I like her work a lot. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xz6ST04m3Xk/maxresdefault.jpg "Maggie Bjorklund "The Dark Side of the Heart" Live at Bremen") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz6ST04m3Xk) ---
**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, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/49 "2022-09-27T21:29:36Z")
Here’s another of hers. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/svfCbQqAfJI/maxresdefault.jpg "Maggie Bjorklund Thin Blue Air") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svfCbQqAfJI) ---
**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 27, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/50 "2022-09-27T21:37:24Z")
You probably wouldn’t expect Fountains of Wayne to employ a pedal steel, but they did several tunes with a country twang, including _Hung Up On You_ (Robert Randolph sitting in). [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9xf-_CXMqMk/hqdefault.jpg "Fountains Of Wayne - Hung Up On You") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xf-_CXMqMk) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/51 "2022-10-09T13:09:53Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Ha! I came in to suggest her version of the Little Feat song Willin’. Great pedal steel solo by “Sneaky” Pete Kleinow. Of the Flying Burrito Brothers, I should add. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/52 "2022-10-09T16:15:30Z")
Looking back on the OP, I notice they didn’t post the song. One of the most iconic pedal steel songs, probably the pedal steel performance that has been heard the most by non-country fans, and the player is surprised me: Jerry Garcia [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EkaKwXddT_I/hqdefault.jpg "Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Teach Your Children") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkaKwXddT_I) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/53 "2022-10-09T18:18:28Z")
In the _Get Back_ documentary George is shown fooling around with a lap steel, but when they did the recording on “For You Blue” John was the one actually playing it. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279/54 "2022-10-09T19:08:37Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > Jeff “Skunk” Baxter with Steely Dan > > Pearl of the Quarter > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxnWBdyQ\_Nc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxnWBdyQ_Nc) He talks about pedal steel with World Cafe in this. [Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter, the most interesting man in music? : World Cafe : NPR](https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2022/10/04/1126568311/jeff-skunk-baxter-talks-speed-of-heat) Jump to around 17:15. The whole interview is pretty cool. I actually stopped using the power tools in the shop while it was on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279.md?page=2)