Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wesley Webb West—most commonly; Speedy West—is the first known country musician to professionally use a pedal steel guitar.

Steel guitar music started on the island of Oahu — and teachers there are working with the next generation of students to continue the tradition. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) Quincy Cortez ...

The guitar, the banjo, the mandolin, the fiddle, and the upright bass are just a few of the instruments commonly associated with country music. Though there is one instrument missing from that list, ...

As the sound of country music has shifted, the emotive whir of its classic instrument has often been sidelined. The complicated antique has found new life in surprising forms. By Grayson Haver Currin ...

At 94, Robert Fuller has reformed the classic country band he played with in the 1950s and 1960s. Fuller, the sole remaining original member, once opened for country music legend Patsy Cline. The new ...

Wesley Webb West—most commonly; Speedy West—is the first known country musician to professionally use a pedal steel guitar. Originating in Hawaii in 1885, the original steel guitar came from the hands ...