Nate Hofer inside the Atlas F missile base near Wilson, Kansas, where he recorded "Decommissioned." Nate Hofer grew up in Eudora within sight of the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, a sprawling ...

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, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - Influential pedal steel guitarist Buddy Emmons, who recorded with country music greats and toured as a bass player for Roger Miller, has died at age 78, the Nashville ...

While the pedal steel guitar is a staple sound of country and roots music, the number of people who master the tricky instrument is small. One such player is Eric Heywood, a resident of Butte who’s ...

Bruce Czarnetzki contends that the steel guitar may be the most difficult of all instruments to play. It needs motion by the hands, feet and knees, with elements of the guitar, piano and violin in its ...

This year is off to a great start for Roger Edgington. The steel guitarist celebrated his 70th birthday in March, marked his 50th wedding anniversary with his wife, Judy, last week, and was inducted ...

Robby Turner, the steel guitar legend known in Nashville as the “Man of Steel,” died on Thursday (Sept. 4). He was 63 years old. Turner’s son Bobby Turner confirmed the news on Facebook. “We’re sad, ...

Nate Hofer inside the Atlas F missile base near Wilson, Kansas, where he recorded "Decommissioned." Kansas City musician Nate Hofer took his pedal steel guitar 30 feet down into an inter-continental ...

(KANSAS NEWS SERVICE) - Nate Hofer grew up in Eudora, Kansas, within sight of the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, a sprawling complex that was once the largest smokeless gunpowder plant in the world.