Had he lived, Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia would have celebrated his ... Garcia contributed a bright and twangy pedal-steel guitar solo to the tune. In a 2021 interview with Steve Earle ...

Jerry Garcia, celebrated musician ... He taught himself to play pedal steel guitar, an instrument popularized on the Hawaiian Islands and still heard often in today's country music.

That’s about it.” Garcia saw the New Riders, aka NRPS, as an opportunity to hone his skills on the pedal steel guitar. “We practiced at Jerry’s house on Magnolia Avenue in Larkspur most ...

We had done the track to “Teach Your Children,” and Stephen thought because he and Neil played guitar all the ... but when Jerry put his pedal steel on there I was convinced it was gonna ...

An anchor of the classic mid-century Nashville sound, the pedal steel guitar has been a trusted part of the broader pop palette at least since Jerry Garcia added affable, if primitive, pedal steel ...

Formed as an outlet for Jerry Garcia to learn pedal-steel guitar, the New Riders would develop a life of their own as a successful proto–outlaw-country act. “I really liked Bear,” says New ...

a re-creation of an October 1986 Jerry Garcia Band show ... s will host a “Dear Jerry” post-show jam led by pedal-steel guitar master Roosevelt Collier and featuring Baltimore singer-guitarist ...

Chief among these guests were Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir ... when Jerry became fascinated with—and mastered—the pedal steel guitar, he performed one of his most famous guest spots ever ...

He was 64. Mr. Dawson, nicknamed "Marmaduke," will be remembered as the man who started New Riders in 1969, the group in which Jerry Garcia was able to showcase his pedal-steel guitar playing ...