By junior high, Pete was playing electric guitar in a band. The nascent country-rock scene that started to explode after The Byrds’ 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo soon had Pete hooked on the sound ...

The country music world is mourning the loss of steel guitar player Pete Finney, who died on Feb. 7, according to a social ...

Pete Finney, who played steel guitar with everyone from Patty Loveless and Vince Gill to Beck and the Monkees, died Feb. 7 at ...

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.

Steve Finney, a steel guitarist who toured with Patty Loveless and narrowly avoided a plane crash that killed eight members of Reba McEntire's band, has died. He was 70.

Nashville musicians comprise a brotherhood and sisterhood like no other, and on Sunday, hundreds of them and their loved ones gathered at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to remember and pay ...

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 ...

WUNC music reporter Brian Burns chats with pedal steel guitarist Luke Schneider ahead of his show at The Fuzzy Needle on February 20.

The Southern Illinois Steel Guitar Show – 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. today through Saturday, April 19-21; Mount Vernon Holiday Inn & Conference Center; $10 for Thursday, $20 for Friday and $20 for Saturday, ...

Pete Finney, a steel guitarist who toured with country music star Patty Loveless for more than 20 years and also recorded ...