Accomplished steel guitar player and producer Robby Turner, who has played with artists including Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, The Highwaymen and Chris Stapleton, died Thursday, Sept. 4, at age 63.

XENIA, Ohio (WDTN) — One of the most notable steel guitar players and oldest radio broadcasters in the Miami Valley is preparing for his annual show. Ray “Chubby” Howard is the master of the steel ...

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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 ...

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 ...

On this day (September 16) in 1928, Ralph Mooney was born in Duncan, Oklahoma. He fell in love with the steel guitar at a young age and went on to have a legendary career in country music. Over the ...

Eric Heywood has performed with acts like Ani DiFranco, Son Volt, and more. Since moving to Montana, he's collaborated with ...

Quincy Cortez plucks at a slim black box laid across his legs, his fingers flashing silver. Steel strings twang with each pull from the metal rings — wearable guitar picks — adorning his right thumb, ...

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 ...

A documentary making its Iowa premiere on September 10 spotlights a so-called "dying" instrument and a Cedar Falls man who engenders future generations of musicians. That Thing That Sound explores the ...

How is it that a tiny guitar amp with origins that date back 76 years is still considered a monster tone machine today? It’s because Fender got so much right with the humble Champ combo from the start ...

Turner played for artists including Waylon Jennings, The Highwaymen & Chris Stapleton. By Jessica Nicholson Accomplished steel guitar player and producer Robby Turner, who has played with artists ...