Steve Fishell, who plays pedal steel for Emmylou Harris, calls Emmons a musical genius — even a savant. "You're talking about the ability to play fiery, complex, single-note solos that just would ...

Early in Buddy Emmons: Steel Guitar Icon, Steve Fishell’s deft and lively biography, we meet the future legend as a skinny, high school-hating 14-year-old boy on his bike, hanging around outside a bar ...

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 ...

Pedal steel guitar innovator Buddy Emmons has died at the age of 78. Nicknamed “The Big E” for his height, Mr. Emmons, a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, played with some of country music’s ...

WASHINGTON — Buddy Emmons, an innovative pedal steel guitarist who toured with the Everly Brothers, Ray Price, and Ernest Tubb and was one of the first to bring the instrument into the jazz and rock ...

The steel guitar is the most distinguishable feature of country music – and many would regard Buddy Emmons, who played on thousands of records, as its greatest exponent. Buddy Gene Emmons was born in ...

The legendary musician worked with everyone from Ray Price to Ray Charles while making a complicated instrument seem effortless. He died Wednesday... Buddy Emmons, The Pedal-Steel Guitarist Who ...

"BUDDY EMMONS: STEEL GUITAR ICON" by Steve Fishell (University of Illinois Press, 288 pages, $23). Early in "Buddy Emmons: Steel Guitar Icon," Steve Fishell's deft and lively biography, we meet the ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Steve Fishell, who plays pedal steel for Emmylou Harris, calls Emmons a musical genius — even a savant ...