John Hughey, the session pedal steel guitarist who pioneered the distinct “crying steel” playing style, was born on this day in 1933 in Elaine, Arkansas. Hughey would have ample opportunities to show ...
Fifty years ago, Vince Gill left his home town of Norman, Okla., guitar in hand and moved — first to Kentucky to play bluegrass, then to Los Angeles, where he joined the Pure Prairie League, and then ...