You’ve most certainly heard a pedal steel guitar before, most likely in any ‘old’ country song, or more specifically, any country song that doesn’t include the word ‘truck’ in its lyrics.
By Jim Asker George Birge notches his first leader on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart ... who “only dances to cowboy songs.” (“That steel guitar’ll steal her heart,” Birge sings.) ...
By age 14, Barbara was touring as a steel guitar phenomenon with ... one of which was her signature song, written based on her true story: “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool” (1981).