The high, plaintive wail of the pedal steel guitar and the warmly rough voice that follows close behind it define Robert Randolph's sound.

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Slivers of pedal steel guitar cut across a flowing backdrop of acoustic guitars and piano, and there are moments when you can almost see the tumbleweed rolling past.

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Williams recorded both secular and gospel music, but in 1970 he committed to working solely with artists from the Church of the Living God in Toledo, Ohio, where he himself learned how to play pedal steel guitar.

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The lovely melody of "You Can't Hurt Me Now, " with its plaintive vocal, keening pedal-steel guitar and loping tempo, is typical of the songcraft offered on Beware.

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Chuck Campbell adds to the highway sound with pedal-steel guitar.

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Contributing vocals, banjo, guitar, bass, pedal steel and dobro, Scott became quite the catch within the country scene.

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And were actually on tour with a great pedal steel player right now, Eric Heywood, who plays - hes an amazing guitar player, and then he jumps right over to the pedal steel.

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