| ▲ | dofm 18 hours ago | |
Apologies for delayed response: Pedal steel is quite a diverse thing because it can be used quite obviously, or it can be used for sort of subtle sliding, stringy swell accompaniments. Dire Straits' "On Every Street" is a good example — there's a fair amount of quite subtle pedal steel accompaniment work on the title track, "Calling Elvis" (amazing music video), "Fade To Black". It's more obviously noticeable (comes to the front a bit more) on "The Bug". Probably the most deliberate use of it I can think of is "Emmylou" by First Aid Kit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3TzP-o4vhs But there's some on "Wolf" — great example from Glastonbury where the lap steel is quite rock-ish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXNHEXaKkzw Chris Funk of The Decemberists plays pedal steel, there's a bit on The King Is Dead. "Dear Avery", for example (heartbreakingly lovely song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeHhV79BCU4 Rise To Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOH3mIo378A There's also some on The Hazards Of Love, e.g. on "Isn't It A Lovely Night": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Z2lZgpqKc Craig Finn (The Hold Steady) did his solo project stuff with a great pedal steel player: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8QBpfCSlLE Then there's Robert Randolph, who plays in a sort of extended, rock/blues "sacred steel" style that comes from the fascinating place lap steel has in Black gospel music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Dgnf824zk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBpViKFhrUg Funnily enough "Sleep Walk", the song people most associate with the pedal steel, which is in aidenn0's list, was originally not a pedal steel song — it's a console steel song (twin neck, on a sort of standing table, but no levers or pedals, just bar slants for bends). | ||