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.

Though, given its use of steel guitar, American roots lyrics, and the story behind it, it is, without a doubt, John Lennon’s most country-inspired solo song. The song came as a result of a wild ...

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).