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John Hughey (December 27, 1933 – November 18, 2007) was an American musician. He was known for his work as a session pedal steel guitar player for various country music acts, most notably Vince Gill and Conway Twitty.
Asleep at the Wheel is an American country band based in Austin, Texas.Formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia in 1970, the group originally consisted of vocalist and guitarist Ray Benson, vocalist and drummer LeRoy Preston, steel guitarist Lucky Oceans, bassist Rob Silver, and pianist Danny Levin, who were joined later by bassist Gene Dobkin, and vocalist and guitarist Chris O'Connell.
The Steel Guitar Hall of Fame is an organization established in the United States in 1978 to recognize achievement ... 1996 — John Hughey; 1997 — Al Perkins; 1997 ...
John Huey – steel guitar on "Motorboat to Heaven" and "The Lady of the Night" Josh Graves – dobro on "Motorboat to Heaven" and "The Lady of the Night" Bobby Emmons – organ on "I'm Tired of Your Stuff" Gene Estes – marimba on "I Killed an Ant With My Guitar" Tracy Nelson, Anita Baugh, Dianne Davidson, Sadie – backing vocals on ...
"Look at Us" features a pedal steel guitar intro from John Hughey, who was known for his "crying steel" method of playing by using the higher ranges of the instrument.Of this solo, Gill said that it "makes that song recognizable by what happens before any words even get sung."
Quincy Cortez, 16, takes his third lesson with Alan Akaka, who has been playing the Hawaiian steel guitar for more than 50 years. (Stephanie Yang / Los Angeles Times)
Some of McFee's early and non-Doobie Brothers work includes playing pedal steel guitar on Van Morrison's Tupelo Honey and Saint Dominic's Preview albums, and recording with many other artists, including Steve Miller on his Fly Like An Eagle album, the Grateful Dead on their From the Mars Hotel album, and Boz Scaggs, Emmylou Harris, Link Wray, Rick James, Janis Ian, Ricky Skaggs, The Brothers ...
Performed with Vince Gill on the song "Buttermilk John" from Guitar Slinger (2011). [21] Performed with Miranda Lambert on the song "All That's Left" from Platinum (2014). Performed with Asleep at the Wheel on the song "Faded Love" from Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (2015).