Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters

@stuartk: Starting an Americana thread is a GREAT idea! I’ll be tied up with a coupla matters for a few days, but if no one else has started one by the end of the week perhaps I’ll give it a shot.

For now, here’s a great performance by two Americana artists at the top of my list: Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris. They’re performing Crowell’s song "Ain’t Living long Like This", and the band is as good as it comes, just magnificent:

https://youtu.be/KnqBH7jLb0I?si=GxwZpMewKrHOKcHj

And here's an interview Otis Gibbs did with the pedal steel player seen and heard in the clip, Steve Fishell:

https://youtu.be/UZ07dZO5r5I?si=1xjHKm32N7nqLIhf

In this video, Fishell explains and demonstrates how the pedal steel guitar works:

https://youtu.be/NrbSL92Kz1Y?si=Ri7XuO2_Hwwr9DQf

@bdp24

From what I’ve seen on the forum so far, you’re the ideal candidate. You seem to know/care more about the genre than anyone on the forum. I second the nomination ! ! ! 

These are the posts thar bring me to this forum! Thank you so much. I'm enjoying this newfound music. Merry Christmas! Joe

@bdp24

In this video, Fishell explains and demonstrates how the pedal steel guitar works:

Crazy! Maybe this is the best stringed instrument for drummers to learn, given that it requires coordinating so much at once!