Despite considering himself a novice on the pedal steel and having given up the instrument by 1973, he routinely ranked high in player polls.

Despite considering himself a novice on the pedal steel, Garcia routinely ranked high in player polls.

His grandfather played pedal steel for a country band, and gave Stewart his first guitar.

He did remain active as a session musician on pedal steel.

For both the album and the tour Paul Franklin was added to the line-up on pedal steel.

During his tour years with Watson, he mastered the pedal steel, banjo, fiddle and harmonica.

And a pedal steel, a teepee and recording studio, no doubt.

It looks like a pedal steel, but is has the cubic capacity of a Dobro, with a resonator on the top and pedals.

Some pro players have chosen a 12- or 14-string pedal steel for touring and recording sessions.

After the second chorus, a piano interlude begins, with Lanois contributing pedal steel.