How to Use pedal steel in a Sentence

pedal steel

noun

• Combs' bandmate Kurt Ozan was brought on to play pedal steel.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
• That’s why Arthur’s is among few places in the world that manufactures the steel bar used to play lap and pedal steel guitars.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2022
• One of the style’s telltale markers was the twangy, weeping pedal steel guitar.
  — Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2022
• Levine was a founding member, and so was his sibling, Nick Levine, whose pedal steel echoes the sorrowful sound of Hall’s voice.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2020
• Drake’s ability to enhance a song with the pedal steel stretched beyond just the country music genre.
  — Pam Windsor, Forbes, 3 May 2022
• But Richard Bennett played pedal steel for the song's early stage, then grabbed a six-string of his own to lock into the guitar line with Knopfler and the saxophone did the crying.
  — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2019
• His wild guitar and back-up vocals add the right touch of electric mayhem, while the band adds flourishes of banjo and pedal steel.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
• The Red Dirt Boys (drums, bass, keys/guitar, pedal steel) looked like librarians.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 14 May 2022
• Young himself wasn’t content to sit behind the pedal steel as other players had.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2021
• A little bit of soul and a tinge of country from a pedal steel guitar combined for rootsy melodic beauty.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2022
• His sound — soulful, twanging vocals backed by pedal steel and trumpet — soared over the amphitheater.
  — Thom Duffy, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2022
• The music itself was fantastic, thanks, in part, to Nesmith’s decision to center so much around Red Rhodes and his pedal steel.
  — Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2021
• But in the years since it’s become a kind of shaggy-hipster touchstone thanks to spacey tunes like this one with Jerry Garcia on pedal steel and Joni Mitchell on backing vocals.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
• Acoustic guitars, gentle vocal harmonies, pedal steel and steady-rolling beats drive the band’s music.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 5 May 2018
• Truthfully, there's still too much rock 'n' roll, too much screaming guitar vs. pedal steel, throughout the album.
  — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 18 Dec. 2017
• There, the warm weather and leisure lifestyle inspired him to adopt a persona based around hard drinking and easy living, and a tropical rock sound full of steel drums and pedal steel guitars.
  — Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Nov. 2023
• Frampton watched as Drake pulled out a small box, set it on his pedal steel guitar, and began connecting it together.
  — Pam Windsor, Forbes, 3 May 2022
• Along the way, he and longtime friend, broadcast journalist Bud Veazey collaborated to design and build a lap version of the pedal steel.
  — Mark Woolsey, ajc, 3 Mar. 2020
• The sounds of pedal steel guitar and fiddle weren’t always such sought-after sonic commodities.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 21 June 2019
• The chorus heightens the swirling sense of confusion with distorted guitars and crying pedal steel.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2022
• The Revivalists on the Gentilly Stage at 3:40 p.m. - Powered by an odd pedal steel guitar, organ and sax blend, these dudes can really bring it.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 5 May 2018
• There's some lovely pedal steel guitar on there, and, well, perfect use of a musical triangle.
  — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 3 Dec. 2019
• This is acoustic-minded rock music, with vocal harmonies, pedal steel, maybe even a yodel.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 23 Dec. 2017
• The ensemble features Doug Beaumier on pedal steel guitar and Bob Berry on bass guitar.
  — courant.com, 21 Oct. 2021
• With the smears of pedal steel and the stomps of barrelhouse piano in the background, the title track to Angel Olsen’s sixth album is her most eloquently and straightforwardly country song to date.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 16 Dec. 2022
• The rendition opens with mournful pedal steel and piano, as opposed to the original version’s drum intro.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2021
• Guyton performed her song in the round with a simple instrumental setup of cello, piano and pedal steel.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2021
• Funny haha, released in June, alongside a band that included live pedal steel.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2021
• Venetian Snares, on electronics that include real-time processing of the pedal steel.
  — New York Times, 4 May 2018
• And for Faye Webster, that instrument is pedal steel guitar in particular.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Aug 2024