Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Robert Randolph and the Family Band is an American gospel band led by pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph. NPR has described the band as one with an "irresistible rock 'n' roll swagger". Rolling Stone included Randolph upon their list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. The band has released six studio albums and has been Grammy nominated four times.
Randolph in 2016
Robert Randolph in Toronto
Robert Randolph, Doyle Bramhall II, and Eric Clapton performing "Got My Mojo Working" at Cuyahoga Falls, May 31, 2008
The pedal steel guitar is a console-type of steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings to enable playing more varied and complex music than other steel guitar designs. Like all steel guitars, it can play unlimited glissandi and deep vibrati—characteristics it shares with the human voice. Pedal steel is most commonly associated with Country music and Hawaiian music.
Modern pedal steel guitar with two necks
Rickenbacker lap steel guitar, Electro B6, with Beauchamp horseshoe pickup, late 1930s
Rickenbacker Console 758 tripleneck steel - 2011 TSGA Jamboree
Bigsby steel