ORANGE, New Jersey (WABC) -- In this one-room sanctuary on a suburban New Jersey street, a rock-and-roll icon was born. It was in the House of God church in the '80s and '90s a young Robert Randolph ...

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An anchor of the classic mid-century Nashville sound, the pedal steel guitar has been a trusted part of the broader pop palette at least since Jerry Garcia added affable, if primitive, pedal steel to ...

With her hands, knees and bare feet set, Beverly Harris picks the strings and slides the metal bar on her new pedal steel guitar. “I got a new one,” she said of her pride and joy. “Listen to that bass ...