Episode 132 - All About Pedal Steel Guitar with Jason Dunkle

The pedal steel guitar is a unique instrument that isn’t widely known. I’m hoping to increase its familiarity by sharing a fabulous conversation with my pedal steel player, Jason Dunkle. Sit back and relax, because you’re in for a wonderful episode, full of amazing information about the steel guitar, entertaining stories, and special pedal steel demonstrations. The quote for this episode is by Curly Chalker: “Steel guitar is the illegitimate child of music.” During our conversation, Jason shares how he got started with pedal steel, his journey making the shift from playing guitar to pedal steel and the challenges he faced during this time, the steel guitar not being very well-known, getting mentored by some of the biggest names in the pedal steel community, playing live, his recording process, recording at the studio versus from home, getting recording work, the importance of practicing slowly, various pedal steel techniques, lots of advice, and much more. I loved having Jason on the show for such a fun and informative conversation, and I hope you learned a ton about pedal steel along the way. Are you enjoying Write on Track? Do you have a topic suggestion for an episode? Would you like to be a guest? Email me at writeontrackpodcast@gmail.com. Also, I’d love to connect with you. My official website is http://demimschwartz.com, and you can find me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/demimschwartz, Instagram at http://instagram.com/demimschwartz, and Facebook at http://facebook.com/demimschwartz. Thank you so much for listening. Until next time, stay “write on track!”