Lap Steel Players
This list will continue to evolve as the pages for each artist are created.
Speedy West
David Lindley
Alvino Rey
Dan Dugmore
Roy Smeck
Bob Brozman
Eddie Alkire
Herb Remington
Jerry Byrd
Junior Brown
Noel Boggs
Johnny Farina
Leon McAuliffe
Joe Goldmark
Vance Terry
Joaquin Murphey
Sol Hoopii
Pete Drake
Bob Dunn
Don Helms
Freddie Roulette
Ben Harper
John Ely
“Little” Roy Wiggins
Sonny Rhodes
B.J. Cole
Buddy Emmons
Ken Emerson
Lap Steel Origins
Hawaii is where lap steel guitars got their start.
Who actually invented the lap steel guitar is a mystery. Some say a school aged Hawaiian biy named Joseph Kekuku accidentally stumbled across the sound when he took a railroad spike and slid the metal along the strinds of his guitar.
Other people who are credited with the [...]
Lap Steel Guitar: Definition
A lap steel guitar is laid across your lap, instead of being held like a typical guitar. The strings of a lap steel are considerably higher off the fretboard so you can lightly press a steel bar on it, which gives the sweet slide sound lap steel guitars are known for. Instead of the regular [...]