New Steel Player on the Scene “Little Joe”

[Ollin Landers]

I just caught a re-run of the special on PBS "Live From the Artist Den" Sturgil Simpson at the Broad Street Ballroom.

I always thought Laur Joamets was a killer guitar player. Imagine my surprise when I saw a Pedal Steel on stage with him.

Apparently he's playing PSG now. A Stage One from the looks of it. And learned it in 4 months.


While Joamets is best known for the fiery licks he pulls out of his trusty ’70s Telecaster, he’s also now playing pedal steel live in Simpson’s band. He’d never touched the instrument prior to Simpson buying him one and simultaneously telling him he had around three months to learn the parts from the new album for a late-night TV show performance. Premier Guitar spoke with Joamets to discuss the stranger-than-fiction tale of his arrival in Simpson’s life, the process of bringing Simpson’s vision for A Sailor’s Guide to Earth to life in the studio, and learning to play the intimidating-looking pedal steel in less than four months.


Full article

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/2 ... -nashville

[Pete Woronowski]

Thanks for the link, great article. I'm not surprised he figured it out that quick he is a great musician.
Cheers, Pete

[Ollin Landers]

And everyone talks about how we're not seeing new steel players. Here's one.