How to Use steel guitar in a Sentence

steel guitar

noun

• But Strait is a throwback to the days of steel guitar and twang.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 28 May 2018
• And there is something in the steel guitar where there's no edges.
  — Steve Marinucci, Billboard, 31 May 2018
• Rex Wiseman, who plays steel guitar and fiddle for the band, walked up from the stage door.
  — Colin Warren-Hicks The Virginian-Pilot (tns), al, 5 Feb. 2023
• But at the end of the day, what makes country music isn't a fiddle or a steel guitar.
  — Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2022
• When Frampton said yes, Drake pulled out a small box and set it on top of his steel guitar.
  — Pam Windsor, Forbes, 3 May 2022
• With a steel guitar, the string spacing is very, very narrow.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Aug. 2023
• There's nothing like the sound of a steel guitar on a country ballad.
  — Alana Springsteen, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2022
• The sound of steel guitar strings is replaced with the chatter of a cable news channel.
  — Timothy Ivy, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Aug. 2021
• But Michael Nesmith was onstage with the Byrds in 1968, playing steel guitar.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2021
• Singer Brenda Lee called him a genius on the steel guitar and a true gentlemen.
  — Pam Windsor, Forbes, 3 May 2022
• The evening was capped with a mainline shot of Strait-up country, as steel guitar and fiddle took charge to honor King George.
  — Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com, 14 Sep. 2017
• What Elm called the mechanics of steel guitars had fascinated him for a while.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 25 Apr. 2018
• In other studio recording awards, Paul Franklin won steel guitar player of the year for the 16th time, while Justin Niebank won audio engineer of the year for the eighth time.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2020
• His father was a longshoreman who liked to play Hawaiian steel guitar.
  — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2018
• Sticky melodies and lovelorn lyrics, however, are what really bind all the steel guitars and rave synths together.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2023
• The Hawaiian guitar had already swapped a wooden body for a metal one, giving it the alternate name of a steel guitar.
  — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2022
• Bobby Black is a pedal-steel guitar master whos played an essential role on the Bay Area music scene since the early 1950s.
  — Andrew Gilbert, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2018
• His steel guitar and Fender Telecaster will be on display.
  — Hector Saldana, San Antonio Express-News, 2 May 2018
• Brown is known for his guit-steel, a double-necked hybrid that combines a traditional guitar with a lap steel guitar.
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2019
• The movie turned the Pasadena club into an overnight tourist draw and popularized pearl snap shirts, longneck beers, the steel guitar and mechanical bulls across the country.
  — Washington Post, 8 May 2022
• Often straddling the fence between newgrass and country rock, Mr. Crowe added steel guitar and drums to his lineup during Whitley’s tenure in the band.
  — Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2022
• The band included the legendary steel guitar player Jimmy Day and a rising singer-songwriter named Clay Blaker.
  — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2018
• Like in the previous version, a cool and fading steel guitar compliments the rhythmic melody and calming percussion.
  — Fox News, 16 July 2018
• Much of the 17 hours on the retreat was devoted to the demo, which included enough steel guitar and Dobro to insert a little Western flare into the mysterious sound.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
• Rucker, who has achieved solo fame as a country artist, turned the tune into a big country ballad with weeping steel guitar and a new orchestral arrangement.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2021
• In the band, Schmidt handles a wide selection of instruments, from steel guitar to banjo, mandolin and mandocello.
  — Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 Mar. 2018
• Accompanied with a steel guitar, Tongi’s talents were all on full display – control, tone, warmth.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 2 May 2023
• Ultimately the steel guitar player teaches the alien how to recycle beer bottles.
  — Andy Horowitz, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2021
• Throughout the history of country music, the fiddle, like the steel guitar, ebbs and flows in popularity in country music.
  — Pam Windsor, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
• And lately, the group has been building on that foundation by experimenting in the studio, merging their signature style with muted drums, synths, and even steel guitars that bring George Strait to mind.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Sep 2024