Needle Drop

Needle Drop: Country Snow

While listening to some tunes, I noticed an affinity that country music has for the snow. Perhaps it just speaks to the music’s versatility, or maybe the slow plaintive bends of the pedal steel are what bring the snow flakes down.

Here’s a classic by Webb Pierce featuring one of the first uses of a mechanically adjustable steel guitar. Pretty nifty, really:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI0Oj34OlgU

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