Nice Steel Guitarist bios on youtube

[Bill McCloskey]

The IhonkyTonk youtube channel has been featuring a number of excellent bios of steel guitarists called The Stars of Steel Guitar, for those that haven't seen them:

Jerry Byrd: https://youtu.be/n6qJuOMO7uE?si=NVY6R3FQ9WnnCt-8
Buddy Emmons part 1: https://youtu.be/DLdXNzSu1Bc?si=i_4_UclgpZIu-ciw
Buddy Emmons part 2: https://youtu.be/d8MENdY2lEs?si=I4bMoj_AuLpKj5jj
Pete Drake: https://youtu.be/hYrqU4Yt-kU?si=zFkK3rUb-s_Ed5MV
Lloyd Green Part 1: https://youtu.be/AqlgDnUlDOY?si=N00gOu_HveJy_8x3
Lloyd Green Par 2: https://youtu.be/UWgHXGpiKrI?si=WcABJsXJ_PscA--d

[scott murray]

kudos for doing this but the guy could do a little better research and keep his opinions to himself, in my opinion.

[Dave Magram]

Hey Bill,

You beat me to it--I was going to post the exact same list on Friday but the SGF was getting updated.

I did a little Web sleuthing and discovered that Ryan Cook (iHonkyTonk) is a Canadian singer & songwriter, and a huge fan of traditional country music--especially steel guitar.

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Some additional items that may be of interest...
Here’s one of Ryan’s albums, recorded in 2010 with Lloyd Green and Bruce Bouton on steel. It’s quite good, IMHO…
Peaks & Valleys - Ryan Cook
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=O ... tRPUEc8wQM

The one and only Lloyd Green (pt 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWgHXGpiKrI
Starting at 19:08 minutes, Ryan talks about meeting Lloyd and having him play steel on his “Peaks & Valleys” album.

Buddy Emmons + Roger Miller= This is the one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOzzEu2GmKE&t=182s
A nice profile by Ryan of this classic album.

iHonkyTonk Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@iHonkyTonk

- Dave

[Dave Magram]

A couple of new steel guitarist profiles posted by iHonkyTonk (Ryan Cook):
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“The world according to Alvino Rey”. iHonkyTonk, Mar 30, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2p3x2xQlkc
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“The Networker… Dewitt "Scotty" Scott”. iHonkyTonk, Mar 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-OArgUj68Q
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- Dave

[Bobby Boggs]

What Scott Murray said.