Yes he really does. I've seen him live and he's amazing. I've heard him described as somewhere between Leon Rhodes and Jimi Hendrix and I think that would be about right.
tb Henry-if you are hearing what sounds like pedal steel then it is Junior playing his Sho-Bud-not all of the steel on Juniors recorded songs is played on the steel neck of the Guit-Steel-if you listen to his pedal steel playing you can hear that he was influenced by Lloyd,Hal,and Buddy C-Junior is an accomplished player with pedals
JB is the reason I got into steel, after years of thinking about it, finally had a Fender Deluxe 8 come my way. Not much steel here in CT, hard to find. Pedals or not, fantastic player.