Russ Pahl's guest appearances

Russ Pahl

Music Makers and Soul Shakers with Steve Dawson

Everyone Loves Guitar

Truetone Lounge

Redd Volkaert

Jim Campilongo

Rick Holmstrom

Will McFarlane

Pat Bergeson

Robben Ford

David Hood

Cindy Cashdollar

Greg Leisz

Reggie Young

Trey Hensley

Sadler Vaden

Arlen Roth

Steve Gibson

Audley Freed

OwlTail

Today I’m bringing you a conversation with one of the most recorded pedals steel players in modern times - Russ Pahl. Russ has played on all the great T-Bone Burnett records of the past bunch of years, and has also recorded for the likes of Sturgill Simpson, Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley, Norah Jones, Blake Shelton, Orville Peck, Marcus King, Ceelo Green, Yola, Jim Lauderdale, Buddy Miller, and the list goes on. From his early days cutting his teeth in country bands around Minneapolis, to moving to Nashville in the 80’s, he has managed to hone his craft and develop a unique sound. He scored a cool gig with Dickey Betts in the late 80’s, and then Buddy Miller started calling him for his productions, and Vince Gill had him in his live band for about 5 years. It seems that after about 2000, the floodgates just opened and when someone wanted a steel player that didn’t play the same licks as everyone else and had a creative approach, Russ was the one to call. We had a great conversation and get into all that stuff, and more. Enjoy, share and please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!Listen to the accompanying playlist for this episode here, which features the artist’s own music, plus many of the songs that were discussed during the show.This episode is brought to you by Izotope - check out their amazing recording software at: www.izotope.comThanks for your support, and your fearless host, Steve Dawson can be found at: www.stevedawson.ca Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mmasspodcast.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I’m bringing you a conversation with one of the most recorded pedals steel players in modern times - Russ Pahl. Russ has played on all the great T-Bone Burnett records of the past bunch of years, and has also recorded for the likes of Sturgill Simpson, Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley, Norah Jones, Blake Shelton, Orville Peck, Marcus King, Ceelo Green, Yola, Jim Lauderdale, Buddy Miller, and the list goes on. From his early days cutting his teeth in country bands around Minneapolis, to moving to Nashville in the 80’s, he has managed to hone his craft and develop a unique sound. He scored a cool gig with Dickey Betts in the late 80’s, and then Buddy Miller started calling him for his productions, and Vince Gill had him in his live band for about 5 years. It seems that after about 2000, the floodgates just opened and when someone wanted a steel player that didn’t play the same licks as everyone else and had a creative approach, Russ was the one to call. We had a great conversation and get into all that stuff, and more. Enjoy, share and please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6wt1JI8FABBxLch2RNsKbl?pt=a9dca72e5dd5a6b9db0739b5d2e84b36&amp;si=409016fa335a43b0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Listen to the accompanying playlist for this episode here</a>, which features the artist’s own music, plus many of the songs that were discussed during the show.This episode is brought to you by Izotope - check out their amazing recording software at: <a href="https://www.izotope.com/en/lp/soulpod.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.izotope.com</a>Thanks for your support, and your fearless host, Steve Dawson can be found at: <a href="https://www.stevedawson.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.stevedawson.ca</a> Become a member at <a href="https://plus.acast.com/s/mmasspodcast" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://plus.acast.com/s/mmasspodcast</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 124 - Russ Pahl

Russ Pahl is one of the busiest guitarists and pedal steelers in Nashville, with credits ranging from Robert Plant to Carrie Underwood. He is a multi-instrumentalist, who moves between both instruments and musical genres in such a fluid manner, that he is just at home playing lead guitar with Dan Auerbach on Austin City Limits, as he is playing hardcore country pedal steel in Vince Gill's touring unit. In our Truetone Lounge interview, Russ covers his career, what he feels has kept him in demand over the last 30-years, and his highly customized guitar and pedal steel rig.#truetonelounge #truetone #russpahl

Russ Pahl is one of the busiest guitarists and pedal steelers in Nashville, with credits ranging from Robert Plant to Carrie Underwood. He is a multi-instrumentalist, who moves between both instruments and musical genres in such a fluid manner, that he is just at home playing lead guitar with Dan Auerbach on Austin City Limits, as he is playing hardcore country pedal steel in Vince Gill's touring unit. In our Truetone Lounge interview, Russ covers his career, what he feels has kept him in demand over the last 30-years, and his highly customized guitar and pedal steel rig. #truetonelounge #truetone #russpahl

Russ Pahl - Truetone Lounge

Dickie Betts

Robert Plant

Russ is currently on tour with Dan Auerbach (from The Black Keys). His first touring gig was with Dickie Betts, and he’s also played with Robert Plant, Elton John, Vince Gill, Blake Shelton, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Don Henley, and more… He has been a First-Call session player in Nashville for over 30 years, in both electric guitar AND steel guitar, which is a rarity…. Some GREAT stories in here about how Russ got connected with Dickie Betts &amp; Robert Plant… why Elton John is “the hardest working man he’s ever worked with”... the incredibly unlikely way he got into playing steel guitar… why he’s been so busy for the last 35 years, and much more...   Subscribe https://www.EveryoneLovesGuitar.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EveryoneLovesGuitar/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everyonelovesguitar/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ELovesGuitar

Russ is currently on tour with Dan Auerbach (from The Black Keys). His first touring gig was with Dickie Betts, and he’s also played with Robert Plant, Elton John, Vince Gill, Blake Shelton, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Don Henley, and more… He has been a First-Call session player in Nashville for over 30 years, in both electric guitar AND steel guitar, which is a rarity…. Some GREAT stories in here about how Russ got connected with Dickie Betts &amp; Robert Plant… why Elton John is “the hardest working man he’s ever worked with”... the incredibly unlikely way he got into playing steel guitar… why he’s been so busy for the last 35 years, and much more...   Subscribe <a href="http://www.everyonelovesguitar.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.EveryoneLovesGuitar.com</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EveryoneLovesGuitar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/EveryoneLovesGuitar/</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everyonelovesguitar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/everyonelovesguitar/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ELovesGuitar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ELovesGuitar</a>

Russ Pahl Interview - Dickie Betts, Robert Plant, Elton John - Everyone Loves Guitar #214