On this page, you will find learning resources ranging from Beginner through Seasoned Professional levels. Please feel free to inquire of each teacher which levels they teach. If you have an idea of other pedal steel guitar teachers we might add to this page, please let us know psgbuilder@steelguitar.com. Thank you!
Some very good advice from Buddy Emmons "Be Yourself When Playing PSG".
A few Learning Tips we thought you might find useful.
If you are a beginner, we suggest that you first read our Starter Info Page.
PSG Teachers and Teaching Materials
- Jeffran Music offers Jeff Newman's courses
5320 Poplar Hill Road
Watertown, TN 37184 USA
(800) 373-3418
Instructional Materials: DVD's and written course material.
(Beginners: should purchase "PSG 101")
In our opinion, best psg teacher in the world.
NOTE: they are not using their email address. Best to call.
Al Brisco, Steel Guitars of Canada
steelcan@steelguitarcanada.com
"Live" lessons in the Colborne, Ontario CANADA area
(~1-1/2 hours east of Toronto)
and many courses, including personally-tailored audio-visual courses.
- Mike Auldridge, Mike Auldridge's Web Site
"Live" lessons on dobro and E9/C6 pedal steel guitar in the Washington, DC area.
Also, audio, video instruction tapes for dobro available sending e-mail
or calling 1 (800) 354-9255.
- Buddy Emmons, Buddy Emmons Music
P.O. Box 415
Hermitage, TN 37076
Tablature and rhythm tracks for almost all the Swing Shift Band
albums and other collections of blues and intro's.
Bruce Bouton
Video Techiques and Licks
- Paul Franklin
712 May Drive
Madison, TN 37115
(615) 865-4754
Various cassette tapes on E9 and C6 in different styles.
- John Hughey Music
P.O. Box 971
Hendersonville, TN 37077-0971
Tab for intro & turnaround in "Look at Us", 1999 CD or cassette with rhythm tracks.
- Mike Sweeney
"Live" lessons E9/C6 pedal steel guitar in the
Goodlettsville Tennessee area. Correspondence courses.
(615) 851-1062
stlplyr@yahoo.com
- Butch Peters
Butch's Web Page
Teaches E9/C6 in the Knoxville, Tennessee area.
- Joe Wright
Joe Wright's Home Page
Books and tapes on technique-building methods.
- Tony Prior
Tony Prior's Web Site
tprior@carolina.rr.com
(704)821-7250
"Live" E9/C6 lessons for Beginners-Intermediate,
as well as tab and rhythm tracks for Beginners in the Charlotte, North Carolina area.
- Joe Smith
(704) 366-4032
joejs@bellsouth.net
E9/C6 lessons in the Charlotte, North Carolina area.
- DeWitt ("Scotty") Scott
Mel Bay Pedal Steel Guitar Books
Instructional books on E9 and some psg construction and maintenance.
- John LeMaster
"Live" E9/C6 lessons for beginner to intermediate, in the Jacksonville, FL area.
(904) 287-0741
- Mike Perlowin's book on music theory
available for purchase on Mel Bay's web site.
- Hal Merrill
hm2971@u.washington.edu
(206) 789-3431
"Live" C6 lessons (specializing in jazz, rock, and blues) in the Seattle, Washington area.
- Jim Baron
bigjim4b@sbcglobal.net
Rhythm tracks and "live" lessons in central California area (Madera).
- Chris Allen Burke
c3burkes@verzion.net
"Live", private, beginning-intermediate E9/C6 & Dobro lessons in the Signal Hill-Long Beach, California area.
(562) 424-2187
- John McClung
johnnypez@earthlink.net
(310) 833-8676
"Live" E9 (and a little C6) lessons, including how to play on bandstand, in the Los Angeles, California area.
- Larry Behm
lcbehm@aracnet.com
Videos and "Live" lessons in Milwaukie, Oregon area.
- Dick Meis
dlmeis@comcast.net
web site
"Live" E9/C6 lessons, plus instructional materials (video, DVD, books, etc) in the Denver, Colorado area.
- Billy Phelps
Full Circle Sound
fcsound@aol.com
web site
(281) 395-2311
"Live" and audiotape E9 and C6 lessons ... all styles of music in the Houston, Texas area.
Numerous rhythm tracks & chord charts available.
- Jody Cameron
Jody Cameron's Texas Steel Guitar School
emmonsd10@yahoo.com
web site
(979) 482 0266
"Live" 3-day and 4-day seminars (beginner - intermediate) in the Houston, Texas area.
Books and materials provided
- Russ Rickmann
russ@aagraphics.net
"Live" or cassette E9/B6 lessons in Houston, Texas area,
beginning to intermediate level.
Theory &/or how-to, designed for level of student.
Joe McHam
joemcham@sbcglobal.net
web site
(713) 795-0112
"Live" E9 and E9/B6 in the Houston, Texas area.
Bobby James
bobbyjames@mail.ev1.net
"Live" E9 and C6 lessons in the north Houston, Texas area.
- Jim Loessberg's Web Site
Jazz, swing, and E9 country tunes tabbed out with Audiotapes.
"Live" Lessons Austin, Texas area.
- Neil Flanz
neilflanz@austin.rr.com
"Live" and cassette tape E9 lessons in the Austin Texas area.
- J&M Productions
P.O. Box 381
Buda, TX 78610
(512) 312-1026
Jimmy Day's tablature.
- Texas Music Videos
Tim McCasland and Loyd Maines
Licks on video.
- Maurice Anderson
(817) 379-3730
Books, tapes, and "live" lessons in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area.
- Gary Carpenter
carpsteel52@msn.com
(817) 560-2277
"Live" & tape E9 & C6 lessons (& tab) in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area.
- Ray Beale
rbeale36@flash.net
(281) 344-1551
"Live" E9, C6, B6/E9 lessons in the Rosenberg, Texas area.
- Herb Steiner
Courses, Tapes/CDs, Tracks, & "live" lessons in the Austin, Texas area.
- Ricky Davis
E9 & C6; & nonpedal in the Austin, Texas area.
- Neil Flanz
neilflanz@mindspring.com
"Live" and cassette tape E9 lessons in the Austin Texas area.
- David Weinzapfel
Live E9/C6 lessons in North Houston (Kingwood) Texas area.
(281) 360-9181- Jerry Roller Gary Hutchinson School of Music
jlrsteel@cox.net
Live E9, C6, dobro, lap lessons in the Fort Smith Arkansas area.
(479) 474-5304
- George Piburn
Live Lessons for S-12 E9/B6 onlyAlso live lessons and DVD for nonpedal Oklahoma City, Oklahoma area.
- John Buffington
jbuffingtonjr@aol.com
(918) 272-7725 (evenings & weekends)
"Live" E9 & C6 lessons in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area.
- Mark Krutke
"Live" private E9 & C6 and non-pedal lessons for all levels in the Wausau/Merrill/Tomahawk, WI area.
(715) 612-0648
Learn by tab or by ear.Larry T. Bell, Larry Bell's Pedal Steel Guitar Instruction
"Live" E9/C6 lessons in the South Michigan area.
Customized rhythm tracks
Traditional, bebop, jazz, funk . . . you name it!
Danny Dunn, Mann's Guitar Academy
"Live" E9/C6 lessons in the Detroit, Michigan area.
- Bobby Duncan
duncanbobby@hotmail.com
(309) 208-9895
"Live" E9 & C6 lessons in the Peoria, Illinois area.
- Rick Troyer
devas@digitalexp.com
Live lessons E9/C6 pedal steel guitar (also dobro) in the
east/central (Sugarcreek) Ohio area. Audio instruction tapes utilized.
(800) 361-1770
- John Swain
js8n6@juno.com
609-583-5301
"Live" E9/C6 lessons in Princeton, New Jersey area.
- Kurt Kowalski, KGK Productions
steelgit@aolcom
"Live" E9/C6 & lessons by mail tailored to each student -- in Upstate New York area.
(716) 638-0233
- Bob Hoffnar
(917) 572-5416
bobhoffnar@earthlink.net
"Live" lessons in Brooklyn, NYC area.
- Michael Wolfsohn
(917) 627-5323
info@totalcontrolmusic.com
"Live" E9 lessons in the New York City area.
- Larry Jamieson
(607) 865-5670
waltonmusic@yahoo.com
"Live" beginner and intermediate E9 lessons in the southern New York State area.
- Buddy Charleton
kayleec@erols.com
(540) 972-2388
"Live" E9/C6 lessons in the Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia area.
- Ernie Pollock
shobud75@hereintown.net
Private pedal steel guitar lessons in Maryland - 7 days a week E9, C6 and E9/B6.
(301) 264-4172
- Bob Crafton
rcrafton@comcast.net
"Live" lessons on E9/C6 (also dobro, lap) - 25 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(724) 929-9950
- Jim Cohen
jasaco@aol.com
"Live" lessons E9/C6 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area.
(215) 782-8287
- Bryan Hall
bryankhall@msn.com
"Live" lessons E9/C6 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area.
(610) 869-4746
- Sandy Martin
mdsongs@aol.com
"Live" E9 lessons psg, beginning through intermediate - Boston, Massachusetts area.
(978) 745-7839
- Gordon Stone
Gordon Stone's Web Page
"Live" lessons on psg & cassette, tab, songbooks (dobro too) in the Northampton, Massachusetts area.
- Doug Beaumier
Doug Beaumier's Web Page
"Live" Lessons on psg, cassette & tab in Northampton, Massachusetts area.
- Bob Taillefer
debbo@idirect.com
"Live" private E9 & C6 lessons for all levels in the Toronto, Ontario, CANADA area.
(905) 728-2822
- Johan Jansen
Johan@steeljj.com
Playing & Music Theory taught at Steelguitar School in Bedburg-Hau GERMANY.
Beginning through advanced.
Phone: ++0049 2821 719573
- Lionel Wendling
lionel.wendling@wanadoo.fr
Live lessons and seminars E9/C6 pedal steel guitar Lingolsheim, France area.
Phone: ++ (O33) 03.88.77.33.36Music Theory and Instruction
- A Jazz Improvisation Primer
Jazz Theory & Free Jazz Instruction, great site!
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