Pedal Steel Guitarist JayDee Maness Discusses Working with Eric Clapton on “Tears In Heaven”

Описание: Acclaimed pedal steel guitarist JayDee Maness discusses working with Eric Clapton on his hit single “Tears In Heaven.” This interview was recorded as part of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's "Nashville Cats" series, which spotlights musicians and session singers who have played important roles in country music history.

At the outset of his sixty-plus-year career, Maness helped sow the seeds of country-rock, recording with the Byrds on their landmark 1968 album “Sweetheart of the Rodeo” and with the International Submarine Band on their 1968 album “Safe at Home.” Additionally, he was a founding member of the Desert Rose Band and toured with Buck Owens’s Buckaroos. Many of music’s biggest names have sought out Maness’s driving, precise style: as a session musician, he has recorded with Vince Gill, Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Rod Stewart, Tanya Tucker, Dwight Yoakam, and many others. Maness is also an eighteen-time winner of the Academy of Country Music’s Steel Guitar Player of the Year award.

In support of the Museum's major exhibit “Western Edge: The Roots and Reverberations of Los Angeles Country-Rock,” presented by City National Bank. Open now through September 14, 2025.

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