CCMA's 2023 PEDAL STEEL PLAYER OF THE YEAR DOUG JOHNSON MEET AND GREET

Brantford Musician's Association's Information night / meet and greet (FEAT: DOUG JOHNSON, 2023 Pedal Steel player of the year)
Doug discusses his career, and performs.

[@Docsjeff]

I have a Steel player/mentor player/friend that played for Gene Watson….Bill Dearmore.
I’m 63 and took up the PSG 8 years ago.
It’s always been my fav instrument as well.
I had some back surgery failure and could no longer stand up long enough to Front a band as the lead singer and was pretty much forced to have to sit down. Since I had to sit down it if I wanted to keep playing I picked the pedal steel. I play a few different instruments ,but the PSG is the most challenging and sounds like Heaven to me.
Thanks for promoting this video.

[@Docsjeff]

That acoustic player is no slouch. Really good player.

[@Docsjeff]

It’s called “Tempered Tuning”They can sound ok until you add a piano player onto the stage.
You’ll def hear a tune clash.