Performers
Confirmed list of performers – click on link or scroll down for photos, biographies, booking information, links and more information where available.
Additional players may be added soon. Schedule is subject to change.
*Steel Guitar Hall of Fame Member
Aaron Stephens
Hutto, TX
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 11:20-11:50am
Non-Pedal Stage
Aaron Stephens is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist blending soul, blues, gospel, country, and folk into heartfelt songs rooted in connection, groove, and the expressive voice of the steel guitar.
https://www.aaronstephensmusic.com
Booking: soulfulstephens@gmail.com, 9564672515
Alan Akaka
Kailua, HI
See Alan’s Thursday 10/1 Seminar
Performance times:
Saturday 10/3, 11:20-11:50am
Non-Pedal Stage
Saturday 10/3, 5:20-6:10pm after SGHOF inductions, with Bobby Ingano, David “Feet” Rogers Tribute Set
Main Stage
Alan, a highly regarded traditional artist, has contributed to the arts through the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts’ Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program. He is in the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame and received the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts Lifetime Achievement Award in 2025.
Booking: alanakaka@me.com
Alli Vogtle
Nashville, TN
Performance time:
Saturday 10/3, 10-10:30am
Main Stage
Alli Vogtle is from Birmingham, Alabama and recently moved to Nashville. She is a multi-instrumentalist/producer. She became captivated by the pedal steel last year and is excited to continue to learn and grow as a player.
Booking: allipedalsteel@gmail.com
Anne Werbitsky
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Performance time:
Friday, 10/2 10-10:30am
Non-Pedal Stage
Anne Werbitsky is a steel guitarist with the Canadian band ‘Big Tobacco & the Pickers.’ She honed her style playing Honky Tonk, Western Swing, Country and Bluegrass. Thrilled to attend the ASGF!
Booking: dobrosky@sympatico.ca, 4164670578
Anthony Locke
Austin, TX
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 12:20-12:50pm
Main Stage
Anthony is a co-founder of Combo Mahalo, featured on 3 Wayne Hancock records, toured extensively with Wayne and Asleep at the Wheel. Anthony was also a featured performer at the Maui Steel Guitar Fest in Hawaii in 2014.
Booking: antglocke@icloud.com
Billy Cardine
Asheville, NC
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 4-4:30pm
Non-Pedal Stage
Billy Cardine is a slide guitar pioneer whose open-eared style, shaped by Appalachian roots, jazz/classical piano, and world music โ carried him from Carnegie Hall to India, and now propels Tanasi, his “worldgrass” trio.
Booking: indidog@me.com, 8289896926
Bob Blair
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 2-2:30pm
Non-Pedal Stage
Bob Blair performs regularly with various artists, primarily as a pedal steel and dobro player. Now based in Western Canada, he is a longstanding veteran of the Canadian music scene.
Booking: bobb@bcklawyers.ca, 7809193357
Bobby Ingano
Aiea, HI
Performance times:
Friday 10/2, 3:20-3:50pm
Non-Pedal Stage
Saturday 10/3, 5:20-6:10pm, after SGHOF inductions, with Alan Akaka, David “Feet” Rogers Tribute set.
Bobby Ingano, protรฉgรฉ of David โFeetโ Rogers (Sons of Hawaiสปi), is a multiple Grammy-winning Hawaiian steel guitar master known for his melodic, soulful style. An active touring member of Taj Mahal’s band, Bobby will be honoring “Feet”โs Hall of Fame induction.
Booking: manager@hawaiianband.com, 8046305001
Bode Barker Jr
Cherokee, TX
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 11:40am-12:10pm
Main Stage
Bode Barker Jr is a 16-year-old multi instrumentalist raised in the small Texas Hill Country town of Cherokee. Bode Jr started performing on stages from the time he was two years old with his dad. Bode first played piano and sang, then later, he picked up the guitar, bass guitar and drums. However, he found his true passion in playing the pedal steel guitar just a few years ago at the age of 13. Bode Jr. plays with multiple bands and is on team Sho~Bud.
Booking: bodebarker@hotmail.com
Boo Miller
Waxahachie, TX
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 11-11:30am
Main Stage
Boo began playing steel at 10, studying with Buddy Charlton. Toured with Claude Gray at 17, spending many a night on Texas Honky Tonk stages in the 80s-90s. Played with Grand Ole Opry stars like Jean Shepard and Gene Watson.
Booking: boo_d10@live.com, 4175981266
Caleb Lindley
Conroe, TX
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 11:35pm-12:05am
Main Stage
Caleb Lindley is a steel guitar player based in Conroe Texas, playing country and western swing music scene. He has been playing the steel guitar for 6 years and has played with many artists in the country and western scene.
Booking: caleblindley27@gmail.com
Caleb Melo
San Marcos, TX
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 10:15-10:45pm
Main Stage
Caleb Melo is from Porterville, California and has been playing pedal steel for about 9 years. He currently plays for Ben Haggard and The Strangers and has previously played for/toured with The Reeves Brothers and Jesse Daniel.
Booking: cmelo4494@gmail.com, 5599204494
Carter Giegerich
Asheville, NC
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 12:40-1:10pm
Non-Pedal Stage
Carter Giegerich is a Dobro player based out of Asheville, NC with a varied musical background focused on bluegrass, country and roots music styles.
Booking: carter.giegerich@gmail.com
Casey Martin
Shreveport, LA
Performance time:
Saturday 10/3, 12:40-1:10pm
Main Stage
Casey Martin is a professional pedal steel guitarist from Shreveport, Louisiana, and plays 100 shows a year across Louisiana and Texas. He teaches pedal steel online and promotes the instrument with Casey Martin Pedal Steel.
Booking: caseymartin22@yahoo.com, 3186171870
Christo Ruppenthal
Madison, WI
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, Noon-12:30pm
Non-Pedal Stage
Chris “Christo” Ruppenthal is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist. He plays hot Hawaiian lap steel guitar and ukulele, Django Reinhardt style โHot Clubโ jazz guitar, and Western Swing.
Booking: christo@christoruppenthal.com, 6082172758
Christopher Woitach
Portland, OR
Performance time:
Saturday 10/3, 10:40-11:10am
Non-Pedal Stage
Christopher Woitach started playing jazz pedal steel in 2010, having played guitar professionally since 1983. Recently he started playing jazz non pedal as well, which heโll play at the show.
Booking: cw@affmusic.com, 5038848942
Dan Johnson
Leander, TX
Performance time:
Saturday 10/3, 2:40-3:10pm
Non-Pedal Stage
โDanimalโ Johnson is an Austin, Texas-based pedal steel guitar player known for his work with the Wayne Garner Band. He has recorded, performed and toured with Hank Williams Ill, Lucky Tubb, Sean Reefer, and many other artists.
DaShawn Hickman
Mount Airy, NC
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 3:40-4:10pm
Main Stage
DaShawn grew up playing the steel guitar in his home church. A 2023 Sacred Steel Hall of Fame inductee and winner of a 2023 Blues Music Award for Best Emerging Artist Album, he is one of todayโs foremost Sacred Steel guitar players.
dashawnhickman.com
Booking: hickmandashawn@yahoo.com, 3364299965
Dave LeRoy Biller
Lockhart, TX
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 5:40-6:10pm
Main Stage
Dave is 32 year veteran of the Austin roots scene and has played with many of classic country musicโs greatest legends. Heโs also an in-demand session player, appearing on hundreds of records.
Booking: dbiller47@gmail.com, 5126081966
Dawn Jackson
Clayton, GA
Performance times:
Friday 10/2, 6-6:30pm
with Rocco DeLuca
Non-Pedal Stage
Saturday 10/3, 1:20-1:50pm
with Rocco DeLuca
Non-Pedal Stage
Dawn Jackson, coโCEO of ShoโBud, is a singerโsongwriter and lead vocalist for Hatfield Rain, with the bandโs sophomore release slated for 2027. She will be joining forces onstage in Austin with critically acclaimed artist Rocco DeLuca.
Ed Littlefield Jr
Seattle, WA
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 7-7:45pm
Main Stage
Ed Littlefield’s played Pedal Steel for over 50 years, 40 with Marley’s Ghost. Paste Magazine said of the band’s creative approach “They’ve earned cult-band status over years of spirited musicianship and multi-part harmonies.โ
Booking: lesliemerical@me.com, 8052184411
Eddy Dunlap
Nashville, TN
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 6:20-6:50pm
Main Stage
Eddy Dunlap is one of Nashvilleโs top session players and currently touring with Vince Gill. He and his Sho-Bud Fingertip are all over recent recordings from Gracie Abrams to Luke Bryan. He is about to release a cover of โNever Aloneโ by Jeff Beck on Sho-Bud Records.
Ethan Shaw
Austin, TX
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 1-1:30pm
Main Stage
“Brother” Ethan Shaw has been playing steel guitar for 20 years, fronts two Western Swing bands, a rock band, and is steel guitarist for The Hens. He also teaches steel guitar and hosts on SteelRadio.
Booking: brothershawbooking@gmail.com, 5129479986
Flavio Pasquetto
Austin, TX
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 10:40-11:10am
Non-Pedal Stage
From his classical guitar roots in Italy to his international work as an award-winning steel guitarist, Pasquetto brings a unique European perspective and authentic passion to the world of Western Swing and Hawaiian music.
Booking: fpsteel@outlook.it, 5126887354
Jack Phillips
Sulphur Bluff, TX
Performance time:
Saturday 10/3, 9:25-9:55pm
Main Stage
On his recent album “Mixin” Memories”, Jack proved himself to be a talented vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. He honed his pedal steel and fiddle skills with the guidance of the late Bobby Flores as a member of Bobby’s Yellow Rose Band.
https://jackphillipsband.wixsite.com/jack-phillips
Booking: phillipsjack382@gmail.com, 9039510011
Jake Penrod
Athens, TX
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 9:35-10:05pm
Main Stage
โI ainโt the best or the worst, and I sure ainโt the first, but Iโll sure make you know I was here.โ
Booking: booking@jakepenrodmusic.com, 9039528019
James Shelton
Austin, TX
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 3-3:30pm
Main Stage
James Shelton is a veteran Austin pedal steel player, instructor and creator of the Steel Labs YouTube instructional series. On stage or in the studio, he brings genre-spanning versatility and virtuosity to every setting.
Booking: pedalsteeltrax@gmail.com, 6153356381
Jim Cohen
Philadelphia, PA
Performance time:
Saturday 10/3, 4:40-5:10pm
Main Stage
Jim is a Philly-based steeler best known for his jazz & pop stylings. A frequent player at national & international steel shows, he now tours with Ronstadt Revue, a leading Linda Ronstadt tribute show.
Booking:
jim@jimcohen.com
Jim Loessberg
Round Rock, TX
Performance time:
Saturday 10/3, 3:20-3:50pm
Main Stage
Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Famer (2012) Jim Loessberg is a renowned steel guitarist and drummer well known for his work in traditional country, Western swing and jazz. Heโs played with Johnny Bush, Ray Price, Justin Trevino and many others. Jim has had a syndicated radio show, Legend Radio, for 25 years, which features traditional country music from the 1960s and 1970s.
Joe Wright
Jackson, MI
See Joe’s Thursday 10/1 Seminar
Performance time:
Saturday 10/3, 8:35-9:15pm
Main Stage
Joe Wright took his love for pedal steel guitar from his very first lesson in 1963 to his induction into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 2014. Still playing today and promoting the steel guitar in every way he can in his home town of Jackson, Michigan.
Booking: joewright1@mac.com, 5178122928
Johnny Cox
Hallettsville, TX
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 2:20-2:50pm
Main Stage
Texas Steel Guitar Association 2023 Hall of Famer Johnny “Dumplin'” Cox started playing the steel guitar at age 10 in 1967. An original member of The Time Jumpers, Johnny has played the Grand Ole Opry and has performed with stars Ernest Tubb, Del Reeves, Connie Smith, Ray Price, Gene Watson, and more, and was the last steel player for Mel Tillis. Today, he plays for Jody Nix and runs Sho-Bud Texas.
Booking: turnupthesteel.cox@gmail.com, 2147146932
Junior Brown
Branson, MO
Performance times:
Friday 10/2, 1:40-2:10pm
Main Stage
Saturday 10/3, 7:40-8:25pm
SGHOF Set
Main Stage
With wide-ranging musical influences from many genres, Junior Brown has created a unique, signature musical style that not easily replicable. His โGuit-Steel,โ the innovative combination of electric guitar and steel guitar, has only broadened his appeal with fans everywhere.
Kevin Skrla
Dayton, TX
Performance time:
Saturday 10/3, 7-7:30pm
Main Stage
Kevin is an engineer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, and has produced albums for Summer Dean, Bonnie Montgomery, The Broken Spokes, Brennen Leigh and others. He also builds guitars and makes his own brand of hand-wound Tone Star Pickups. He recently made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry with Summer Dean and was nominated for the 2022 Texas Country Music Association steel guitarist of the year.
Lucky Oceans
Perth, Western Australia
Performance times:
Friday 10/2, 8:40-9:25pm
SGHOF set
Main Stage
Saturday 10/3, 2-2:30pm
Main Stage
As co-founder of Asleep at the Wheel, Lucky won two Grammys and inspired a generation of players to learn the steel guitar. His energized playing and stage antics helped lead the bandโs Western Swing Revival. Incorporating jazz, blues and fearless improvisation into his playing, he blends the traditional with the contemporary in an unprecedented way.
Lynn Owsley
Nashville, TN
Performance time:
Saturday 10/3, 6:20-6:50pm
Main Stage
Lynn Owsley, legendary road musician arriving in Nashville in 1969. He worked with acts like Stonewall Jackson, Billy Walker, Webb Pierce and Lefty Frizzell before becoming a member of Ernest Tubb’s Texas Troubadours in 1974.
Live performances, numerous recordings, radio and TV shows, as well as appearing in the Oscar-winning motion picture “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” recording several solo albums, keeping traditional country music alive.
Mark Prucha
Naperville, IL
Performance time:
Saturday 10/3, 10-10:30pm
Non-Pedal Stage
A protรฉgรฉ of Alan Akaka, Mark Prucha has been referred to as a Hawaiian steel guitar prodigy. He is the current president of the Aloha International Steel Guitar Club and has performed throughout the Midwest and Hawaii.
Booking: info@markprucha.com, 6304183377
Marty Muse
Austin, TX
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 10-10:50am
“The Record Men” with
Scott Walls
Main Stage
Steel guitarist, Marty Muse, has performed on stage and in studio with a wide variety of artists out of Austin, TX in the last 40+ years. Comfortable in many styles he plays pedal steel, lap steel and dobro.
Booking: martinhmuse@gmail.com, 5125603204
Matthew Walton
Fort Worth, TX
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 10:55-11:25pm
Main Stage
Matthew is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, and the 2026 Texas Steel Guitar Player of the Year. He plays steel with Kristyn Harris, Two Bit Swing Band, and the Richardson Symphony Orchestra, among others.
Booking: matthew@matthewwalton.net, 9402312014
Naomi Carman
Cincinnati, OH
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 1:20-1:50pm
Non-Pedal Stage
Naomi Carman, is the up-and-coming face of the Honky Tonk and roots revival of a new generation of steel players. She didn’t just stumble into the country music scene; she was practically raised on a Honky Tonk stage. For more than ten years, the Cincinnati native toured the country alongside her father, Blair Carman.
Booking: Naomicarman@icloud.com, 5138351625
Pedal Steel Noah
Austin, TX
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 11:40am-12:10pm
Main Stage
Noah Faulkner aka Pedal Steel Noah, an 18-year-old Austin-based musician, has captivated audiences with daily Instagram videos featuring his pedal steel covers of 80s and 90s hits, always joined by his brother Nate on bass and their dog Kara. Noah’s fan base boasts legends like R.E.M., Johnny Marr, Peter Hook, Neko Case, Duran Duran, and more
Richard Comeaux
Breaux Bridge, LA
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 4:20-4:50pm
Main Stage
Richard โT-Coeโ Comeaux, a native of Breaux Bridge, is a highly-respected South Louisiana pedal steel guitarist whose musical roots run deep in the Cajun and country traditions.
Booking: Richard.Comeaux@motion.com, 3372982433
Rocco DeLuca
Los Angeles, CA
Performance times:
Saturday 10/3, 4-4:30pm
Main Stage
Friday 10/2, 6-6:30pm
with Dawn Jackson
Non-Pedal Stage
Saturday 10/3, 1:20-1:50pm
with Dawn Jackson
Non-Pedal Stage
Rocco DeLuca crafts cinematic soundscapes from haunting pedal steel and spiritual songwriting. His album Studio A Session is the flagship release of the newly relaunched Sho-Bud Records.
Booking: roccosssdeluca@gmail.com
Rose Sinclair
Austin, TX
Performance time:
Saturday 10/3, 3:20-3:50pm
Non-Pedal Stage
Rose Sinclair is a 2025 Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame Inductee who fronts her own quintet, Cocktail Steel. An in-demand, award-winning steel player and multi-instrumentalist, Rose has toured internationally at all kinds of events and venues with Wayne Hancock and with other bands. She curates the Steel Monday series at Sam’s Town Point in Austin.
Booking: rosesinclairmusic.com
Scott Walls
Austin, TX
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 10-10:50am
“The Record Men” with
Marty Muse
Main Stage
Scott Walls began playing pedal steel professionally at age 15. He has recorded and performed with Austin standouts Alvin Crow, Dale Watson, Don Walser, Justin Trevino, the Derailers, and many more.
Booking: hswalls@gmail.com, 5126584493
Steve Palousek
Sidney, TX
See Steve’s Thursday 10/1 Seminar
Performance times:
Friday 10/2, 8-8:30pm
Main Stage
Friday 10/2, 4:40-5:10pm
Non-Pedal Stage
Steel guitar artist, recording studio owner and educator Steve is an award-winning, multi-instrumentalist and a member of the Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame. A graduate of Jeffran College, he studied under the late greats Jeff Newman and Buddy Emmons.
Booking: spalousek@yahoo.com
Sweet Gary Newcomb
Austin, TX
Performance time:
Saturday 10/3, 1:20-1:50pm
Main Stage
Sweet Gary is a singer/songwriter and pedal steeler who plays country style steel, but also experiments with more progressive sounds. Gary was named โBest Miscellaneous Musicianโ for the Pedal Steel at the 2024 Austin Chronicle Music Awards. Originally from Boise, Idaho, Gary has been in Austin for several decades.
Booking: sweetgarynewcomb@gmail.com
Troy Brenningmeyer
Bethalto, IL
Performance time:
Saturday 10/3, 2-2:30pm
Non-Pedal Stage
Troy Brenningmeyer is most known for “Lessons With Troy” his online lesson website for LapSteel, Dobro, Weissenborn, and other slide style instruments of various tunings.
Booking: LessonsWithTroy@gmail.com, 3144205261
Vojko (Vojislav) Lonฤariฤ
Crikvenica, Croatia
Performance time:
Friday 10/2, 2:40-3:10pm
Non-Pedal Stage
Saturday 10/3, Noon-12:30pm
Main Stage
Vojko plays 10 different instruments, but “loves playing the lap steel guitar the most.” His setlist of 11 songs for the Fest includes six Croatian songs and one Slovenian. Vojka says, “Let America hear our music!โ
Booking: 1vojko.loncaric@gmail.com, 385981978773
Zack Wiggs
Austin, TX
Performance time:
Saturday 10/3, 10:40-11:10am
Main Stage
Zack Wiggs is a steel guitar player born in Lake Jackson, Texas, currently living in Austin. He plays with a wide range of bands, his roles spanning from steel and telecaster to accordion and keys. Zack was named Best Miscellaneous Musician for the Pedal Steel at the 2023 Austin Chronicle Music Awards.
Booking: zackfakehair@gmail.com
Harrison Yount
San Antonio, TX
