The Country Classics

I was researching Marty Robbins after hearing Marty sing “Ribbon Of Darkness” when I came across this very interesting discovery:

When Marty Robbins was recording his 1961 hit “Don’t Worry”, session guitarist Grady Martin accidentally created a fuzz effect during the session. This came about because of a faulty channel in the console where Martin’s guitar […]

I was researching Ray Benson when I thought of a unique instrument – the mando-guitar – and thought it would be nice to feature it in our educational section. It is not really a mondolin. Vox is the name that comes to mind when we speak of the mando-guitar, and sure enough there […]

In our educational series we feature the Carter Starter steel guitar. This is a nine minute video that features the specifics of the Carter Starter. My wife and I recently found two Carter Starter steel guitars at the Musician’s Friend clearance center in Kansas City Missouri. We looked at both of them […]

The CountryClassics.com is proud to present a new feature. The Country Classics jukebox is always free and we take you back to the 60’s with some of the best country music. We hope you enjoy the playlist, but be careful — the music will start playing! If you have 250 watts of […]

In our educational series we invite you to see Jim Eaton explain the pedal steel guitar and the dobro. He plays both and shows you a six-neck steel guitar from the late 1940’s as he introduces the pedal steel guitar. This is an informative video.

Jim demonstrates the chord changes on the pedal steel […]