Ed Black

Ed Black took the pedal steel guitar and Dobro, traditionally country & western instruments, into the world of rock music. Black wasn't the first to do this but he was one of the most memorable, having recorded the distinctive, screaming solo in Linda Ronstadt's "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" as an early example. Black started out in Phoenix, AZ, around 1971 with an eclectic band called the Goose Creek Symphony. The group traveled to Los Angeles where they opened up for Linda Ronstadt at the Whiskey a Go Go and Ronstadt, along with her producer, John Boylan, convinced B...