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BJ COLE: PEDAL STEEL
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‘BENDING NOTES LIKE TOFFEE’
In a career stretching back to the mid-Sixties, BJ’s recording credits read like a 'who’s who' of music. He has carved an outstanding reputation as the supreme innovator on the pedal steel; adapting it across numerous genres of music.
His uniquely eclectic style of playing first made an impact on the British music scene in the early 1970's. His iconic performance on Elton John's classic 'Tiny Dancer' put him in place as the go-to pedal steel player for numerous major artists and bands who desired his unique sound on their tracks. READ MORE
"Best Pedal Steel player in the World I'd say .." Sting
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BJ COLE & EMILY BURRIDGE
DUETS FOR PEDAL STEEL GUITAR & CELLO
DUETS FOR PEDAL STEEL GUITAR & CELLO When BJ Cole and Emily Burridge perform together they produce a dynamic energy created out of their complimentary musical perspectives. Emily, the classically trained virtuoso Cellist with a talent for improvisation honed to spontaneous perfection by the demands of top flight session work and BJ, whose session CV confirms his conviction that the pedal steel guitar is long overdue for a re evaluation as an orchestral instrument that demands a sophisticated repertoire.
“The unique combination of Emily's Cello and BJ's Pedal Steel Guitar create orchestral sounds in a new and refreshing context; weaving around one another in a sinuous dance of infectious sound and rhythm.”