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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1932
- Active to
- 1988
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Pete Drake was a major Nashville, Tennessee-based record producer and pedal steel guitar player. In 1964 he had an international hit on Smash Records with his "talking steel guitar" playing on the album 'Forever'. His innovative use of what would be called the "talk box" added novel effects to the pedal steel guitar. (Later used by artists Peter Frampton, Joe Walsh and Jeff Beck.) <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Pete+Drake">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Pete Drake was a legendary steel guitar player, artist and producer in Nashville. During his four decades in the music industry, he worked with hundreds of with artists including Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Peter Frampton, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley and Ernest Tubb - just to name a few!
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Drake
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Augusta
- Place of death
- Nashville
- Occupation
- composer
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- www.petedrakemusic.com
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- cause of death
- lung cancer
- date of death
- 1988-07-29
- date of birth
- 1932-10-08
- manner of death
- natural causes
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