Susan Alcorn
Sign in to saveAmerican composer, improvisor, and pedal steel guitarist
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- On the Trail with Boots Mcfarland
- Walk, Hike, Saunter
- Patagonia Chronicle
- Healing Miles
- Camino Chronicle
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1953-04-04
- Active to
- 2025-01-31
free improvisation
Discography
- Uma2000
- Curandera2003
- An Afternoon in Austin2003
- Concentration2004
- And I Await the Resurrection of the Pedal Steel Guitar2006
- Ambient Visage2007
- A&B2010
- Mirage2013
- Soledad2015
- Evening Tales2016
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- Listeners
- 5,185
- Total plays
- 37,243
Tags
dronefree improvisationexperimentalAvant-Gardepedal steel
Susan Alcorn (born 1953; died January 2025) was an American composer, improvisor, and pedal steel guitarist active in contemporary music and free improvisation. Alcorn started out playing guitar at the age of twelve quickly immersing herself in folk music, blues, and the pop music of the 1960’s. A chance encounter with blues musician Muddy Waters steered her towards playing slide guitar. By the time she was twenty-one, she had immersed herself in the pedal steel guitar, playing in country and
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Susan
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Place of death
- Baltimore
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- pedal steel guitar
- Official website
- www.susanalcorn.net
- Image
- Susan Alcorn steel guitar.jpg
- Residence
- Houston
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- Susan Alcorn
- date of birth
- 1953-04-04
- date of death
- 2025-01-31
- name in native language
- Susan Alcorn
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