WHO: Pedal steel guitar player Noah Faulkner.WHAT: This teenager inserts a country twang into eighties (and beyond) covers for his dog, Kara, and nearly 40,000 Instagram followers.WHY IT’S SO GREAT: A staple of midcentury country and pop music, pedal steel guitar adds the texture to your dad’s favorite songs—from the twang of Neil Young’s “Out on the Weekend” to the beloved backdrop of Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer”—but it’s hard to think of an artist born after 1960 who plays it. That may be part of why fifteen-year-old Noah Faulkner, who goes by @pedalsteelnoah on Instagram, has amassed a major following of fans who tune in to watch him play cover songs with thirteen-year-old brother Nate on electric guitar while the family dog, Kara, stands in…
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