At age eleven, country music star Barbara Mandrell was known as “The Princess of Steel” – not for a cold demeanor, but for prowess on the steel guitar. A true prodigy, she could read music ...

It evolved beyond its association with a tropical paradise to influence new genres of music, from bluegrass to jazz to rock ...

and it kept the fiddle and steel guitar front and center. It was known as the “Ray Price shuffle” or the “Texas shuffle.” The fiddle in country music was largely on life support.

So it’s unsurprising that he lists Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys and Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti as must-have albums for any guitar player ... as one that changed heavy metal forever.