Tonight I saw the second half of the BBC's excellent coverage of the 2003 Cambridge Folk Festival, featuring Laura Cantrell as headliner.
Whatever one's opinions as to the merits of Ms Cantrell headlining a "Folk" Festival, it cannot be denied that the musicianship of her band was absolutely incredible. The interplay of steel guitar and electric guitar reminded me of the great Hank de Vito and James Burton in the glory days of Emmylou's Hot Band.
By dint of googling, I am fairly sure that the pedal steel guitar player was one Jon Graboff, of whom I have previously been totally unaware, but who appears to have made quite a name for himself in the session scene as a pedal steel player, mandolinist and guitarist.