We’ve dubbed him Seattle’s “man of pedal steel,” and for good reason. Country Dave Harmonson—when not playing with Cahalen Morrison and Country Hammer, Ganges River Band, Country Lips, Annie Ford Band, the Swearengens, Side Saddle, T & D Revue, Tequila Rose, Wes Jones Band, Papillion Saints, or Zoe Muth—leads his own group, Country Dave’s Pickin’ Crew, a twang-tinged country band of the highest order. Whether it’s a Waylon cover you’re craving or just the lively reverb of lap steel guitar, with his own group or one of his friends’, Country Dave delivers and then some. facebook.com/dave.harmonson

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