DRAKE, PETE
(1932–1988)
DRAKE, PETE (b. Roddis Franklin D., Atlanta, Ga., October 8, 1932–July 29, 1988) Premier Nashville session player on the PEDAL-STEEL GUITAR, Drake was also a producer noteworthy for his work for everyone from country crooner JIM REEVES to wanna-be country performer Ringo Starr. Drake was one of the earliest performers to take up the pedal steel guitar, beginning to play when he was nineteen years old. Soon he was leading a band, The Sons of the South, and performing on radio and in small clubs…