Claim: Country musician Curly Chalker played a pedal steel guitar, an instrument able to play more complex music than steel guitar games that came before it.
Evidence: Harold Lee Chalker (October 22, 1931 – April 30, 1998), known professionally as Curly Chalker, was an American pedal steel guitarist. Country, gospel The pedal steel guitar is a console-type of steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings to enable playing more varied and complex music than any previous steel guitar design.