The guitar, the banjo, the mandolin, the fiddle, and the upright bass are just a few of the instruments commonly associated with country music. Though there is one instrument missing from that list, ...

To some fans, country music was meant to be played one way—unfiltered, unplugged, and entirely acoustic. This is a purist school of thought, and one that mainly applies to bluegrass and folk music.

Robby Turner, who was best known for his work with Waylon Jennings, died Thursday. He was 63. The news of Turner, known as the “Man of Steel,” was confirmed by his son Bobby Turner on Facebook. “We’re ...