Jon Rauhouse is one of the Valley’s wonders, a local pedal steel player who spends much of his time recording and touring with some of the best-known cutting-edge country talent in America — artists ...

Jon Rauhouse has just gotten out of radiation treatment — which was "absolutely good," he says, "because it stops the pain" — when the reporter calls to talk about the prostate cancer the Phoenix ...

Jon Rauhouse had been hoping to get back out on the road with Neko Case in 2024. The multi-instrumentalist from Phoenix has played steel guitar, banjo and more in Case’s touring band for more than 20 ...

Jon Rauhouse has played with some pretty amazing talent through the years. He's worked with Neko Case since 1999 and toured with such artists as Iron & Wine, Jon Langford, Jakob Dylan and Billy Bob ...

It’s a small, stripped-down EP, but Songs from the Stratton Sessions encapsulates just about everything Jon Rauhouse stands for musically. And oddly enough, there isn’t one lick of steel guitar, the ...

"Any music fan could get to know a song on a favorite 45; a bigger fan might risk playing the B-side." --Brett Milano, Vinyl Junkies Talk to any serious record collector–the ones who scour not only ...

Jon Rauhouse falls squarely into the “is there anything this guy can’t do?” category. A master on the pedal steel guitar, Hawaiian guitar and banjo, Rauhouse is the type of multi-instrumentalist so in ...

Mark Pickerel s latest record, Cody s Dream, sounds like Bauhaus gone country. And that ain t a bad thing. There s a reason Gothic country s popular with the indie rock crowd it invokes the angst of ...

Eric Bachmann provided the voice and guitar for Archers Of Loaf and Crooked Fingers, and he recently released a self-titled solo album that’s one of this year’s best. Jon Rauhouse is a pedal-steel ...

Jon Rauhouse plays the pedal steel guitar — he also plays western swing music. To do those things well, while respecting the traditions, is a challenge. Reviewer Meredith Ochs says that unlike most ...

Jon Rauhouse has been Bloodshot Records’ first-call pedal steel player since 1995, when his old band the Grievous Angels first recorded for the label. His bright tone and liquid licks have appeared on ...