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"Robert Randolph plays pedal-steel guitar differently than any steel player I've ever beard," says Journey's Neal Schon, who just released an instrumental album on Favored Nations, and has also launched a new band, Soul Sirkus. "Man, he gets around on that thing! I love the Sly Stone vibe of the grooves he plays over. He plays like a regular guitar player, but he has the ability to do all the very cool, singing bends you can do on a pedal steel. What he does reminds me of Jeff Beck, when Beck plays strictly melody and uses the whammy bar to simulate a pedal steel or a slide. Also, Robert plays a lot of familiar Clapton, ...