"For a long time, Susan Alcorn lived a double life. At night, she would play in dance halls and honky-tonks around Houston, Texas; during the day, she would hole up by herself to study avant-garde jazz and free improvisation. Her chosen instrument, the pedal steel guitar, was associated with country and western and virtually unheard of in other genres. Alcorn kept her professional performances separate from her private obsessions until, by chance, the roles were reversed. By the time of her passing in January of 2025, she had reinvented both herself and her instrument, proving that the pedal steel could be adapted into any style of music." Così inizia il ritratto che Matthew Blackwell traccia di Susan Alcorn (1953-2025) a beneficio dei visitatori di Bandcamp, suggerendo (e incoraggiando) un primo percorso nella sua discografia: Susan Alcorn’s Revolutionary Pedal Steel.