When the songwriter & performing duo Steel Magnolia were looking for a "new sound" to bring into their music, their producer Paul Worley (*) brought them to visit our shop.  After playing numerous instruments, Josh & Meghan decided the National Steel Body Collegian in Vintage White was perfect for bringing a new level to some songs they were working on.

A talented, bright young couple, clearly on their way to a successful future... Here's an exciting snippet from their website:

"There is a very cool moment, preserved for posterity in TV syndication, when Joshua Scott Jones and Meghan Linsey, the duo known as Steel Magnolia, make the connection that changes their lives. It's cattle call audition day for season two of CMT's Can You Duet? Josh and Meghan are secretly ambivalent about the whole thing, skeptical that the judges are going to get their very unique sound. But they do and so began the journey that would put Steel Magnolia in the shows winner's circle and on Big Machine Records.

In the year since winning the show, Steel Magnolia has gone on to win over many more influential fans and supporters. Their bracing take of "Keep On Lovin' You" broke through as the highest charting debut single by a co-ed duo in Billboard history and climbed all the way to No. 5 on the Billboard Country Charts. The song has been downloaded more than a million times and landed in the major motion picture, “Valentine’s Day.” Josh and Meghan spent the summer of 2010 touring alongside Brad Paisley on his massively popular H20 Tour. They also toured with Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton and appeared on the Late Show With David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Lopez Tonight.

Even before the release of their debut album, Steel Magnolia snagged nine major industry award nominations, including: Vocal Duo of the Year and Top New Vocal Duo of the Year by the Academy of Country Music in both 2010 and 2011, Top Vocal Duo by the The Country Music Association in 2010, Best Country Music Video By A New Duo by Country Music Television and a 2012 ACM Award for Vocal Duo of the Year. Their second single, “Just By Being You (Halo and Wings),” became their second Top 30 hit. Their third single “Last Night Again” reached No. 24 on the country charts. Their self-titled album was released in January 2011 and it debuted in the Top 10 of the pop and country album charts, entering the charts at No. 7 and No. 3, respectively. No wonder then, that you're seeing Josh and Meghan on every "Whom To Watch" list in country music."

(Paul Worley has made an enormous contribution to the Nashville music scene, from early in his career as a session guitarist to his more recent role as producer / co-producer of the Dixie Chicks, Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride, and the Band Perry).