Dobro and lap steel
Famous as a Nashville session musician and composer of gorgeous melodies, Johnny Bellar is a virtuoso player of both the resophonic guitar (an acoustic instrument played with a metal slide invented in the 1920's and popularly known as the Dobro) and the lap steel guitar (an electric adaptation of the resophonic). He is a regular on the Nashville Now television program and on the Grand Ole Opry. Born and raised outside of Nashville, Johnny was introduced to music at an early age. He began playing the guitar at age 14 and the resophonic a year later. After graduation from high school, Johnny began playing with the legendary Stoneman Family in 1974 and continued touring with them until 1984. While performing with the Stonemans, Johnny appeared on such shows as Hee Haw, the Ralph Emery Show and the Tommy Hunter Show. After leaving the Stoneman family, Johnny performed for three years with the bluegrass gospel group, the New Tradition. In 1987 Johnny decided to concentrate on his own music and worked his way into the Nashville studio scene. Since then, he has performed at Opryland USA and with Wilma Lee Cooper on the Grand Ole Opry and throughout the country.
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