"Pedal Steal" is loosely based on Wayne Gailey, a steel guitar player who wandered Texas and New Mexico in the late 1960s-early 1970s, and one of the first that Allen heard use the instrument for rock and roll.
The song "Pedal Steal" takes its cue from Wayne Gailey, a steel guitarist who wandered through Texas and New Mexico during the late 1960s and early 1970s, and was among the first to adapt the instrument for the emerging genre of rock music.