Career
Pedersen also fronted his own band called the Laurel Canyon Ramblers. Besides this, Pedersen has also worked with the following musicians and groups: Pine Valley Boys, Michael Martin Murphey, Earl Scruggs, The Dillards, Smokey Grass Boys, The New Kentucky Colonels, Old And In The Way, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Skip Battin, Tony Rice, Dan Fogelberg, Stephen Stills, Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, Jackson Browne, John Denver, John Jorgenson, and Leland Sklar, among others When the American television series The Greatest American Hero was released on Digital Video Disc, certain musical performances had to be excised due to rights issues.
In an episode entitled "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys", a performance of the song after which the episode was named (sung by Joey Scarbury) was removed and replaced with the song "Younger Days", found on Pedersen"s "Southwest" album.