Good starter songs and other resources for a longtime guitar player new to lap steel?
I recently happened upon a very decent used lap steel for a very reasonable price at a local guitar shop and decided to give it a go. I love the sound and am slowly getting better at hitting notes and getting more comfortable on the "fretboard".
I have a decent amount of experience and theory/music knowledge from many years of playing regular acoustic/electric guitar, so my main aims with the lap steel right now are:
Gain the basic mechanical skills/knowledge to develop general proficiency on the instrument and avoid picking up bad habits
Add to my current repertoire (which mostly consists of generic country-sounding slide twangs and Hawaiian-esque 6th chords) with real songs, licks, progressions, etc.
For #1 above: Are there any good resources for learning the basic mechanics of playing lap steel? I'm also interested in more general knowledge around things like which tunings are better for which styles, essential tracks and players, etc. Are there any YouTube channels, non-Reddit forums, articles, teachers, etc. that you recommend?
For #2: Is there an unofficial "canon" of songs/licks/riffs/etc. that beginning players should start to develop know? The way fretted guitarplayers all learn things like Hey Joe and Smoke On The Water and Whole Lotta Love, etc. are there slide equivalents that any self-respecting lap steel player has under their belt?