Episode 15 – Redd Volkaert

This Week On Walking The Floor

Chris sits down one of the kings of the Tele-Twang sound, Redd Volkaert.

 

About The Guest

Redd Volkaert was a successor to Roy Nichols in Merle Haggard’s backing band, and is among the country’s top guitar slingers. While best known as a Fender Telecaster player, with a personal collection that includes a 1953 Fender Telecaster, a 1951 Fender Nocaster, a 1958 Fender Esquire and a 1950s-style Hahn Telecaster. Volkaert has lent his name to guitars made by other companies, including Asher. Redd’s band has been playing Saturdays, and Redd plays with Haybale!, the Sunday night house band, at The Continental Club in Austin, Texas.

Still interested? Visit the artist’s official website or Wikipedia entry to learn more about this episode’s guest.

 

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Chris Shiflett, guitarist for Foo Fighters, Dead Peasants, and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, hosts Walking The Floor, where he engages a wide range of musical guests, writers, athletes, and artists in one-on-one interviews exploring their creative inspirations, struggles, successes, and everything in between.

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