Redd Volkaert plays the Fender Telecaster guitar like a virtuoso, but he’s too self-effacing to admit it. “I’m just a goofball with a Telecaster,” he said during recent phone interview. “I’ve just ...

I always say that the best part of playing music is the people you meet along the way. It might be fans who become friends or venue owners whose clubs you ending up rooting for and try to help remain ...

Redd and Brandon talk about the icon's travels and the road to home. Watch as Redd burns up some great country classics. The Life of a Musician is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...

Volkaert’s desire to slow down his schedule was part of what brought the 62-year-old guitarist and his wife from Austin to Galax. But Volkaert, whose resume includes stints with Merle Haggard, George ...

True Tele masters don’t hide behind a rack of effects. They run fast, clean and out front. “You can’t just kind of fluff and play on the thing. You have to get after it and chase it and stay on it,” ...

The best country comes from the strangest places: former Chicagoan Dallas Wayne was born in Branson, Missouri, but he made his name in Finland, where he released five albums before moving back to the ...

In 1999, on his way out of town, Earl Poole Ball ran into Merle Haggard guitarist Redd Volkaert at the Exit Inn in Nashville "Where ya going?" asked Volkaert. "I'm on my way to Texas," Ball replied.

Another little item that slipped through the cracks this year Lonesome Onry and Mean feels negligent for not reporting is Austin king picker Redd Volkaert’s Reddhead. It says something about the ...

A 1953 Fender Telecaster guitar has a distinctive twang, and when it's in the hands of guitar master Redd Volkaert, you can imagine yourself in a Country & Western bar as the waitress makes her rounds ...

including a lengthy stint as Merle Haggard's lead guitarist. Redd Volkaert remembers the day that the great Merle Haggard called him up and asked if he’d play guitar in his band. “I said, ‘Murph, you ...

From Issue Four of Gear Patrol Magazine. Discounted domestic shipping + 15% off in the GP store for new subscribers. Austin is a hotbed of musical talent. Its denizens have a voracious appetite for ...