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'''Redd Volkaert''' (born 1958) was a successor to [[Roy Nichols]] in [[Merle Haggard|Merle Haggard's]] backing band, and is "among the country’s top [[Telecaster]] guitar slingers."<ref>[http://www.fender.com/news/index.php?display_article=118 Seeing Redd] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060806073244/http://www.fender.com/news/index.php?display_article=118 |date=2006-08-06 }} at Fender USA</ref> Volkaert won a 2009 [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance|Best Country Instrumental Performance]].
'''Redd Volkaert''' (born 1958) originally from Canada, is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitar players in the modern era and is "among the country’s top [[Telecaster]] guitar slingers”<ref>[http://www.fender.com/news/index.php?display_article=118 Seeing Redd] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060806073244/http://www.fender.com/news/index.php?display_article=118|date=2006-08-06}} at Fender USA</ref> particularly in the genres of Western Swing and Honky Tonk. He was the go-to picker for [[Merle Haggard]] and has a history playing with the likes of [[Johnny Paycheck]] and [[George Jones]]. Redd can often be found on stage in the company of his fellow Telecaster stalwart [[Bill Kirchen]] formerly of [[Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen|Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen]]. Together they are often referred to as the "Titans of the Telecaster" such is their ability and notoriety, love and connection with that instrument.


Redd cut his teeth playing clubs 6 nights a week at 16 til the mid 1980’s in Canada and moved to Los Angeles in 1986. There he worked clubs, private gigs at night and gave guitar lessons and recording during the day. He regularly travelled to Las Vegas to play show rooms and casinos.
While best known as a [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|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.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Geddie
| first = Tom
| title = Ready to show off his country pluck
| newspaper = Buddy-The Original Texas Magazine
| volume = 34
| issue = 9
| pages = 13
| date = April 2012
| url = http://www.buddymagazine.com/pdf/2012/201204-redd-volkaert.pdf
| accessdate = 2014-11-09}}</ref> Volkaert has lent his name to guitars made by other companies, including Asher.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Redd Volkaert Signature Model
| url = http://www.asherguitars.com/index.php?page=redd-volkaert-signature-model
| date = 2013
| accessdate = 2014-11-09}}</ref>


Redd moved to Nashville in 1990 to play full-time at clubs seven nights a week on Broadway, Printers Alley and around town and 1 or 2 shifts a day between recording sessions most days, periodically traveling with road bands filling in as a substitute for guitarists in bands such as Johnny Paycheck, George Jones, Statler Brothers, Rhonda Vincent etc. as well as on the Grand Ole Opry.
Redd's band has been playing Saturdays, and Redd plays with Heybale!, the Sunday night house band, at The Continental Club in [[Music of Austin, Texas|Austin, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web
He joined [[Merle Haggard|Merle Haggard's]] band in 1997 while continuing to record with other folks like Brad Paisley, garnering a 2009 [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance|Best Country Instrumental Performance]]. In 2000 Redd moved to Austin, Texas where he held a residency at the Continental Club for 20 yrs with his own band on Saturday afternoons, and Sunday nights with Heybale! He continued to tour extensively with Merle as well as his own band in between tours.
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While best known as a [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]] Telecaster player, with a personal collection that includes a 1953 Fender Telecaster, a 1951 Fender Nocaster, a 1958 Fender Esquire.<ref>{{cite news |last=Geddie |first=Tom |date=April 2012 |title=Ready to show off his country pluck |volume=34 |pages=13 |newspaper=Buddy-The Original Texas Magazine |issue=9 |url=http://www.buddymagazine.com/pdf/2012/201204-redd-volkaert.pdf |accessdate=2014-11-09}}</ref> Volkaert has lent his name to guitars made by other companies, including Asher.<ref>{{cite web |date=2013 |title=Redd Volkaert Signature Model |url=http://www.asherguitars.com/index.php?page=redd-volkaert-signature-model |accessdate=2014-11-09}}</ref>
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Redd relocated to SW Virginia in 2020 in time for Covid lockdown, recording and giving Skype lessons for a year and a half. He has been back playing, recording, & traveling in the US and abroad as of May 2021.
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| last = Bailey
| first = Kyle
| title = Expert Guitarist Redd Volkaert Still Innovating After 40 Years
| work = The Austinot
| date = July 23, 2013
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| accessdate = 2014-11-09}}</ref>


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Revision as of 05:02, 6 June 2023

Redd Volkaert
Born (1958-03-06) 6 March 1958 (age 66)
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Occupation(s)Guitarist
Instrument(s)Guitar

Redd Volkaert (born 1958) originally from Canada, is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitar players in the modern era and is "among the country’s top Telecaster guitar slingers”[1] particularly in the genres of Western Swing and Honky Tonk. He was the go-to picker for Merle Haggard and has a history playing with the likes of Johnny Paycheck and George Jones. Redd can often be found on stage in the company of his fellow Telecaster stalwart Bill Kirchen formerly of Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen. Together they are often referred to as the "Titans of the Telecaster" such is their ability and notoriety, love and connection with that instrument.

Redd cut his teeth playing clubs 6 nights a week at 16 til the mid 1980’s in Canada and moved to Los Angeles in 1986. There he worked clubs, private gigs at night and gave guitar lessons and recording during the day. He regularly travelled to Las Vegas to play show rooms and casinos.

Redd moved to Nashville in 1990 to play full-time at clubs seven nights a week on Broadway, Printers Alley and around town and 1 or 2 shifts a day between recording sessions most days, periodically traveling with road bands filling in as a substitute for guitarists in bands such as Johnny Paycheck, George Jones, Statler Brothers, Rhonda Vincent etc. as well as on the Grand Ole Opry. He joined Merle Haggard's band in 1997 while continuing to record with other folks like Brad Paisley, garnering a 2009 Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance. In 2000 Redd moved to Austin, Texas where he held a residency at the Continental Club for 20 yrs with his own band on Saturday afternoons, and Sunday nights with Heybale! He continued to tour extensively with Merle as well as his own band in between tours.

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.[2] Volkaert has lent his name to guitars made by other companies, including Asher.[3]

Redd relocated to SW Virginia in 2020 in time for Covid lockdown, recording and giving Skype lessons for a year and a half. He has been back playing, recording, & traveling in the US and abroad as of May 2021.

Discography

Year Title Label
2008 Redd Volkaert - Reddhead Telehog
2006 Redd Volkaert - Teletwang (DVD) Hal Leonard Corporation
2004 Redd Volkaert - For The Ladies HighTone Records
2003 ContinentaLIVE, Heybale!
2002 26 Days On The Road, as one of The Twangbangers Shout! Factory
2001 No Stranger To A Tele HighTone Records
1998 Telewacker Shout! Factory

References

  1. ^ Seeing Redd Archived 2006-08-06 at the Wayback Machine at Fender USA
  2. ^ Geddie, Tom (April 2012). "Ready to show off his country pluck" (PDF). Buddy-The Original Texas Magazine. Vol. 34, no. 9. p. 13. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
  3. ^ "Redd Volkaert Signature Model". 2013. Retrieved 2014-11-09.

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