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 ...

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 lying bastard.’ I was thinking it was my buddy Jim Murphy, a ...

Redd Volkaert, 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, particularly in the genres ...

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 ...

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 ...

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,” ...

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, ...