Notes about Redd Volkaert
As a youngster in Vancouver British Columbia Redd Volkaert
learned how to play guitar from his dad. By the time he
was 16 he was playing in local bars and clubs in Vancouver.
After an 8-year stint in Alberta he left the Great North
woods for Los Angeles playing clubs teaching guitar and
working on demo sessions. Moving to Nashville in 1990 he
began doing studio session work and road dates with artists
like Ray Price Lacy J. Dalton Clinton Gregory and Dale Watson
eventually winding up in Merle Haggards band The Strangers.
In fact out of a long line of prestigious players Volkaert
is the most critically acclaimed of Merle's guitarists.
In 1998 HighTone Records released Redds first solo adventure
Telewacker. Soon to follow was the critically acclaimed
No Stranger To A Tele. Guitar Player Magazine stated: With
No Stranger To A Tele Volkaert showcases his jaw-dropping
musicality as he wantonly jumps between hardcore honky tonk
western swing and rock. In 2000 Redd moved to Austin Texas
and has quickly become a participant in its thriving live-music
scene.
