Between Red and Johnny Hiland.....they are like musical crack! Cant get enough of either guy.

this guy is one of the best guitarists on the planet

Not a single cliche to be heard! Every solo is purely melodic and full of jazzy surprises. NOBODY comes close!

May I add -- whoever is responsible for the sound recording and/or engineering on this video did a damn good job-- one of the best sounding live videos I've found on YT Super clean and distinct.

this is how it’s done. Redd is in a league of his own, the rhythm section is tight and the sound team completely nailed it. I listen to this everywhere I go

No one ever talks about what a great singer Redd is.

I've been playing guitar for over 50 years. I feel like a rank beginner watching Redd. So fluid and articulate! And a seemingly unlimited vocabulary! Bravo!

Best Tele tones ive ever heard combined with his heartfelt beautiful dynamic playing ....WOW

That’s both talent and a lifetime of dedication … untouchable!

Redd's got the great hands, magic hands, and a beautiful soul for music. And kudos to the drummer and bassman, I so enjoy stand-up bass.

To whom ever engineered and mixed this, thank you, thank you thank you. Balanced and Beautiful

Redd may be the greatest country guitar player ever and one hell of a singer to boot and there are a mere HANDFUL of people at this club! Meanwhile Justin "Auto tune" Bieber has a BILLION followers on Instagram and packs out stadiums! Something's seriously OUT OF WHACK!!

Wow, this guy deserves a lot more recognition.

Phenomenal. Unless you've tried playing an instrument you'll never know just how advanced this band is. Like the music or not U have to admire the greatness.

It’s no wonder that Redd spent so many years backing Merle Haggard. What a talented musician

This show was nearly 3 years ago imagine how time goes by so dam fast. These teenagers think we have been here for ever.

The entire band is awesome. I found out years ago, practicing in a house where we had to keep the noise level down, that there's an art to playing in a less loud manner: the art of subtlety is no joke. I absolutely love Redd's jazzy, Western-swing meets chicken pickin' & hybrid picking, with hints of lap steel and pedal steel flourishes, giving the impression that there are two or three other band members! Everything I would ever aspire to play like! Like the sound of Heaven.

He’s still so amazing. My god. My favorite country/western guitar player. He’s got everything, dexterity, twang, emotion, rhythm, tastefulness, chordal harmonies.

The Herb Ellis of Country Swing Guitar..

Redd is undoubtedly the very best country guitarist on this Earth.

There has never been a guitar player as stunningly engaging as Redd.

Dear Jesus, what a find. Where was this guy my whole life?

In the 80s Redd came to my town in Clinton Gregory's band. We opened for them at a club we played at frequently, and got to see Redd play in person. I play a Telecaster, and had won guitar player of the year here in Maine. I called him the "bus driver" because seeing him took me to school! We got to hang out between shows. He was very smart, funny and just a nice man. I learned a lot of great licks that day! As you can see here, he plays clean and very accurately, as well as creatively. He milks so many sounds out of his axe. Other than a tad of reverb, what you here is clean. Just awesome technique. Thank you for this video, it is great and so nice to see him play again!

From a guitar player whos been playing the same licks over and over again for 40 years this was really refreshing and enjoyable . If Im on this earth for maybe another 100 years maybe I can learn a little from this man .

I know a lot guitarplayer , not able, doing these great chordsolos . An underestimated discipline.

Talk about a guitarist's guitarist! Captivating.

Best concert I've watched in years, musically and really fun to watch.

The mix on this is exquisite, as is the playing!

Redd is a master of his old Telecaster guitar.

I didn't know how much I was missing my Redd Volkaert fix! ...an absolute treasure!

Redd sounds better than ever. And I love the power trio. It's just right to feature his best. No need for other instruments. But I guess I'm a guitar nerd. Great band.

Shout out to rhythm section too… so solid. Upright player is smooth as butter 🧈🤣🤷‍♂️

Not only is he a fantastic world class guitarist with a great rhythm section but his vocal is super good too. This is the real deal happening in real time in our lives right now. Pay attention people....I know I'm preaching to the converted!!

Volkaert is one of my guitar heroes. The finest true country player to come around in a long time. The best are always underrated and I say he's right up there with Atkins and Reed.

Absolutely one fabulous guitar picker. Can listen to him all day!!

Redds phrasing is pure talent and feeling.

Perfection LIVE. No studio. No tricks. The real deal!!

Great bass work. in a genre accustomed to the attack of bass guitar, this guy is fully effective on standup.

While the world reels in turmoil, America looks for heroes, Redd is one such hero, doing his own thing, so universally loved. Forever my favorite Tele Master!

Setlist 00:00 01. Diminishing Flames (Instrumental) 04:53 02. Crazy Arms (Ray Prize Cover) 08:14 03. Always Late (Lefty Frizzell Cover) 11:33 04. The Longer You Wait (Merle Haggard Cover) 15:32 05. Rollin‘ (Randy Newman Cover) 19:03 06. Swinging Doors (Merle Haggard Cover) 23:17 07. She’s Gone Gone Gone (Lefty Frizzell Cover) 26:22 08. Two Hands (Townes Van Zandt Cover) 30:27 09. Send It Back (Instrumental) 33:27 10. Forbidden Lovers (Lefty Frizzell Cover) 37:00 11. Local Memory (Willie Nelson Cover) 40:21 12. Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line (Jimmy Bryant Cover) 43:57 13. Hello Walls (Faron Young/Willie Nelson Cover) 50:09 14. Bartender’s Blues (George Jones/James Taylor Cover) 55:40 15. Bubbles In My Beer (Bob Wills Cover) 59:40 16. Old Fashioned Love (Bob Wills Cover)

Redd really seems to have a lick library for a brain, it seems unlimited even after an hour and everything flows so musically. Incredible!

Redd is one amazing guitar player.....

Another great Canadian guitarist!

Redd you are just fabulous! (Sorry for such an understatement!)

Redd Volkaert (born 1958) was a successor to Roy Nichols in Merle Haggard's backing band, and is "among the country’s top Telecaster guitar slingers." Volkaert won a 2009 Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance. 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 Heybale!, the Sunday night house band, at The Continental Club in Austin, Texas.

What a player on the guitar phenomenal licks

What outstanding musicianship by these guys. An absolute joy to behold...

He's absolutely amazing and I had the unbelievable experience of meeting him in 2000 when he was on tour with haggard. Even got his autograph and Don Markhams as well as Merle Haggard himself in merle's book!!! One of my GREATEST experience's in my entire life! I sing merle's tunes all the time to this day! Love you Redd!! Bret Lee from PA.!!!!

Absolutely wonderful. No pedals, just a guitar plugged straight into the amp. It's all fingers and talent.

This gentleman leaves everybody in the dust….. cc: Danny Gatton fans

Talk about a talking tele master ! Redd is the man for our time .

One of the best players alive! Go Redd!!!

Hey, I think you guys are darn good. Great job!

That boy can sure can play that brush drums hes very good lets keep him rocking thanks guys.kind regards Gregory lee for MELBOURNE VICTORIA Australia. 🎸🎸🎻🎻🎹🎹😁🖐👌👍.

The guy is great. His bass and drum guys are real good too.

🤯 that blew my mind. How comes this guys name isn‘t mentioned along with the greats. Who the hack is this man even?!!! Amazing.

Spectacular guitar works. Red is certainly the most under-rated guitar player in America. Years with Merle really polished his playing. Not many current guitarist can match Red in country, jazz, swing etc. He's brilliant.

Redd and 2 other great musicians make most modern country sound amateur. Quality pickin here!

This is the way its done chilluns. Redd is the 'Tim Wakefield' of Country Music.

Red has a wonderful vocabulary of chops all I can do is smile and shake my head in amazement. I just stumbled into his video what a great player and the other guys compliment him well.

What a monster on the guitar Redd is...and what a killer rhythm section this is backing him up! Some of the best tone and playing I’ve heard in a while!

I'm speechless ..this man appears to be a national treasure!

I watched this the first time around, but Red's always worth a "Second Helping!"

Great sound of all musicians. Bravo!!!

That’s the best sounding tele I’ve ever heard through a compressed KZfaq mix from my phone, lol. But seriously… that’s a level of playing most mortals will never reach.

I truly believe that Redd is as good in his corner of music as Stevie Ray Vaughn was in his. "Free flowing'" music and improv. It is just amazing playing. All of the band are total pro's !!

A masterclass. No distortion, no overbearing bass or drums, not even reverb on the vocals. I think I saw Redd step on a pedal, once, but his sound didn't change. And folks, this is them, warming up.

This is so great, so many tasty riffs and licks, love the chickin pickin and the beautiful Tele tones. The recording is so pure, it’s like listening in your own home. Thank you!

Unbelievable guitar player. Never saw any one like him. And a great band.

Redd is off the charts great. A guitarist could learn more from this one hour video than years of lessons if they'd pay attention to how Redd fills between lyrics, for one thing. And the drummer and bassist are solid as a rock. One of these days maybe I'll be lucky enough to see Redd live.

I do believe that Redd is my favorite guitar player of all time!!! 🙂

Greetings from six miles south of Belfast Northern Ireland Excellent video, very enjoyable.

Beautiful mic selection from Joseph; killer dynamics and playing from Redd, Nick, and Dylan. Love it!

How can you not dig Red's playing style and technique? Inspirational if you dabble in guitar...

Great style!

Awesome, you guys are incredible! Guess 21 people thought that was a down-load button!

I've watched this 5 or 6 times. It just gets better every time. What a delight.

Mike Bourque and Redd Volkaert are my two most favorite guitar smokers ever! Mike is the only one I have shared stage with many times. Maybe Redd will hit me up one day for some shuffles that swing.

Der Mann hat eine Gitarre im Blut...soll sich einer ein Stück abschneiden....so locker 😊❤the best ever gehört !❤

Beautiful guitar playing, and great band balance. As someone mention in the comments, unless you play guitar, it's hard to realise how good the guitar playing is! Very nice performance from everyone!

Zac Child’s pointed out recently that Redd’s playing through a Shobud amplifier, they literally only made a handful of these and if anyone should own one it’s Redd, the true master of the clean Telecaster sound.

Hear him this weekend at the Montana Folk Festival in Butte, Montana for free!! Donations for the festival encouraged, three days Friday through Sunday. July 14-16, 2023

I was fortunate to see Red in Adelaide South Australia and was completely blown away by his awesome talent its great to see he is still playing the greatest guitar ever made and doing that quality country music he does so well. As a band I think a three piece has never sounded so good you are all very fortunate to be playing together I do hope it keeps going for a long time. 👏 👏👏

I've never heard of Redd but I'm blown away. Does he ever run out of ideas?!

You look good Red, maybe getting out of those clubs in Austin has been a good thing

Wichita Falls Texas !!

Brawo Volkaert!

... and here comes a STANDING OVATION from Europe/Austria! ... FUNTASTIC MUSIC! ... best thing so far in this shitty Corona-times ;-) ... Greetings and best wishes ... SALUTE! CHEERS!

So awesome that Red found a rhythm section of this caliber in his new home. This is gold.

I’ve watched many of Red’s videos. This is the first time I’ve felt a Les Paul influence. Very good.

My favorite guitar tone ever. Great band, as well. Should be world famous...

Redd is such an amazing guitar player. What a great show.

This brings so much joy to me! Let the talent and feeling and respect for each tune keep on truckin’ Men!

what a great mix and recording capturing this fantastic performance!!

Superb guitar! And powerful commentary about restrictions the public bought into!!!

Get Cindy Cashdollar in there with you, y’all always worked so well together. This band is great snd she would fit right in! Good to see you back in the saddle Redd. Your voice was always pretty good, but I don’t remember it sounding this good!

This is the country music I didn’t know I needed. This is what great music sounds like fellows. What a player. Holy moly. Thanks mix guy. Great job immortalizing this perfect performance.

We miss you in Austin, Redd!

I have been a subscriber of Guitar Player magazine for well over twenty years. I was an avid reader of it prior to subscribing... It is an absolute injustice and lack of insight that Redd has not been on the cover 7-15 times! He is an absolute genius and can play any style that he wants to (just search some of his videos - one of him even getting down on some heavy rock and roll with Ted Nugent, wielding a tele like it was a battle axe). He is absolutely one of my all time favorite players ever!!! God Bless Redd Volkaert!!!

Amazing! Hello from BRASIL