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 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.