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4.0 out of 5 stars
Extraordinary guitar pickin', September 25, 2004
This review is from: For the Ladies (Audio CD)
Volkaert's day-job as one of Merle Haggard's Strangers has shown him to be a virtuoso of the Telecaster. For his "third" album, Hightone has assembled tracks from his first two albums, augmented them with a few pieces recorded with The Twangbangers (Bill Kirchen, Joe Goldmark and Jack O'Dell), and added two live videos. The result, naturally, follows the template of his earlier releases, focusing on Volkaert's extremely fluid and fluent Telecaster picking. He crosses through various shades of blues, country, swing and pop, with playing that brings to mind everyone from former Stranger Roy Nichols and blues legend Johnny Winter, to rock instrumentalists like Hank Marvin, Nokie Edwards and Link Wray.
Highlights include the lyrical, twanging swing of "No Stranger to a Tele," the honky-tonk "You're Still on My Mind," the Buck & Don inspired "The Buck Stops Here," and a multi-guitar attack on the classic "Truck Drivin' Man." The latter, along with "She Loves Anything That Swings" and a live take of Voelkert's signature "Telewacker," includes Bill Kirchen, Joe Goldmark and Jack O'Dell as The Twangbangers (whose own album is also available on Hightone). The low-end reverb of "Chee-Z" brings to mind the classic '60s instrumentals of The Shadows and Ventures, and the picking on "Breakneck" shows off Volkaert's incredible technical abilities alongside those of steel player Jim Murphy.
This is a nice overview for those who've yet to learn of Vokaert's charms, but other than the bonus videos (live versions of "Truck Drivin' Man" and "Tube'n"), there's nothing new for those who have his first two CDs and the Twangbangers release.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the Best, March 3, 2010
This review is from: For the Ladies (Audio CD)
I'm from good ole New Joisey,try to make it down to Austin once a year, 1st thing I do is to make sure Redd Volkaert is playing at the Continental Club, Redd is one amamzing guitar player & that deep voice is awesome also. Redd is a must see, like Bill Kirchen I could watch this man over & over. Buy his albums[CD's] & if you ever get a chance to see him,pleassssssse do. Just saw him a couple weeks ago with Redd & Friends & his group Haybale
Greg H the Jersey Gypsy
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