Saturday music: If you don't love country, you hate 'mer'ca

Redd Volkaert, "End of the Line," from No Stranger To A Tele.  A "Tele" is a "Telecaster" guitar, made by Fender.  Many country guitarists favor them, and they tend to produce the "twangy" sound associated with country music.  A few jazz guitarists, like Ted Greene and Ed Bickert, have used them, muting the twang somewhat, as did blues great, Roy Buchanan, who did not shy away from the twang.  Anyway, though, here's Redd.  He looks a lot like my grad school advisor, Nelson Polsby!

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