Best Chris Shiflett Podcasts (2025)

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Vince Gill Gives Us “One More Last Chance” 59:55

2M ago59:55

59:55

Get out the Kleenex, hankies, or whatever you use to wipe away your tears: It’s the last episode of this season of Shred With Shifty, a media event more consequential and profound than the finales of White Lotus and Severance combined. But there’ll be some tears of joy, too, because on this episode, Chris Shiflett talks with one of country music’s …

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Elliott Easton’s Countryfied Solo on “My Best Friend’s Girl” 56:52

3M ago56:52

56:52

The Cars’ self-titled 1978 debut record changed the world of power pop forever. Guitarist and co-vocalist Ric Ocasek penned all the tunes, but lead guitarist Elliott Easton transformed them with his tasteful 6-string stylings. This time on Shred With Shifty, Easton sits down with Chris Shiflett to show him how to play the solo from “My Best Friend’…

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Larkin Poe's Blues-Rock Revolution 51:59

3M ago51:59

51:59

The Georgia-born, Nashville-based roots-rock outfit Larkin Poe have had a busy year. Last summer, they toured across the U.S. supporting Slash, and released their seventh studio album, Bloom, on January 22. With a bit of downtime back in Nashville, co-shredders-in-chief Megan and Rebecca Lovell joined Shred With Shifty to deconstruct their face-mel…

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Learn to Shred the “Are You Gonna Go My Way” Solo with Craig Ross 47:44

4M ago47:44

47:44

This time, Chris Shiflett sits down with fellow west coaster Craig Ross, who calls in from Madrid equipped with a lawsuit-era Ibanez 2393. The two buddies kick things off commiserating over an increasingly common tragedy for guitarists: losing precious gear in natural disasters. The takeaway? Don’t leave your gear in storage! Take it on the road! R…

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Molly Tuttle’s Acoustic Acrobatics on “San Joaquin” 51:03

4M ago51:03

51:03

When you imagine the tools of a guitar shredder, chances are you see a sharp-angled electric 6-string running into a smokin’-hot, fully saturated British halfstack of sorts—the type of thing that’ll blow your hair back. You might not be picturing an acoustic steel-string or a banjo, and that’s a mistake, because some of the most face-melting player…

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Zakk Wylde Says "Pick Every Note!" 58:19

7M ago58:19

58:19

From Ozzy Osbourne to Black Label Society to Zakk Sabbath to, most recently, his stint filling in for his old friend “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott in Pantera, Zakk Wylde has left an unmistakable mark on the hard-rock and metal music worlds. Fresh off performing “The Star Spangled Banner” at the Cleveland Browns game in October, and paying homage to his …

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Derek Trucks Teaches His Classical Indian-Inflected Solo on “Midnight in Harlem” 49:19

7M ago49:19

49:19

Break out your glass, steel, or beer bottle: This time on Shred With Shifty, we’re sliding into glory with southern-rock great Derek Trucks, leader of the Derek Trucks Band, co-leader (along with wife Susan Tedeschi) of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, and, from 1999 to 2014, member of the Allman Brothers Band. Reared in Jacksonville, Florida, Trucks was …

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Learn Michael Schenker’s Improv-Shred on UFO’S “Only You Can Rock Me” 1:00:24

7M ago1:00:24

1:00:24

This episode has three main ingredients: Shifty, Schenker, and shredding. What more do you need? Schenker was just 11 when he played his first gig with The Scorpions, and recorded on their debut LP, Lonesome Crow, when he was 16. He’s been playing a Gibson Flying V since those early days, so it's only natural that both he and Shifty bust out the Vs…

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Keith Urban Talks Waylon, Knopfler, and His Love-Hate Relationship with Modelers 53:35

8M ago53:35

53:35

Next up on this action-packed season of Shred With Shifty, country superstar Keith Urban joins Chris Shiflett to walk through some of his most iconic solos and unpack some fine details behind his successful music career. Strapped with the ’51 Fender “Nocaster” that he used to record the solo on “Tumbleweed,” Urban walks Shifty through some of his g…

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Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, and Chris Shiflett Reveal Their Triple-Guitar Recipe 59:50

8M ago59:50

59:50

The moment you’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived. That’s right: Shred With Shifty is back, and your beloved host Chris Shiflett is kicking off season two of the podcast with a super-special episode. Shifty’s Foo Fighters shredders-in-arms Dave Grohl and Pat Smear join him for this season premier that reveals some of the magic and maneuver…

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George Gascon 53:39

9M ago53:39

53:39

I had the opportunity recently to sit down and discuss policy with Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon and we had a great conversation about the chasm between public perception of politics and his actual reforms.By Chris Shiflett

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Richie Sambora is Ready to Rock! 54:42

1y ago54:42

54:42

As the premier season of the show comes to a close, Richie Sambora sends it off with a fun, free-wheeling episode that looks at his high-drama fingerwork on “Only Lonely” from Bon Jovi’s second record, 1985’s 7800° Fahrenheit. (The song’s music video is everything you’d ever want from mid-’80s hard rock.) Richie joins Shifty subterranean-style, fro…

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Learn the “Last Child” Solo With Aerosmith’s Brad Whitford 57:06

1y ago57:06

57:06

The Aerosmith axeman recounts how he ripped the blazing lead on the Rocks hit, dishing some critical history along the way. Behind Steven Tyler’s unhinged howls, Aerosmith’s twin-guitar attack with Joe Perry and Brad Whitford cemented them as one of the greatest hard-rock bands of the ’70s. “Last Child,” the street-strutting, hard-blues hit off the…

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Def Leppard and Dive Bombs: Phil Collen on His Bombastic “Photograph” Solo 59:40

1y ago59:40

59:40

The influential British shredder talks about how he formed his playing style and demonstrates how to rip one of his most iconic leads. To hear Phil Collen tell it, he joined Def Leppard almost by accident. He had loaned the band one of his amps, and when they asked him to play some leads on their upcoming record Pyromania, Collen thought he was jus…

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Wolf Van Halen’s Tornado of Tapping on “Take a Bow” 1:00:07

1+ y ago1:00:07

1:00:07

Being born into rock royalty doesn’t make you a rock star—you’ve gotta earn it with your own chops. And whether it’s the classical pedigree of his first name or the hard-rock infamy of his surname, Wolfgang Van Halen has a long lineage to live up to. As he displays on this episode of Shred With Shifty, he’s more than up to the task. Wolf joins Shif…

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Joe Bonamassa: Bursts, Dumbles, and the Blues 1:36:46

1+ y ago1:36:46

1:36:46

If you can’t figure out how to play Joe Bonamassa’s solo from “Blues Deluxe,” don’t worry. It all changes when Shifty sits down with Bonamassa for this special episode of Shred With Shifty. No surprise that both of them reach for their Les Pauls, and Bonamassa even reveals why he switched from Strats to Gibsons in the early 2000s. Bonamassa is know…

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“KISS” Shiflett Takes on Fan Solos and Issues a Challenge 34:12

1+ y ago34:12

34:12

It’s time for Chris Shiflett to rip another solo—solo episode, that is. During this first season of Shred With Shifty, our host has been keeping an eye on fan submissions of the lead parts explained in each episode, hand-picking sharp renditions to share. This time, he spotlights takes on the guitar theatrics from “Alive” by Pearl Jam, “Stay a Litt…

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Brent Mason’s Furious Fingerstyle Shred 1:21:01

1+ y ago1:21:01

1:21:01

Brent Mason has picked for the biggest and best names in country music: Alan Jackson, Willie Nelson, Shania Twain, Brooks & Dunn, Blake Shelton, and George Strait are just a few of the country stars on whose records you can hear Mason’s Fender-on-Fender fretwork. But his solo on “Southbound Train,” the closing track on Travis Tritt’s 2000 record Do…

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Free-Wheelin’ Ace Frehley Fires Up His “Shock Me” Solo 1:06:48

1+ y ago1:06:48

1:06:48

Shifty’s biggest guitar hero joins the podcast to run down his unique lead picking on the 1977 Love Gun hit. Ace Frehley is the reason Chris Shiflett picked up a guitar in the first place, so it’s only natural that Shifty invites his original tone teacher onto the pod to recap one his iconic solos. Frehley, saddled with a classic black-and-cream tr…

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Mike Campbell’s Electric Spontaneity 52:42

1+ y ago52:42

52:42

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ lead guitarist shows Shifty how he bottled an electric reaction to “The Waiting” on the song’s simple, iconic solo. Mike Campbell knows how to write the perfect parts to a song, and records them with the perfect guitar, amp, and tone to match. That’s why Shifty has the Heartbreakers’ lead man on this episode to get …

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John Osborne’s Tele-Style Spank on “Stay a Little Longer” 1:24:42

1+ y ago1:24:42

1:24:42

“I think it’s safe to say John Osborne is a fuckin’ beast!” That’s how Chris Shiflett kicks off this episode of Shred With Shifty, featuring bearded Brothers Osborne shredder-in-chief John Osborne. Osborne joins Shifty to dissect his blistering country-rock ripping on the band’s breakout single, “Stay A Little Longer.” Osborne tells Shifty about fa…

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Odds & Ends and Q&A Vol. 2 50:38

1+ y ago50:38

50:38

This time on Shred With Shifty, Chris Shiflett steps out on his own. Shiflett starts up with a video montage of fan-submitted solo takes on leads from Charlie Starr, Rivers Cuomo, Mike McCready, and others. Some are more faithful than others, and Shifty celebrates the originality. “Learn it kinda, and then put your own twist on it,” he encourages. …

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Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready Comes “Alive” 1:09:58

1+ y ago1:09:58

1:09:58

Host Chris Shiflett starts things off with a discussion on the musical context McCready emerged from. “If you didn’t have this punk rock background, then you were looked down upon,” remembers McCready. As he explains, his upbringing was less punk rock and more Cub Scouts until he picked up the guitar. He and PJ rhythm guitarist Stone Gossard prefer…

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Jawbreaker’s Blake Schwarzenbach on the Emo-Meets-Zeppelin Magic of “Accident Prone” 1:19:35

1+ y ago1:19:35

1:19:35

On this week’s Shred With Shifty, Chris Shiflett is joined by one of his all-time favorite players: Blake Schwarzenbach, the 6-string architect behind California punk band Jawbreaker’s simple, noisy, orchestral rippers. But before things really get rolling, Shifty gets his heartbroken as Schwarzenbach squashes rumors that Jawbreaker might have a ne…

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Charlie Starr Brings the Thunder 1:09:12

2y ago1:09:12

1:09:12

Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr joins Shred With Shifty to deconstruct his solo on the Smoke’s 2016 track, “Waiting for the Thunder.” Starr, whom Shifty credits with owning one of the best vintage guitar collections he’s ever seen, explains how he got into guitar at age six thanks to the influence of his dad, who was a bluegrass rhythm play…

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Brad Paisley's G-Bender Magic on “Mud on the Tires” 1:17:16

2y ago1:17:16

1:17:16

"It's maybe the most important thing to me that the solos [I record] are things that I haven't done a million times," country guitarist and singer/songwriter Brad Paisley shares on this episode of Shred With Shifty. "That's getting harder and harder to do." But as Paisley walks host Chris Shiflett through his solo on "Mud on the Tires," the centerp…

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Chris Shiflett Rates Your Solos and Shares His Pedal Philosophy 43:44

2y ago43:44

43:44

In this solo installment of Shred With Shifty, host Chris Shiflett shares juicy unreleased footage from previous episodes, rates fan submission solos, and fields questions from viewers. This week’s Shred With Shifty keeps the spotlight on our intrepid host and shameless shredmeister, as Shifty kicks things off with a swift hammer-on ascent up the n…

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Nile Rodgers on the Magic of “I’m Coming Out” 1:19:46

2y ago1:19:46

1:19:46

CHIC bandleader Nile Rodgers and his Hitmaker spill the history behind writing the unforgettable music and lyrics for Diana Ross’ iconic smash, “I’m Coming Out” When CHIC guitar wizard Nile Rodgers tells Chris Shiflett that he was at Woodstock, Shiflett quips, “You didn’t take the brown acid, did you?” Rodgers grins and chuckles, “I took every colo…

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Lindsay Ell's One-Woman Guitarmony 1:04:47

2y ago1:04:47

1:04:47

On this episode, the country guitarist walks Shifty through her blazing solo on "Hits Me," after sharing all about what makes her guitar-mind tick. "I've always looked at guitar solos as additional lyrics to the song," says Lindsay Ell. She approaches guitar solos by balancing their voice with that of the actual vocal, and on this episode of Shred …

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Rivers Cuomo's Anti-Pedal Approach to “Only in Dreams” 1:04:05

2y ago1:04:05

1:04:05

Weezer's Rivers Cuomo sits down with Shifty to talk Yngwie, Phish, and the outro solo to "Only in Dreams" off the “Blue” album. Head to http://volume.com/shifty to watch the full episodes! "I don't use effects," Rivers Cuomo states, matter-of-factly, to Chris Shiflett on this second episode of Shred With Shifty. That might come as a bit of a shock …

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"Shred With Shifty" w/ Alex Lifeson from Rush 1:05:16

2y ago1:05:16

1:05:16

On the debut episode of Shred With Shifty, host Chris Shiflett sits down with Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson to learn the dramatic, vibrato bar-driven guitar solo off the 1981 hit “Limelight.” Click below to subscribe to the podcast! Full Video Episodes: http://volume.com/shifty Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1690423642 Spotify: …

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Alex Lifeson Breaks Down The Haunting, Legendary Solo On Rush’s “Limelight” 1:09:19

2y ago1:09:19

1:09:19

On the first episode of the new podcast series Shred With Shifty, which features host and Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett getting a front-row lesson from our favorite guitar heroes, Shiflett learns the solo from Rush’s “Limelight” with a little help from the man who wrote it, Alex Lifeson. According to Shiflett, Lifeson’s lead on the song “do…

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"Shred With Shifty" Trailer!! 1:57

2y ago1:57

1:57

Hey folks - not sure if ya know but I've got a brand new video show/podcast/VODCAST called "Shred With Shifty" that's gonna start dropping episodes soon!!! Sign up at volume.com/shifty or wherever you get your podcasts!

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Introducing Shred With Shifty 1:33

2y ago1:33

1:33

Did you ever wonder how the most epic guitar solos of our time were crafted? Let Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters be your tour guide and listen in as he breaks down legendary guitar solos with the artists themselves. Head to http://volume.com/shifty to watch full video episodes.By Chris Shiflett

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Episode 218 - John Jeffers (Whiskey Myers) 42:46

2+ y ago42:46

42:46

John Jeffers from Whiskey Myers discusses his bands hard-nosed work ethic, the joys of touring in a Chevy Suburban, and of course, his wall of AC30's.

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Episode 217 - The White Buffalo 47:16

2+ y ago47:16

47:16

Jake Smith aka The White Buffalo discusses making his new record "Year Of The Dark Horse" and why he hasn't surfed Topanga in a while!

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Episode 216 - The War And Treaty 1:17:38

2+ y ago1:17:38

1:17:38

Kicking off the new year with The War And Treaty (aka Tanya & Michael)!

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Episode 215 - Aaron Raitiere 43:18

2+ y ago43:18

43:18

He's a single wide dreamer in a double wide world!! He is Aaron Raitiere!!

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Episode 214 - Randy Rogers (Randy Rogers Band) 53:32

2+ y ago53:32

53:32

Randy Rogers zooms in from the bunkhouse to discuss their new record, "Homecoming," and the tour that never ends (not to mention smoking weed with Willie).

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Episode 213 - Ashley McBryde & John Osborne 48:34

2+ y ago48:34

48:34

Ashley McBryde & John Osborne (Brothers Osborne) stop by to discuss making "Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville."

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Episode 212 - Hailey Whitters 43:09

3y ago43:09

43:09

This interview was recorded on the eve of the release of Hailey Whitters latest record, "Raised." The corn queen holds forth on all things Iowa and Country Music...By Chris Shiflett

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Episode 211 - Wolfgang Van Halen 37:45

3+ y ago37:45

37:45

Skip a year of high school to tour with Van Halen? Play every instrument on your debut record?? Opening slot on a sold out stadium tour??? Wolfgang Van Halen is flying out of the gates with his band Mammoth WVH!!!

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Episode 210 - Mike Campbell 40:22

3+ y ago40:22

40:22

How did Mike Campbells knobs get so dirty?!? Inquiring minds want to know...

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Episode 209 - Gennady "GGG" Golovkin 45:44

3+ y ago45:44

45:44

Gennady "GGG" Golovkin brings the Big Drama Show to Walking The Floor World Headquarters!!!

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Episode 208 - Leah Blevins 30:56

3+ y ago30:56

30:56

Kentucky native Leah Blevins zooms in to discuss her debut record, "First Time Feeling!"

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Episode 207 - George Kambosos Jr. 29:24

3+ y ago29:24

29:24

George Kambosos Jr. shocked the world last month when he became the new undisputed king of the lightweight division in boxing!! Fresh off the upset one week later he stopped by Walking The Floor for a little chat...

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Episode 206 - David Sirota 1:05:04

3+ y ago1:05:04

1:05:04

David Sirota stops by to discuss his new 8-part podcast on the 2008 financial crisis "Meltdown."

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Episode 205 - Lee Rocker 40:42

3+ y ago40:42

40:42

Rockabilly legend Lee Rocker, bassist for the Stray Cats, joins me today to discuss contemporary ballet! And rock'n'roll of course...

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Episode 204 - Lucas Kunce 49:12

3+ y ago49:12

49:12

If Lucas Kunce wins his Democratic primary for the Senate race next year in Missouri, he could go on to serve for a few years, run for the presidency and win, and then I will have interviewed the President!!! But let's not get ahead of ourselves...