Foo Fighters guitarist Chris "Shifty" Shiflett is the host of Shred With Shifty, a new guitar-centric podcast that premieres on June 22nd with guest Alex Lifeson of Rush.
Shiflett writes that he's "about halfway through doing the interviews for this first season and the lineup is insane."
After Lifeson, the podcast's guests this season will be:
- Nile Rodgers
- Brad Paisley
- Mike McCready of Pearl Jam
- Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi
- Rivers Cuomo of Weezer
- Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke
- Lindsay Ell
- Blake Schwarzenbach of Jawbreaker
- John Osborne of Brothers Osborne and
- session legend Brent Mason
Shiflett explains the show in a video on its website and YouTube,
He says, “I love guitar playing, and in particular, I love lead guitar playing -- not to mention all things related to lead guitar playing: amps, pedals, stories about recording, and of course, guitars. My new show,,,was born out of the fact that I spend an awful lot of time watching people on the internet explain guitar parts almost right, so I thought, 'What if I could just go to the source and find out what my favorite players actually did on the solos I love?'"