Chris Shiflett

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.9 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Chris Shiflett joins Rhett from his home in LA to talk about his quarantine recording project, the conceptual differences between albums and singles in today’s music world, and holding grudges against your own songs. The two longtime friends also discuss the pros and cons of social media relevance, and what an audience truly wants in a live performance. Chris Shiflett is a musician from Santa Barbara, California, best known for his role as the lead guitarist in the Foo Fighters. He was also a member of the punk rock bands No Use for a Name, and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Chris has released two solo albums, and hosts a podcast called Walking the Floor. In this episode he sits down with his good friend to talk about what he’s learned throughout his career that spans almost four decades. Wheels Off is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted and produced by Rhett Miller. Co-produced by Kirsten Cluthe in partnership with Nick Ruffini (Revoice Media). Editing by Justin Thomas. Production Assistance by Matt Bavuso. Music by OLD97’s. Episode artwork by Katherine Boils. Show logo by Tim Skirven. This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also ask Alexa to play it. Please leave us a rating or review on iTunes. Revisit previous episodes of Wheels Off with Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Will Forte, Lydia Loveless, Allison Moorer, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Osiris.
0:03.8	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life.
0:09.1	I'm Rhett Miller.
0:10.7	That's when it got wheels off.
0:14.0	We started up and we ain't going to stop us.
0:17.0	I like you.
0:18.0	I could not.
0:19.5	That's when they got wheels off. Chris Schifflet is a guitar player and a songwriter and a badass.
0:27.6	He just entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year.
0:32.6	He puts out solo records that are great.
0:35.6	Most recently, 2019's album Hard Lessons. He joins Wheels Off from his home in Los Angeles,
0:43.0	although I'm just spoiling the first question.
0:47.5	He's a friend of mine. Over the years, we've done gigs together,
0:51.5	that comes up during the interview as well. He's very real.
0:56.2	Like, you're going to always get the real Chris Schifflett. You're not going to get what you might
1:00.9	think you would get from like a rock and roll hall of famer. You know, he's a, he's very much,
1:06.5	as we say in the backstages of the clubs across America, he's very much one of us.
1:12.5	But I'm really grateful that Chris joined me.
1:15.4	He was up late last night doing a Foo Fighters gig, and he's headed out again tomorrow to do another one.
1:20.1	Oh, he plays guitar in the Foo Fighters.
1:22.5	Did I mention that?
1:23.8	Anyway, it's pretty fun.
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