- Hey, this is Chris Shiflett, checkin' in.
You might know me as the guitar player
for the Foo Fighters.
Or a maybe from my podcast, Walking The Floor.
Or, you know, some solo records, or punk rock stuff,
or who knows?
But just wishin' everybody out there well.
I hope you're stayin' safe.
I hope you're washing those hands,
keeping your distance.
Hope everybody is doing everything
you can possibly do to get through
this crazy quarantine lockdown coronavirus thing
that we're all living through.
That we will get through!
We're gonna get through it.
And we're gonna be fine.
It's just gonna take a minute, so do your part.
Today, I'm gonna play a song for you
and I'm playin' through this beautiful,
custom shop Fender Telecaster,
that I bought out in Nashville a few years back.
And I'm puttin' it through
this '64 reissue custom hand-wired Princeton reverb amp
that the fine folks over at Fender sent me recently.
So that I don't have to take my vintage one
on tour anymore and ding it up.
I can take this one on the road,
put some scratches on it,
make it look vintage.
And it sounds great.
I put a little mini Tube Screamer in front of it,
just to give it a little
(strumming guitar)
It's a little bit of grit.
Gotta put a little hair on there.
All right.
So this song's on my last record.
And, you know, it seems like
I coulda just written it yesterday, lyrically.
But I didn't.
It's called "This Ol' World."
♪ Has this ol' world lost its goddamn mind? ♪
♪ It's been so long since we been doing all right ♪
♪ So hold me tight tonight ♪
♪ 'Cause I need you right here by my side ♪
♪ 'Cause baby, this ol' world lost its goddamn mind ♪
♪ I hope you're doin' all right ♪
♪ Yeah, are you doin' all right? ♪
♪ I hope you're doin' all right ♪
♪ Has this ol' world left us all behind? ♪
♪ Yeah, we all need to tell ourselves sweet little lies ♪
♪ Like our side's the good guys ♪
♪ We've all been hung out to die ♪
♪ 'Cause baby this ol' world lost its goddamn mind ♪
♪ I hope you're doin' all right ♪
♪ Yeah, you're doin' all right ♪
♪ I hope you're doin' all right ♪
♪ Has this ol' world lost its goddamn mind? ♪
♪ I hope you're doin' all right ♪
All right, I'm Chris Shiflett
and I hope you're doing all right.
Stay safe out there, people.