61 Facts About Phil Volk

Phillip Edward Volk was born on October 25,1945 and is an American musician.

The band themselves had 23 charted hits and 14 gold albums and Phil Volk was a member of the band during the period of its greatest success.

Phil Volk was seen frequently in such fan magazines as 16 Magazine, popular during the 1960s.

On leaving The Raiders, Phil Volk formed a new band called Brotherhood with Raider bandmates Drake Levin and Mike "Smitty" Smith.

Phil Volk is currently making personal appearances with his new band "Phil 'Fang' Volk with Family and Friends".

Phil Volk was born in Burbank, California to Anne-Marie "Mimi" Wagner Volk, a former singer, dancer, and actress and George Norbert Volk, an actor and businessman.

Phil Volk's father taught acting at the Pasadena Playhouse and appeared in some films.

Phil Volk was one of seven siblings, including brothers George and Danny, and sisters Irene, Marilou, Christine, and Jeannie.

Phil Volk's mother kept the recording, which Volk loved listening to as a child.

Phil Volk later used it in one of the cuts on the Friendsound Joyride album called, "Child Song".

At the age of 13, Phil Volk watched Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Phil Volk learned to play his first song, "Teen Angel" on it, as well as some folk songs.

At Nampa Junior High School, Phil Volk met Drake Levin, who had moved from Chicago, in their 9th grade journalism class.

At a noon dance in the school gym, the girls asked Phil Volk to sing along with a recording of "Donna".

Levin stated that George Phil Volk taught him some guitar licks while he lived there.

The first time Phil Volk saw Paul Revere perform with his band was at a variety show at Nampa High School.

Phil Volk was impressed with the energy and showmanship of the band.

Phil Volk was fired from the band he belonged to at the time, The Chancellors, for attending this meet instead of joining them for a gig.

Phil Volk performed the role of Conrad Birdie in the school musical, Bye, Bye Birdie in 1962.

Phil Volk ran for Student Body President, but lost in a close recount election.

Phil Volk's parents left to live in Europe when Phil Volk was 17.

Phil Volk's father was now selling insurance to soldiers stationed overseas.

Phil Volk left Boise in September 1963 for college at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado.

Phil Volk played guitar and did some of the lead vocals.

Phil Volk remained with the band from 1960 to 1961.

When Phil Volk left for the University of Colorado on a scholarship in September 1963, the friends said goodbye at the Boise train station, not knowing that in little more than a year, Phil Volk would be joining The Raiders as the final piece in what would come to be considered the "classic" Raider line-up.

Levin convinced Phil Volk to leave school and join the band on tour.

Phil Volk sent his parents a message overseas, informing them of his decision.

Phil Volk joined the band in Las Vegas to perform at the Pussy Cat A-Go-Go nightclub.

Since all band members had a nickname, Revere suggested Phil Volk call himself "Bugs" or "Bucky Beaver", due to the prominent eye teeth he often displayed with a wide grin.

Phil Volk flipped it over to display the name to the audience, all the while dancing and making faces behind Lindsay as he sang lead.

Phil Volk played bass on the second side of the LP, which consisted of studio recordings produced by Terry Melcher.

Phil Volk was credited as the bass player on the back of the album.

Phil Volk has said the show helped give him his own following, as well as establishing him as a unique personality.

Phil Volk wrote two songs on the album, "In My Community" and "Why, Why, Why ", singing lead on both.

Phil Volk stated that the song was written at the Cielo Drive home of Melcher in the Beverly Glen section of Los Angeles.

Some band members, including Phil Volk, were spending a great deal of time there poring over ideas and jamming.

Phil Volk later said, "I think it has some potential".

Phil Volk worked on the songs, "Somebody" and "Doin' the Right Thing".

Phil Volk incorporated the first recording he ever made as a child into the last song on side 1, "ChildSong", which uses the voices and sounds of children playing in a park and school as part of the background.

Phil Volk had several connections to former teen idol Rick Nelson.

In December 1969, Phil Volk joined the Stone Canyon Band as Nelson's bassist, replacing Randy Meisner.

Phil Volk toured with the band for 7 months, including a performance with the band on The Johnny Cash Show.

Philosophical differences, particularly over drug use, which Volk had renounced after the break-up of Brotherhood, caused him to leave the band.

In 1970, at the request of Paul Revere, Phil Volk briefly returned to the Raiders for four concert appearances as part of a tour with The Beach Boys.

Phil Volk acknowledges that whenever session musicians were brought in by their producers, they were augmenting the band members, not replacing them.

The first guitar Phil Volk played was a red, sunburst Harmony acoustic guitar, given to him by his parents for Christmas at age 13.

Phil Volk's first bass was a Fender Precision, played with the Sir Winston's Trio.

Phil Volk had never played bass before, so he borrowed the keyboard player's bass and Volk and Drake Levin took turns learning to play it for the band.

The bass that Phil Volk was given to play as part of the endorsement deal with Vox was the white Vox Phantom IV.

Phil Volk offered to sell the bass guitar to Volk for $200 but she was not prepared to sell it immediately, needing it for a gig that evening.

Phil Volk had a recording session that evening and struck a deal that she immediately sell the guitar to him, and he would loan her a brand new VOX Phantom bass which he had in the trunk of his car.

Phil Volk purchased a Hofner Club bass, using it primarily for television appearances because it was lighter and easier to carry.

Phil Volk did not use it much in the studio, because producer Terry Melcher preferred how the Fender bass sounded in recordings.

Phil Volk was presented with one of only 50 numbered Hofner Club basses a few years ago in tribute to his helping to popularize the model.

Phil Volk began by listening to old cds and perusing the catalogs of different artists.

Phil Volk is a long-time Dylan admirer and Dylan recorded at Columbia Records at the same time as the Raiders, but the two rarely crossed paths.

In November 2020, Phil Volk released a 2-CD set called "Rocker", comprising 39 songs and covering five decades of his career.

Phil Volk married singer Tina Mason, whom he met on the set of Where the Action Is, on June 25,1967.

Phil Volk remarried to a woman named Yvonne on December 16,2022.

Phil Volk's sisters had show business careers; Jeannie and Marilou were part of The Friendship Train with Volk and wife Tina Mason.