Chris Shiflett at Hawthorne Theatre

At the outset, Chris Shiflett appears far from the archetypal alt-country frontman. A shaggy-haired, punk rock veteran and surf aficionado hailing from Santa Barbara, Shiflett is undoubtedly best known from his 20-year tenure with the Foo Fighters—a band whose recent work has increasingly channeled the rootsy thrust of classic American music, but nevertheless remains worlds apart from the stylism of Sturgill Simpson,... read more