Please answer the following question: Facts: - instrument: bass guitar , guitar , keyboards - birth name: phillip edward volk - origin: boise , idaho - genre: pop , rock - alias: fang - notable instruments: vox club hofner phantom iv , fender '62 jazz bass , - name: phil '' fang '' volk - background: solo_singer - label: columbia , rca victor , sonic wheel - birth place: burbank , california - associated acts: the surfers , paul revere and the raiders , the brotherhood chancellors , the great crowd , friendship train , , sir winston 's trio , the - occupation: musician record producer , arranger , singer , songwriter , band leader , Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of phil volk .
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phil '' fang '' volk -lrb- born phillip edward volk : october 25 , 1945 -rrb- is an american musician , singer , songwriter , band leader , record producer and arranger .as the bassist of paul revere and the raiders from 1965 -- 1967 , volk appeared in over 750 television shows , 520 of which were episodes of the dick clark production , '' where the action is '' , which aired daily from 1965 to 1967 .the band themselves had 23 charted hits and 14 gold albums and volk was a member of the band during the period of its greatest success .volk 's bass lines , as heard in songs such as '' hungry '' , '' just like me '' and '' kicks '' , helped to revolutionize how the bass guitar was used in rock music .volk was seen frequently in such fanzines as '' 16 magazine '' , popular during the 1960s .on leaving the raiders , volk formed a new band called brotherhood with raider band mates drake levin and mike '' smitty '' smith .this band produced three albums for rca that were not commercially successful .following the breakup of brotherhood , volk had a stint as a bassist with ricky nelson in the stone canyon band , headed several groups of his own , toured the country in a rock-themed stage show , produced music for other artists , and started his own record label .he is currently making personal appearances with his new band '' phil ' fang ' volk with family and friends '' .