Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer
Brian Robert Setzeris an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He first found widespread success in the early 1980s with the 1950s-style rockabilly revival group Stray Cats, and revitalized his career in the late 1990s with his Swing revival band, The Brian Setzer Orchestra...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth10 April 1959
CityMassapequa, NY
CountryUnited States of America
trying liberty
Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it.
labels bass sides
As a genre, rockabilly's post-Elvis profile has seldom been lower in the United States. Many labels that produced fresh bass-slappin' sides during the '90's are now out of business.
country song unique
The jazz chord substitutions in a country song... that was another thing that bent people's ears. I guess that my favorites are the unique ones. It's not how fast you play. It's that unique blending of different stuff I'm most proud of.
challenges rhythm knows
The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why.
crazy writing band
Since the big band started I'm just always swamped with movies and things. It certainly pays the bills and it's very satisfying, because I get to write all these big charts and all this crazy music.
people guy records
People out there maybe know who Junior Parker is and some of those Sun Records blues guys.
pain balls lines
There's a fine line between pleasure and pain. Love me like a ball and chain.
festivals rockabilly
For every rockabilly festival staged here, there are 10 held overseas.
player rockabilly deserve
I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten.
thinking guitar rooms
It's really funny, I think to myself... I've got my same guitar and amp, it's just a bigger room now! Some things don't change.
player guitar jazz
My D'Angelico is a jazz archtop guitar. That guitar was made for Glenn Miller's guitar player in 1939. It's a '39 D'Angelico New Yorker.
records needs kick-ass
McCartney! Haven't met him and haven't played with him. I would LOVE to. He needs to make a kick-ass rockabilly record.
stupid voice dumb
Elvis is not so difficult as Johnny Cash because his voice is so distinctive. If you try to copy Johnny Cash, it's just going to sound dumb.
heart mean digging-ditches
If you listen to everybody's opinions, I mean, I always say I'd be digging a ditch on the side of the road now if I had listened to what everybody told me what to do. You know, you have to follow your heart, you have to.