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
challenges rhythm knows
The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why.
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.
music rocks down-and
Rock & Roll is the physical thing that just comes out of you .. the other stuff you have to sit down and learn .. once you learn scales and chord progressions, you can make up your own versions
hard-times blue play
It is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to play it, but there's a very laid back tempo on that. I was surprised at how slow it really was.
cat class style
I got cat class and I got cat style
gone gears way
I wanted to go back to Sun. Unfortunately, most of the gear is gone from Sun. The way I take it now, it's almost like a tourist destination. So, it would have been pretty difficult to have brought all the gear into Sun to make it like it was in the '50's.
would-be ears being-cool
I thought it would be cool to take flat-picking and put it in overdrive. I thought it would bend the ear.
mean years watson
I mean, what 16-year-old is going to listen to Doc Watson?
trying liberty
Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it.
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.
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.
pain balls lines
There's a fine line between pleasure and pain. Love me like a ball and chain.
people guy records
People out there maybe know who Junior Parker is and some of those Sun Records blues guys.
thinking records wow
Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have done THIS to it, or something.