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
thinking rocks years
I don't think there is a musician today that hasn't been affected by Elvis' music. His definitive years - 1954-57 - can only be described as rock's cornerstone. He was the original cool.
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
music rocks track
... so much of what we do now started in 1954 at Sun Records in Memphis Tennessee ... those guys were inventing that stuff (Rock & Roll) ... you can really tell on some tracks ... they were actually afraid at times of what they were playing. But Rock & Roll definitely didn't come before that time; it started right there
blues country cousin rockabilly
Rockabilly is really part of our background, ... It's a cousin to the blues and country. And it's that important.
bands blew came quite roll swing
Rock and roll and swing never quite mixed. Rock and roll came in and just blew everything out of the water. Big bands were dead.
people played pure stuff
A lot of people put all that stuff on a pedestal, and they won't touch it. But I don't think that's the reason they did that. I think they played that stuff out of pure joy.
grunge
I started a big band when grunge was popular. I mean, that didn't make much sense.
mind nicest people robert
Robert Plant is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, never mind rock star. He's so down to earth.
hit room stuck travel wait
I always thought when I hit 50 years old that'd be it for the travel. I don't have to tell you - you wait at an airport, your flight's delayed, get on a 14-hour flight, get off, get stuck in traffic, you get to the hotel and the room service is closed.
mix musical rockabilly standard styles took
We weren't afraid to mix some crazy styles into the standard rockabilly look. We also took a lot of different musical influences that were part of that era.
chemistry great mean super
Just because you put super great musicians together, it doesn't mean you're going to have that chemistry as a band.
love
I love Glen Campbell. He never gets a mention.
beatles covers eddie found gene rockabilly stones
When I was a kid, I found out about Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent through the Beatles and the Stones doing covers of rockabilly songs,
record
He was just thrilled, ... He said, 'Oh my gosh, you want to record that old song? I think I got it up in the attic!'