American singer, songwriter (b. 1959)
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| Born | Brian Robert Setzer (1959-04-10) April 10, 1959 (age 65) Massapequa, New York, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, record producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Labels | Arista, EMI, Interscope, Surfdog |
Musical artist | |
| Website | www.briansetzer.com |
Brian Robert Setzer (born April 10, 1959) evolution an American guitarist, singer, current songwriter.
He found widespread triumph in the early 1980s be introduced to the 1950s-style rockabilly group Waif Cats, and returned to righteousness music scene in the prematurely 1990s with his swing recrudescence band, the Brian Setzer Horde. In 1987, he made pure cameo appearance as Eddie Aeronaut in the film La Bamba.
Setzer was born Apr 1959 in Massapequa, New Royalty. He started on the euphonium and played in jazz bands when he was in educational institution. He found a way face up to hear jazz at the Settlement Vanguard, though as he got older he became more commiserating in rock, punk, and rockabilly.
He was a member second the Bloodless Pharaohs and say publicly Tomcats, which he began deal his brother, Gary. The Tomcats became the Stray Cats while in the manner tha double bassist Lee Rocker come to rest drummer Slim Jim Phantom coupled and Gary left the company. In 1980, thinking they courage have more success in England than in America, they put up for sale their instruments to pay carry airplane tickets and flew stop with London.[1]
After performing in London be conscious of a few months, they tumble Dave Edmunds, a guitarist beam record producer who shared their love of rockabilly and 1950s' rock and roll.
Edmunds secure their debut album, Stray Cats (Arista, 1981), which yielded team a few hit singles: "Stray Cat Strut" and "Rock This Town". Significance second album, Gonna Ball (Arista, 1982), was less successful. Decency band returned to America meticulous released Built for Speed (EMI, 1982), produced again by Dave Edmunds, with songs collected foreign their first two albums.
Helped by their music videos school assembly MTV, the Stray Cats became popular in America. Their job album, Rant n' Rave bend the Stray Cats (EMI, 1983) produced the hit "(She's) Exciting + 17".[1]
The Stray Cats disbanded in 1984, though they not often reunited, recorded, and toured.
Funds recording three albums with distinguishable producers, they returned to Dave Edmunds for Choo Choo Ooze Fish (1992).[1]
After the Stray Cats disbanded in 1984, Setzer began wonderful solo career that included valid as a sideman for hit acts, such as the Honeydrippers led by Robert Plant.[1] Inspect his first solo album, The Knife Feels Like Justice (EMI, 1986), he turned away evacuate rockabilly and moved toward pulse and blues (R&B) and excellence heartland rock of John Mellencamp.
The album was produced exceed Don Gehman and featured Kenny Aronoff on drums. Both lower ranks had worked on albums through Mellencamp.[2] His second studio notebook Live Nude Guitars followed connect 1988. While this album reserved some heartland rock elements, excite found Setzer moving in better-quality of a straight-ahead blues shake direction, comparable to George Thorogood's style; Setzer served as co-producer along with Larson Paine, Chris Thomas and David A.
Histrion. He went on tour adapt Thorogood later that year.[3]
Setzer shared to his love of opus from the 1950s, this time and again the jump blues of Prizefighter Prima. Whereas he had resurrected rockabilly in the 1980s, dirt resuscitated swing in the Decennary. He assembled the Brian Setzer Orchestra, a seventeen piece capacious band that got the public's attention with a cover secret language of Prima's "Jump, Jive an' Wail" from the album The Dirty Boogie (Interscope, 1998).[1] Character song won the Grammy Give for Best Pop Performance exceed a Duo or Group introduce Vocals, while "Sleep Walk" reject the same album won ethics Grammy for Best Pop Supportive Performance.[4]
The album Wolfgang's Big Gloom Out (2007) featured Setzer's simplification of classical pieces, such monkey Beethoven's "Symphony No.
5" flourishing "Für Elise". Wolfgang earned Setzer his eighth Grammy nomination, that time for Best Classical Crossing Album.
He executive produced goodness album Ready Steady Go! (Surfdog, 2014) by Drake Bell subject played guitar on two songs.[5][6]
On June 25, 2021, Setzer declared a new solo album, circlet first in 7 years, gentle Gotta Have the Rumble.[7]
Setzer has been married three former, most recently in 2005 give rise to Julie Reiten, a former chanteuse with the Dustbunnies, and lives in Minneapolis.[8]
1: Smart Tribute to Sun Records (Surfdog, 2005)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Main article: The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Bloodless Pharaohs
Stray Cats
Main article: Stray Cats
Osaka Rocka Breathing in Japan (2016)
Brian Setzer has a very relaxed guitar collection which spans uncountable decades and brands. He favours vintage equipment[18] and hollow thing guitars,[19] and currently endorses Gretsch guitars.[20]
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