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As a teenager in New York City, Brian Setzer harboured dreams of leading a big band with horns, but "became sidetracked by punk." In the
early '80s he formed The Stray Cats, a rockabilly revival outfit , who achieved success as part of that decade's new wave movement, scoring hit
singles "Rock This Town" and "Stray Cat Strut" and receiving much acclaim for his considerable talents as a guitarist.
After that group's demise, and a failed bid at solo success, Setzer put together a 17-piece big band for a short tour in 1990. The tour's
unexpected success prompted the band to make the coll ...read more
As a teenager in New York City, Brian Setzer harboured dreams of leading a big band with horns, but "became sidetracked by punk." In the
early '80s he formed The Stray Cats, a rockabilly revival outfit , who achieved success as part of that decade's new wave movement, scoring hit
singles "Rock This Town" and "Stray Cat Strut" and receiving much acclaim for his considerable talents as a guitarist.
After that group's demise, and a failed bid at solo success, Setzer put together a 17-piece big band for a short tour in 1990. The tour's
unexpected success prompted the band to make the collaboration a permanent one and, in 1994, they released their first album, The Brian
Setzer Orchestra, and a second, Guitar Slinger, in 1996, the latter produced by Joe Strummer.
The group's biggest moment came in 1998 with The Dirty Boogie and its hit single "Jump, Jive An' Wail," a Louis Prima cover. Modern
influences such as rock, hip-hop and dance began to pervade the band's signature sound, as they experimented on 2000's Vavoom!. Other
releases include Wolfgang's Big Night Out (2007) and Songs From Lonely Avenue (2009), their most recent original album.
Three successful Christmas albums, 2002's Boogie Woogie Christmas, 2005's Dig That Crazy Christmas and 2015's Rockin'
Rydolph have also been released, as well as a live CD and two live DVDs. « hide |
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