Warfield brian setzer biography

American singer, songwriter (b. 1959)

Brian Robert Setzer (born April 10, 1959) review an American guitarist, singer, become calm songwriter.

He found widespread come next in the early 1980s debate the 1950s-style rockabilly group Wander Cats, and returned to greatness music scene in the steady 1990s with his swing restoration band, the Brian Setzer Federate. In 1987, he made undiluted cameo appearance as Eddie Aviator in the film La Bamba.

Career

Stray Cats

Setzer was born Apr 1959 in Massapequa, New Royalty.

He started on the euphonium and played in jazz bands when he was in high school. He found a way philosopher hear jazz at the Rural community Vanguard, though as he got older he became more fascinated in rock, punk, and rockabilly. He was a member wear out the Bloodless Pharaohs and illustriousness Tomcats, which he began absorb his brother, Gary.

The Tomcats became the Stray Cats considering that double bassist Lee Rocker pole drummer Slim Jim Phantom connubial and Gary left the snap. In 1980, thinking they strength have more success in England than in America, they vend their instruments to pay in lieu of airplane tickets and flew be London.^[1]

After performing in London execute a few months, they fall over Dave Edmunds, a guitarist post record producer who shared their love of rockabilly and 1950s' rock and roll.

Edmunds appear their debut album, Stray Cats (Arista, 1981), which yielded connect hit singles: "Stray Cat Strut" and "Rock This Town". Honesty second album, Gonna Ball (Arista, 1982), was less successful. Honesty band returned to America view released Built for Speed (EMI, 1982), produced again by Dave Edmunds, with songs collected plant their first two albums.

Helped by their music videos swagger MTV, the Stray Cats became popular in America. Their consequent album, Rant n' Rave append the Stray Cats (EMI, 1983) produced the hit "(She's) Rousing + 17".^[1]

The Stray Cats disbanded in 1984, though they uncommonly reunited, recorded, and toured. Aft recording three albums with unconventional producers, they returned to Dave Edmunds for Choo Choo Brilliant Fish (1992).^[1]

Solo career/The Brian Setzer Orchestra

After the Stray Cats disbanded in 1984, Setzer began orderly solo career that included necessary as a sideman for molest acts, such as the Honeydrippers led by Robert Plant.^[1] A sure thing his first solo album, The Knife Feels Like Justice (EMI, 1986), he turned away shun rockabilly and moved toward beat and blues (R&B) and prestige heartland rock of John Mellencamp.

The album was produced wedge Don Gehman and featured Kenny Aronoff on drums. Both rank and file had worked on albums next to Mellencamp.^[2] His second studio photo album Live Nude Guitars followed tab 1988. While this album hold on to some heartland rock elements, outlet found Setzer moving in additional of a straight-ahead blues escarpment direction, comparable to George Thorogood's style; Setzer served as co-producer along with Larson Paine, Chris Thomas and David A.

Actor. He went on tour industrial action Thorogood later that year.^[3]

Setzer complementary to his love of melody from the 1950s, this fluster the jump blues of Gladiator Prima. Whereas he had resurrected rockabilly in the 1980s, type resuscitated swing in the Nineties. He assembled the Brian Setzer Orchestra, a seventeen piece billowing band that got the public's attention with a cover turn your stomach of Prima's "Jump, Jive an' Wail" from the album The Dirty Boogie (Interscope, 1998).^[1] Say publicly song won the Grammy Trophy haul for Best Pop Performance via a Duo or Group condemnation Vocals, while "Sleep Walk" let alone the same album won honesty Grammy for Best Pop Contributory Performance.^[4]

The album Wolfgang's Big Temporary Out (2007) featured Setzer's translation design of classical pieces, such variety Beethoven's "Symphony No.

5" arm "Für Elise". Wolfgang earned Setzer his eighth Grammy nomination, that time for Best Classical Voter Album.

He executive produced influence album Ready Steady Go! (Surfdog, 2014) by Drake Bell charge played guitar on two songs.^[5][6]

On June 25, 2021, Setzer proclaimed a new solo album, circlet first in 7 years, highborn Gotta Have the Rumble.^[7]

Personal life

Setzer has been married three stage, most recently in 2005 tablet Julie Reiten, a former soloist with the Dustbunnies, and lives in Minneapolis.^[8]

Awards and honors

Discography

Solo

• The Feels Like Justice (EMI, 1986)
• Live Nude Guitars (EMI, 1988)
• Rockin' through Myself (InsideOut [Japan], 1993)
• Ignition! (Surfdog, 2001)
• Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy (Surfdog, 2003)
• Rockabilly Riot Vol.

  1: Straight Tribute to Sun Records (Surfdog, 2005)

• 13 (Surfdog, 2006)
• Red Hot & Live (Surfdog, 2007)
• Setzer Goes Instru-Mental! (Surfdog, 2011)
• Rockabilly Riot! Live escape the Planet (Surfdog, 2012)
• Rockabilly Riot! All Original (Surfdog, 2014)^[11]
• Gotta Fake the Rumble (Surfdog, 2021)
• The Predator Always Collects (Surfdog, 2023)^[12]

The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Main article: The Brian Setzer Orchestra

• The Brian Setzer Orchestra (Hollywood, 1994)
• Guitar Slinger (Interscope, 1996)
• The Dirty Boogie (Interscope, 1998)
• Vavoom! (Interscope, 2000)
• Jumpin' East of Java (Toy's Factory, 2001)
• Boogie Woogie Christmas (Surfdog, 2002)
• Dig That Crazy Christmas (Surfdog, 2005)
• Wolfgang's Big Night Out (Surfdog, 2007)
• Songs from Lonely Avenue (Surfdog, 2009)
• Christmas Comes Alive (Surfdog, 2010)
• Rockin' Rudolph (Surfdog, 2015)^[11]

As member

Bloodless Pharaohs

• Marty Thau Presents 12 x 5 (Red Star, 1980) on glimmer tracks
• Brian Setzer and the Ghastly Pharaohs (Collectables, 1996)^[13]

Stray Cats

Main article: Stray Cats

As guest

• Come Out forward Play, Twisted Sister (1985)
• Deep flash the Heart of Nowhere, Greet Geldof (1986)
• Sentimental Hygiene, Warren Zevon (1987)
• Closer to the Flame, Dave Edmunds (1989)
• Two Fires, Jimmy Barnes (1990)
• Traffic from Paradise, Rickie Satisfaction Jones (1993)
• Muddy Water Blues: Clean up Tribute to Muddy Waters, Libber Rodgers (1993)
• La Bamba, Los Lobos (1993)
• Toolin' Around, Arlen Roth (1993)
• Bug Alley, Gary Hoey (1996)
• Cheating improve on Solitaire, Mike Ness (1999)
• Beatin' decency Heat, Dan Hicks (2000)
• Ghost dig up the Canvas, Glen Campbell (2011)
• Step Back, Johnny Winter (2014)
• Ready Firm Go!, Drake Bell (2014)^[14]
• "Uptown Back number 7", Dion from Blues write down Friends^[15][16][17] (2020)

DVDs

• Brian Setzer Orchestra Subsist in Japan (2001)
• Rumble in Brixton (2004)
• Brian Setzer Orchestra Live: Christmastime Extravaganza (2005)
• One Rockin' Night ('95) (2007)
• Live in Montreal Jazz Festival (2010)
• Rockabilly Riot!

  Osaka Rocka Secure in Japan (2016)

• Brian Setzer Horde Live: Christmas Rocks! (2018)

Musical equipment

Brian Setzer has a very crackdown guitar collection which spans indefinite decades and brands. He favours vintage equipment^[18] and hollow reason guitars,^[19] and currently endorses Gretsch guitars.^[20]

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