Brian Setzer
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Brian Setzer (born April 10, 1959 in New York) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
In the 1980s, Setzer fronted the popular rockabilly band, Stray Cats. Stray Cats caught America's attention with the 1982 album Built for Speed, which included the two Top Ten hits, "Rock This Town" (#9) and "Stray Cat Strut" (#3), as well as with the follow-up 1983 album Rant 'N Rave, which included the two successful singles "(She's) Sexy + 17" (#5), and "I Won't Stand In Your Way" (#35).
In the 1990s, Setzer led a comeback for swing music and big band music, when he formed The Brian Setzer Orchestra. The band has released 6 albums to date and two live DVDs. This group had one hit, "Jump, Jive, and Wail" around the same time songs like the Cherry Poppin' Daddies' "Zoot Suit Riot" had been received favorably in mainstream America.
Brian Setzer also recorded some solo albums during Stray Cats' break in the 1980s along with some in the 1990s. In 2001 he released an album titled Ignition with his band '68 Comeback Special. A new solo album titled was released on July 26, 2005, in the United States.
Brian recently moved from Southern California to Minneapolis, Minnesota with his wife Julie (nee Reiten, former singer with the Dustbunnies), whom he originally met when she auditioned (and was hired) as a back-up singer for the Brian Setzer Orchestra in 1999. They were married in Palm Springs, California in the summer of 2005. Brian continues to tour in the United States and overseas with his orchestra.
Discography
Bloodless Pharaohs:- Marty Thau 2 x 5 (1980)
- Stray Cats (1981)
- Gonna Ball (1981)
- Built For Speed (1982) #2 (15 weeks) US
- Rant N' Rave With The Stray Cats (1983) #14 US
- Rock Therapy (1986) #122 US
- Blast Off! (1989) #111 US
- Let's Go Faster! (1990)
- Choo Choo Hot Fish (1992)
- Original Cool (1993)
- The Brian Setzer Orchestra (1994) #158 US
- Guitar Slinger (1996)
- The Dirty Boogie (1998) #9 US
- Vavoom! (2000) #62 US
- Boogie Woogie Christmas (2002)
- Jump, Jive an' Wail - The Very Best of the Brian Setzer Orchestra (2003)
- The Ultimate Collection Live (2004)
- Dig That Crazy Christmas (2005)
- This Knife Feels Like Justice (1986) #45 US
- Live Nude Guitars (1988) #140 US
- Rockin' By Myself (1993)
- Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy (2003)
- (2005)
- Ignition (2001) #152 US
Filmography
- La Bamba (1987)
- The Simpsons - 'How I spent my strummer vacation' (2005)
- The Nanny - The Bobbi Flekman Story' (1997)
Live DVDs
Trivia
Composed the theme song for the Disney cartoon show titled: The House Of MouseExternal links
- [Official Brian Setzer web site]
- [Official Stray Cats web site]
- StarTribune article about life in Minneapolis http://www.startribune.com/457/story/467710.html
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