On July 24, 2011, my girlfriend and I joined the queues outside London's famous Brixton Academy to see Brian Setzer's Rockabilly Riot. At 7 pm the doors opened and we quickly grabbed a spot in front ...

Brian Setzer revitalised the rockabilly scene with his band The Stray Cats in the early 1980s, during the time he was living in the UK. After the initial success of the band and his various solo ...

What is the allure of continuing to play rockabilly? Setzer: Y’know, when I’m true to myself it’s me playing a Gretsch guitar with the sounds I like -- reverb, vibrato, echo. If I keep those sounds it ...

Before Brian Setzer and his Rockabilly Riot made their way to the Majestic Theatre Thursday night, the musician had not made a tour stop in Dallas since 2018. On top of the pandemic, Setzer battled a ...

Three-time Grammy award winner Brian Setzer has just announced new tour dates for his critically acclaimed Rockabilly Riot Tour. These new dates come on the back of his busy and successful 2023 tour ...

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Iconic guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and 3-time Grammy award-winner BRIAN SETZER has confirmed a 12-date fall tour coinciding with a new solo album due in the upcoming months via Surfdog ...

Brian Setzer has a band for just about every occasion. He first captured widespread attention for his taut rockabilly trio work with the Stray Cats. Then he dove into swing and jump blues, leading the ...

Car songs are a must on any Brian Setzer album. His latest, Gotta Have the Rumble, is no exception — it opens with the one-two punch of the racer’s taunt “Checkered Flag” and the noir-ish “Smash Up on ...

Rockabilly electric guitar legend Brian Setzer has announced he has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and is currently unable to play guitar. The Stray Cats guitarist first noticed the effects ...

Extended as is Joe Marchese's essay in the twelve-page booklet enclosed with Swan Songs, it is nonetheless as breezy and free-flowing as the content spread across the two compact discs. Consisting of ...

For rockabilly musician Brian Setzer, his hands "cramping up" while on tour with Stray Cats last year was an early sign of a larger health issue. The 65-year-old rocker got candid about his health ...