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Brian Setzer

Brian Robert Setzer (born April 10, 1959) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He found widespread success in the early 1980s with the 1950s-style rockabilly group Stray Cats, and returned to the music scene in the early 1990s with his swing revival band, the Brian Setzer Orchestra. In 1987, he made a cameo appearance as Eddie Cochran in the film La Bamba.

Brian Setzer

Brian Robert Setzer

(1959-04-10) April 10, 1959
Massapequa, New York, U.S.

Musician, songwriter, record producer

Guitar, vocals

1979–present

Arista, EMI, Interscope, Surfdog

www.briansetzer.com

Personal life[edit]

Setzer has been married three times, most recently in 2005 to Julie Reiten, a former singer with the Dustbunnies, and lives in Minneapolis.[8]

Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award, 1999

"Jump, Jive an' Wail", 1998

Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

"Sleep Walk" and "Caravan"[9][10]

Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Long Island Music Hall of Fame, 2015

(EMI, 1986)

The Knife Feels Like Justice

Live Nude Guitars (EMI, 1988)

Rockin' by Myself (InsideOut [Japan], 1993)

(Surfdog, 2001)

Ignition!

(Surfdog, 2003)

Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy

Rockabilly Riot Vol. 1: A Tribute to Sun Records (Surfdog, 2005)

(Surfdog, 2006)

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Red Hot & Live (Surfdog, 2007)

(Surfdog, 2011)

Setzer Goes Instru-Mental!

Rockabilly Riot! Live from the Planet (Surfdog, 2012)

(Surfdog, 2014)[11]

Rockabilly Riot! All Original

Gotta Have the Rumble (Surfdog, 2021)

The Devil Always Collects (Surfdog, 2023)

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Brian Setzer Orchestra Live in Japan (2001)

Rumble in Brixton (2004)

Brian Setzer Orchestra Live: Christmas Extravaganza (2005)

One Rockin' Night ('95) (2007)

Live in Montreal Jazz Festival (2010)

Rockabilly Riot! Osaka Rocka Live in Japan (2016)

Brian Setzer Orchestra Live: Christmas Rocks! (2018)

Official website

at IMDb

Brian Setzer

at NAMM Oral History Library (2016)

Brian Setzer Interview