The jazz chord substitutions in a country song... that was another thing that bent people's ears. I guess that my favorites are the unique ones. It's not how fast you play. It's that unique blending of different stuff I'm most proud of. Brian Setzer bendblendchord share on social
It is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to play it, but there's a very laid back tempo on that. I was surprised at how slow it really was. Brian Setzer backbluehard share on social
The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why. Brian Setzer bigchallengerhythm Change image and share on social
I always thought when I hit 50 years old that'd be it for the travel. I don't have to tell you - you wait at an airport, your flight's delayed, get on a 14-hour flight, get off, get stuck in traffic, you get to the hotel and the room service is closed. Brian Setzer airportclosedelay share on social
The songwriting has never really stepped forward from the '50's. Brian Setzer forwardsongwritingstep Change image and share on social
I started a big band when grunge was popular. I mean, that didn't make much sense. Brian Setzer bandbiggrunge Change image and share on social
To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box. Brian Setzer boxcreatemusic Change image and share on social
I basically sat down for a month, with all the Sun stuff I could find and just picked out my favorites. I didn't think that they were indicative of '54 to '57, although I tried to stay within that period. Brian Setzer basicallyfavoritefind share on social
With the Stray Cats at least, we really took the music somewhere else. First, we wrote our own songs. That's a real weak point in modern classics if you do rockabilly or blues. Brian Setzer bluecatclassic Change image and share on social
Rock and roll and swing never quite mixed. Rock and roll came in and just blew everything out of the water. Big bands were dead. Brian Setzer bandbigblow Change image and share on social