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.
I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos. - Brian Setzer
I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos.
- Brian Setzer
Rock & Roll is the physical thing that just comes out of you .. the other stuff you have to sit down and learn .. once you learn scales and chord pro… - Brian Setzer
Rock & Roll is the physical thing that just comes out of you .. the other stuff you have to sit down and learn .. once you learn scales and chord pro…
I didn't want to take the guitar solos down note-for-note, but more or less use them as a map, and keep all the hooks from the guitar playing, and le… - Brian Setzer
I didn't want to take the guitar solos down note-for-note, but more or less use them as a map, and keep all the hooks from the guitar playing, and le…
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 … - Brian Setzer
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 …
The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why. - Brian Setzer
The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why.
To me, rockabilly music paralleled punk's energy and feeling, but the players were much better. - Brian Setzer
To me, rockabilly music paralleled punk's energy and feeling, but the players were much better.
I got cat class and I got cat style - Brian Setzer
I got cat class and I got cat style
To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box. - Brian Setzer
To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.
Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it. - Brian Setzer
Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it.
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