Editing Brian Setzer (section)

==Career==

===Stray Cats===
[[File:Brian Setzer 1983.jpg|thumb|Setzer performing with the Stray Cats in [[Tampa, Florida]], 1983]]
Setzer was born April 1959 in [[Massapequa, New York|Massapequa]], New York. He started on the [[euphonium]] and played in jazz bands when he was in school. He found a way to hear jazz at the [[Village Vanguard]], though as he got older he became more interested in rock, punk, and rockabilly. He was a member of the Bloodless Pharaohs and [[the Tomcats]], which he began with his brother, Gary. The Tomcats became the [[Stray Cats]] when double bassist [[Lee Rocker]] and drummer [[Slim Jim Phantom]] joined and Gary left the band. In 1980, thinking they might have more success in England than in America, they sold their instruments to pay for airplane tickets and flew to London.<ref name="Erlewine">{{cite web|last1=Erlewine|first1=Stephen Thomas|title=Brian Setzer |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/brian-setzer-mn0000519637/biography |website=AllMusic|access-date=11 February 2017}}</ref>

After performing in London for a few months, they met [[Dave Edmunds]], a guitarist and record producer who shared their love of rockabilly and 1950s' rock and roll. Edmunds produced their debut album, ''[[Stray Cats (album)|Stray Cats]]'' ([[Arista Records|Arista]], 1981), which yielded two hit singles: "[[Stray Cat Strut]]" and "[[Rock This Town]]". The second album, ''[[Gonna Ball]]'' (Arista, 1982), was less successful. The band returned to America and released ''[[Built for Speed (Stray Cats album)|Built for Speed]]'' ([[EMI]], 1982), produced again by Dave Edmunds, with songs collected from their first two albums. Helped by their music videos on MTV, the Stray Cats became popular in America. Their next album, ''[[Rant n' Rave with the Stray Cats]]'' (EMI, 1983) produced the hit "[[(She's) Sexy + 17]]".<ref name="Erlewine" />

The Stray Cats disbanded in 1984, though they occasionally reunited, recorded, and toured. After recording three albums with different producers, they returned to Dave Edmunds for ''[[Choo Choo Hot Fish]]'' (1992).<ref name="Erlewine" />

===Solo career/The Brian Setzer Orchestra===
After the Stray Cats disbanded in 1984, Setzer began a solo career that included working as a sideman for other acts, such as [[the Honeydrippers]] led by [[Robert Plant]].<ref name="Erlewine" /> On his first solo album, ''[[The Knife Feels Like Justice]]'' (EMI, 1986), he turned away from rockabilly and moved toward rhythm and blues ([[rhythm and blues|R&B]]) and the [[heartland rock]] of [[John Mellencamp]]. The album was produced by [[Don Gehman]] and featured [[Kenny Aronoff]] on drums. Both men had worked on albums by Mellencamp.<ref name="Deming">{{cite web |last1=Deming |first1=Mark |title=The Knife Feels Like Justice |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-knife-feels-like-justice-mw0000201051|website=AllMusic|access-date=11 February 2017}}</ref> His second studio album ''Live Nude Guitars'' followed in 1988. While this album retained some heartland rock elements, it found Setzer moving in more of a straight-ahead [[blues rock]] direction, comparable to [[George Thorogood]]'s style; Setzer served as co-producer along with Larson Paine, [[Chris Thomas (record producer)|Chris Thomas]] and [[David A. Stewart]].  He went on tour with Thorogood later that year.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13134930/george-thorogood-brian-setzer-july/ King, Louise (1988).  "Thorogood Hits Stage with Hard-Driving Show" ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', 22 July 1988.] Retrieved January 30, 2022.</ref>

Setzer returned to his love of music from the 1950s, this time the [[jump blues]] of [[Louis Prima]]. Whereas he had resurrected rockabilly in the 1980s, he resuscitated [[swing music|swing]] in the 1990s. He assembled [[the Brian Setzer Orchestra]], a seventeen piece big band that got the public's attention with a cover version of Prima's "[[Jump, Jive an' Wail]]" from the album ''[[The Dirty Boogie]]'' ([[Interscope Records|Interscope]], 1998).<ref name="Erlewine" /> The song won the [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]], while "[[Sleep Walk]]" from the same album won the Grammy for [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance|Best Pop Instrumental Performance]].<ref name="Boogie awards">{{cite web|title=The Dirty Boogie |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-dirty-boogie-mw0000039465/awards |website=AllMusic|access-date=11 February 2017}}</ref>

The album ''[[Wolfgang's Big Night Out]]'' (2007) featured Setzer's interpretation of classical pieces, such as Beethoven's "[[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 5]]" and "[[Für Elise]]". ''Wolfgang'' earned Setzer his eighth Grammy nomination, this time for [[Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album|Best Classical Crossover Album]].

He executive produced the album ''[[Ready, Steady, Go! (album)|Ready Steady Go!]]'' ([[Surfdog Records|Surfdog]], 2014) by [[Drake Bell]] and played guitar on two songs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lipshultz |first1=Jason |title=Drake Bell Talks 'Ready Steady Go!' Album: Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes Video |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5922973/drake-bell-talks-ready-steady-go-album-exclusive-behind-the-scenes |website=Billboard.com|publisher=Billboard|access-date=2 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901005114/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5922973/drake-bell-talks-ready-steady-go-album-exclusive-behind-the-scenes |archive-date=1 September 2014|date=28 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="Drake Bell Guitar World Interview">{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=James |title=Actor/Musician Drake Bell Discusses 'Ready Steady Go!,' His New Album with Brian Setzer |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/actormusician-drake-bell-discusses-ready-steady-go-his-new-album-brian-setzer |website=GuitarWorld.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006123758/http://www.guitarworld.com/actormusician-drake-bell-discusses-ready-steady-go-his-new-album-brian-setzer|archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref>

On June 25, 2021, Setzer announced a new solo album, his first in 7 years, titled ''Gotta Have the Rumble''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Price|first=Jason|date=2021-06-25|title=BRIAN SETZER To Release 'Gotta Have The Rumble' Album On August 27th!|url=https://www.iconvsicon.com/2021/06/25/brian-setzer-to-release-gotta-have-the-rumble-album-on-august-27th/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Iconvsicon.com|language=en-US}}</ref>