Editing Brian Setzer (section)

===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>