American - Musician | April 10, 1959 -
I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten.
Brian Setzer
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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.
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It's not about how loud you turn the amp up. That's not what makes it sound big. What makes it sound big is fooling around with different delays and reverb settings.
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Mark Winchester has left the band. He's decided that he's tired of the road and just wants to concentrate on his career in Nashville. I don't blame him at all. He'll certainly be missed.
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Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have done THIS to it, or something.
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People out there maybe know who Junior Parker is and some of those Sun Records blues guys.
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Since the big band started I'm just always swamped with movies and things. It certainly pays the bills and it's very satisfying, because I get to write all these big charts and all this crazy music.
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The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why.
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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.
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The songwriting has never really stepped forward from the '50's.
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To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.
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Veteran performers are dying off, and new acts simply aren't emerging on the national scene.
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