American - Musician | April 10, 1959 -
We weren't afraid to mix some crazy styles into the standard rockabilly look. We also took a lot of different musical influences that were part of that era.
Brian Setzer
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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.
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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.
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Robert Plant is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, never mind rock star. He's so down to earth.
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Just because you put super great musicians together, it doesn't mean you're going to have that chemistry as a band.
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I love Glen Campbell. He never gets a mention.
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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.
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To me, rockabilly music paralleled punk's energy and feeling, but the players were much better.
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