@@graemewarwick-t5c I guess. But in any case”best of” listings, he’s never in the top 20. And I would happily argue he should be. He makes it look effortless when playing. And as a guitar player, nothing he does is that.
You cannot get closer to Rockabilly than the Brian Setzer and the Stray Cats. These guys single handedly kept Rockabilly alive and their live shows were always on point! And Brian Setzer is an amazing guitarist AND singer! Just so much talent!
"You cannot get closer to Rockabilly..." Bullshit! Listen to Elvis Sun recordings. That's 70 years ago and none beats it. Try and see the bigger picture not what is in front of your nose.
Wow man this is Awesome! I remember these guys as a kid but now being 50 its so great they kept Old School alive with a 3 piece band and those instruments.
They werent underrated ever, to be clear this song is inducted a years ago in top 50 songs in rock and roll history, top 50!!! How many bands have such song?
I love it, and loved it, no props, fancy lights or costumes, they just let the music do the talking, and did it ever do the talking, I mean, that Guitar work stops you dead in your tracks.
PEOPLE RAVE ABOUT GUITAR PLAYERS AND RIGHTLY SO. BUT MR SETZER IS TOP 10 IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PLAY ROCK A BILLY THE SPEED AND THE CONTENT HE DOES HES JUST A SUBLIME GUITAR PLAYER STRAY CATS ROCK 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸😎🤣🎩♥️⚡👑🦁🐯🦁🐯🦁🐯🦁🐯
Saw them 30 yrs ago as a young Billy..........moving on...baldness, grey hair and a few pounds around the waist they took me back to some bloody fond memories..........bring it back again Cats !
Brian Setzer has to be one of the most underated guitarists of all time. The musical ability and showmanship of these 3 guys is a pleasure to watch. Rocking a town near you soon......
I know, just 3 guys on a big otherwise empty stage, no 3 backup singers, no 6 dancers, no fancy staging to lift them into the air, no pyrotechnics, yet it looks like a great entertaining performance. It doesn't look like the crowd feels cheated.
Met the guts a few years ago , Farewell Tour Europe... Slim Jim broke his arm the night before in London.... I had a hotel room in the Marriot beside the Manchester Academy.... I was there for their concert , anyway I came out the lift and saw Brian and Lee go to the bar and i was star struck. I had been listening to them since I was born .. my father is a rocker... I followed them and I got the better of myself and said to Brian that I was very sorry about Lee.... long story short , he bought me a drink then invited me to join them for fish and chips and pink champagne... and got rat arsed .. what a night.
Interesting enough, if you listen carefully, you might discover that the Stray Cat Strut originally came out decades before the Stray Cats changed the lyrics. It was originally a children’s tune called “The Cat Came Back”.
I was a teenager when they broke onto the scene and thought their sound was so amazing, and all with three simple instruments... Love that rockabilly sound...
Rockabilly - created by the King at Sun Studio, Memphis, in 1954. Five years before Setzer was born. His is a mixture of punk and rockabilly, so not really rockabilly. Much too loud and distorted. Still, a great guitarist.
and it isn't recorded in mono single track, the sound is way more dense than actual 50s records. That is also why live concerts in the 50s were SO good. Real sound, not a tin can sound de-tuned for car stereos and a single 8 ohm dash mounted speaker.
@@SuperChuckRaney Yup, studio recordings were "compressed" for AM radio because of the bandwidth issue. Then FM came along and made a vast improvement of the frequency range of the broadcasted tune, but people needed good equipment to take advantage of the FM signal. In the old days of the first FM radio music, most cars couldn't take advantage of it, but homes did a lot better. Just IMHO.
He isn't underrated as he is widely considered - both by fellow musicians and rock 'n' roll fans alike - to be one of the great rock 'n' roll guitarists alive. He's also won THREE grammys.
One the proudest moments in my life Opening for these guys in London Ontario Dr Rockets. If you ever get the chance you'll never see a better natureal Bbopper rockabilly guitarist!!!!! Brain Setzer!!!!!!!!
I love these live takes of the Stray Cats. To this day, Leon Drucker/Lee Rocker plays bass uncredited on loads of stuff, especially upright acoustic bass. His slapping compensates for the lack of a full drum kit, and the backbeat that He and Slim Jim Phantom generate in this vid is incredible. It allows Brian Setzer free range on the guitar. Playing a semi-acoustic guitar live at volume is a sound guy's nightmare, but Setzer is in total control of his instrument. Add that to the sheer energy of the song, Setzer's singing, and the showmanship of this trio, and it's what live music is all about. I know loads of people who wouldn't give the time of day for Rockabilly generally, but they love the Stray Cats, and that's all you need to know!
Singing,playing rhythm & lead guitar one after the other & sometimes at the same time?? He really is an underrated guitarist!!! Rare,absolutelly rare!!
I got hooked on Rock n Roll/Rockabilly listening to my dad's records as a kid in the 70's. Still rockin at 48.Saw them live at The Palace in the very early 90's. One of the best concerts I've ever been to, they did three encores and the crowd still couldn't get enough. A great night, I'll never forget it. Thanks for the upload Mr Sloth.
I saw an interview where Brian stated the Stray Cats were the best in the world at what they do. I assumed he was an egomaniac trying to get attention. Then I saw the band in the final tour in the Twin Cities. Brian, Lee and Jim proved Brian was simply telling the truth! It ain't bragging if you can really do it. Thanks for the great music guys!
This is what real rocknroll looks like. Stand up drumming, never-miss bass, and Setzer plays a Gretsch. A Gretsch! So sorry I never saw these guys live. I'm 72, but when I grow up I want to be Brian Setzer. Or at least play guitar as well as he does.
It was obviously summer, I had just turned 14 (1981), the jukebox started up, this song was revealed, and so began a long love story. 42 years of happiness thank you Tomcats. //// C'était l'été évidemment, je venais d'avoir 14 ans (1981), le juke-box s'est mis en marche, cette chanson s'est dévoilée, ainsi commença une longue histoire d'amour. 42 années de bonheur merci les Matous.
I play basic guitar. I am green as they come. Can anyone explain how he tunes his top E string down and continues playing faultlessly without ever tuning it back??? That was really impressive to me 🤔🤯🥳
Back in the days when these guys got hot I played in a cover band that played all of the "hip" rock stuff. This was the early '80s, so we had to play all of the "new wave" stuff. Being a Texas guitar player I was always glad to be playing The Stray Cats stuff because their guitar stuff was what we all grew up playing here. "OK, this is the fun stuff!"
Went to see them in 1981/82 Royal court Liverpool all the seats got ripped out total mayhem what a fantastic gig so exciting the music and band fantastic
@@ifeelsick258 I'm neither british or american and yeah I know a lot of other musicians. To be honest I never cared about technicality or virtuosity in music, my comment was kind of "second degree" because I never cared about "guitar heros" and I even find most of them to be boring as hell but I really enjoy listening to the Stray Cats and I really love Setzer's guitar licks, I like the simplicity and the straightforward nature of this kind of music. In fact I'm everything but a music snob, being myself mainly into Punk and playing mostly power chords, so I'm nobody to judge. Peace
Brian Setzer is one of the mot under-rated guitarists around...when everyone starts talking abou t great players, I seldom here his name mentioned...and man, can he WAIL...
@kausmo tumynski OH GOD !!! THANK YOU .. I can NOT keep correcting the assholes. If they bothered to look up the artist (on ANY field) and see their history ,we would NOT have read such drivell as "UNDERRATED" There is no sand Kausmo , they live in utter IDIOCY!😁
@@waynesteffen3262 I sort of like to call the crap from now is crap cause it was mostly all put together with a computer and the so called artist are just pretending to play. I'd say a good portion of us don't fall for fakes.
@@pugmalley I hear ya! When I was a kid and a band came on a TV variety show--that's how old I am--members were usually lip-syncing and lip-playing to the recording of their hit. I was so bummed when someone pointed this out--that's how naive I was--noting the lack of cords coming off the guitars in an age before wireless. To be fair, it was mostly for time (TV was timed to the second) and because TV studios did not have the sound quality of recording studios. There's a couple of clips on RU-vid, I think of The Box Tops doing The Letter and Lovin' Spoonful doing Summer in the City, where the keyboard player lifts his hands and magically his instrument keeps playing.
Simple, it isn't. I like older stuff too but that's because that's the music I was listening to when I was a kid. You'll always like that music more than anything. Music hasn't really changed much. Pop has become bigger than ever, but other than that...
strays cats fan from first hour !! Brian setzer are King from gêneration rockabilly music , after mr Eddy cochran r.i.p. thats is legends from very long time. jackyfan 👍
So talented so unique no one can copy the Stray Cats or their explosive energy on stage Sezter looks and sings like Eddie Cochran's love child and plays the guitar with just as much skill as the late and great EC.
i seen them in Moncton in 89 they opened for SRV on his last tour before he was killed and to be honest i was blown away, they were awesome. Glad i got to see Stevie Ray on his last tour too !!
