Creative sparks and killer riffs are flying everywhere on Brian Setzer’s new album The Devil Always Collects out September 15 via Surfdog Records digitally, on CD and vinyl.  Te iconic 3-time Grammy award-winner has rolled out the album’s first track and video, the blazing “Girl On The Billboard.” Listen to the song and pre-order the album HERE and watch the animated video in the player below. BRIAN will … Continue reading Brian Setzer Releases New Solo Single, Announces New Album →

April 10, 1956 – Leo Fender patents his Stratocaster guitar, which is the follow-up to the popular Telecaster. April 10, 1970 – Doors singer Jim Morrison attempts to flash his junk at a show in Boston.  He is dragged off stage by keyboardist Ray Manzarek as Morrison is already facing charges for a similar event … Continue reading CDJ Today: April 10 in Classic Rock →

Brian Setzer will release Gotta Have The Rumble, his first solo album in 7 years, August 27 on Surfdog Records physically (CD) and digitally, with the vinyl out this fall. This past week, the iconic guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and 3-time Grammy award-winner shared the first single/video, “Checkered Flag,” off the 11-track all-original album. You can … Continue reading Hear Brian Setzer’s New Solo Single, “Checkered Flag” →

Grammy Award-winning musician Brian Setzer has been forced to cancel his 16th annual Christmas Rocks! Tour with The Brian Setzer Orchestra due to a severe case of tinnitus. Setzer and his 19-piece orchestra were set to take their critically acclaimed holiday extravaganza on the road this week, with 26 shows planned across the country starting … Continue reading Brian Setzer Cancels Christmas Tour due to Severe Case of Tinnitus →

The Stray Cats – Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker, and Slim Jim Phantom – have released a new music video for their tune “Desperado”, an instrumental track inspired by a spaghetti western movie. The single is one of four from the band’s album 40, with marks their first new album in 26 years. Watch the video … Continue reading The Stray Cats: Watch the New Video for ‘Desperado’ →

Brian Setzer and his orchestra will head out on their 16th annual Christmas Rocks! Tour this fall. The 20-city trek will kick off November 15th in Minneapolis, MN and wrap up December 20th in Palm Desert, CA. See below for a full list of confirmed dates. Additional shows are expected to be announced soon. “People … Continue reading Brian Setzer Orchestra Announces 16th Annual Christmas Rocks! Tour →

Brian Setzer will be doing double duty this summer. Following this month’s announcement of a new album and tour with The Stray Cats, Setzer has announced a run of solo shows this summer. Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot! tour kicks off August 5th in Lancaster, PA and continues through August 30th in Henderson, NV. Tickets go on … Continue reading Brian Setzer Announces Summer ‘Rockabilly Riot’ Tour →

The Stray Cats, the rock and roll trio that put Rockabilly back on the charts in the early ’80s, have returned. Founding members Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Phantom, whose hits include “Runaway Boys”, “Rock This Town” and “Stray Cat Strut”, are celebrating their 40th anniversary with a new album and tour this year. … Continue reading The Stray Cats Are Back with New Album and Tour →

Iconic guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and three-time Grammy-Award winner Brian Setzer and The Brian Setzer Orchestra will release ROCKIN’ RUDOLPH – their first studio Christmas album in 10 years – on Friday, October 16 via Surfdog Records. The 18-piece band will support the album with a major concert tour, the “12th Annual Christmas Rocks! Tour,” delivering … Continue reading Brian Setzer to Release First New Studio Christmas Album in 10 Years →

For the first time in more than 20 years, George Thorogood and Brian Setzer will hit the road together as co-headliners for a national U.S. tour this spring. The tour, being billed as George Thorogood and The Destroyers / Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot Tour 2015, kicks off in Red Bank New Jersey on May 27th. … Continue reading George Thorogood and Brian Setzer Announce US Tour →

Back in 1984, when MTV still played music, we got to see things like this one television. Rock Influences didn’t last long, but while it did, an episode of the concert series show was taped at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ and it featured a line-up of some of rock’s greatest guitar masters. Check … Continue reading Dave Edmunds & Friends Perform ‘Johnny B. Goode’ for MTV (1984) →

Brian Setzer has donated his signature orange Gretsch guitar to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.  The replica guitar is evocative of Setzer’s original 1959 Gretsch 6120 “Stray Cat” guitar, for which he raided his Monopoly game for two dice drilled holes in them and attached them to take the place of the missing … Continue reading Brian Setzer Donates Gretsch Guitar to Smithsonian →