11 Facts About Brian Setzer

Brian Robert Setzer was born on April 10,1959 and is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

Brian Setzer found widespread success in the early 1980s with the 1950s-style rockabilly group Stray Cats, and returned to the music scene in the early 1990s with his swing revival band, the Brian Setzer Orchestra.

Brian Setzer started on the euphonium and played in jazz bands when he was in school.

Brian Setzer found a way to hear jazz at the Village Vanguard, though as he got older he became more interested in rock, punk, and rockabilly.

Brian Setzer was a member of the Bloodless Pharaohs and the Tomcats, which he began with his brother, Gary.

Brian Setzer went on tour with Thorogood later that year.

Brian Setzer returned to his love of music from the 1950s, this time the jump blues of Louis Prima.

Brian Setzer 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.

On June 25,2021, Brian Setzer announced a new solo album, his first in 7 years, titled Gotta Have the Rumble.

Brian Setzer has been married four times, most recently in 2005 to Julie Reiten, a former singer with the Dustbunnies, and lives in Minneapolis.

Brian Setzer has a very large guitar collection which spans many decades and brands.