New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Iconic guitarist, songwriter and vocalist BRIAN SETZER partnered with TIME.COMtoday (6/24) to exclusively premiere his high-octane first single "Let's Shake," off his new album ROCKABILLY RIOT: ALL ORIGINAL (out Tuesday, August 12 via Sufdog Records). Link to the premiere of "Let's Shake," accompanied by a Q&A with Brian here: https://ti.me/1l7iSEu.
SETZER says, "Yeah, 'Let's Shake,' how come no one has thought of that title yet? We've been making rock 'n roll now for 60 years and no one has come up with 'Let's Shake?' And I came up with it and I went 'wow…Let's Shake!' You know, oh god, it's just so simple it's magic! It's got a really great guitar solo in it, just rock 'n roll sounding…it's not really 'billy' sounding, it's more rock and roll… again, it's the simplest songs that are the hardest to write."
ROCKABILLY RIOT: ALL ORIGINAL is a straight-ahead rockabilly album from start to finish with 12 new songs. SETZERbrings his trademark twang and fretboard fire, and he's backed by three musicians that he says"are the best in their craft": Mark Winchester (bass),
Kevin McKendree (piano) and Noah Levy (drums). Recorded in Nashville, the album was produced by
Peter Collins (who's handled the same honors for SETZER albums Vavoom! and The Dirty Boogie). The new album will be available for pre-order on iTunes and Amazon, in all formats (including vinyl), beginning Monday, July 7.
The track listing for ROCKABILLY RIOT: ALL ORIGINAL:
Let's Shake
Rockabilly Blues
Vinyl Records
Lemme Slide
Nothing Is A Sure Thing
What's Her Name
Calamity Jane
The Girl With The Blues In Her Eyes
Stiletto Cool
I Should Have Had A V8
Blue
Lights Big City
Cock-a-Doodle Don't
About Brian:
3-time Grammy-award-winner,
Brian Setzer is a "Musician's Musician" credited with continually taking chances with innovative and daring musical styles, while single-handedly resurrecting two forgotten genres of music (rockabilly in the '80′s and swing in the '90′s).
Along the way he has scored chart-topping hits throughout his decorated career as founder/leader of the Stray Cats, his 18-piece
Brian Setzer Orchestra, and as a solo artist. He is consistently cited as one of the world's greatest living guitarists, and has a best-selling, extensive line of elite Gretsch signature model guitars bearing his name. Brian made a cameo in the 1987 film, La Bamba (the biographical film written following the life and career of Chicano rock 'n' roll star
Ritchie Valens), portraying rockabilly pioneer Eddie Cochran.
In 2002, Brian earned the distinct honor of being one of the few musicians to be animated in an episode of "The Simpsons," an episode which also featured rock 'n' roll legends
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
For more information on BRIAN SETZER, visit:
www.briansetzer.com
