1. Drugs & Alcohol (Bullet Holes)
2. Take A Chance On Love
3. Broken Down Piece Of Junk
4. We Are The Marauders
5. Don't Say You Love Me
6. Really Rockabilly
7. Rocket Cathedrals
8. Mini Bar Blues
9. Bad Bad Girl (In A Bad Bad World)
10. When Hepcat Gets The Blues
11. Back Streets Of Tokyo
12. Everybody's Up To Somethin'
13. The Hennepin Avenue Bridge
Total time: 43:33
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13
Brian Setzer
Surfdog
Give this man his own variety show! That’s right, like back in the ’60s on TV. You know, Dean Martin-, Smothers Brothers-, Johnny Cash- and Glen Campbell-style.
Pigeonholed as Mr. Rockabilly, the former Stray Cat has tried to break free of that label, interspersing his solo output with six albums by the big-band Brian Setzer Orchestra. Now the guitarist/singer/songwriter adds musicologist to his resume, with this baker’s dozen of originals spanning a variety of styles linked only by his incendiary riffing.
The sound is hard, loud and no-frills. The studio used was a big, open, wooden room, for a live feel. Setzer ran his Gretsch through a Fender Bassman and Supro amp, to bring out the bottom end. And the Space Echo was left behind.
“13” began as a five-song EP in trio format, consisting of previously written material Setzer deemed inappropriate for whatever album he’d been working on. It ended up a long-player with a fuller sound when additional songs were written and more musicians were brought in.
Throwing together a collection of songs in different styles is always risky business, but for Mr. Rockabilly, the result is a perfectly balanced grab bag that will have people seeing him in a different light.
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