{"id":2533,"date":"2011-07-26T12:19:09","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T19:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=2533"},"modified":"2011-07-26T12:19:09","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T19:19:09","slug":"brian-setzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/07\/brian-setzer\/","title":{"rendered":"BRIAN SETZER"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2534\" title=\"Brian-Setzer-Setzer-Goes-Instru-MENTAL!-M-Review-May2011\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Brian-Setzer-Setzer-Goes-Instru-MENTAL-M-Review-May2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Brian-Setzer-Setzer-Goes-Instru-MENTAL-M-Review-May2011.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Brian-Setzer-Setzer-Goes-Instru-MENTAL-M-Review-May2011-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>B<\/strong><strong>RIAN SETZER<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Setzer Goes Instru-MENTAL!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Surfdog]<\/p>\n<p>The most surprising thing about Brian Setzer\u2019s first all-instrumental recording is that it\u2019s taken him this long to try it. From his debut with the Stray Cats three decades ago, Setzer has consistently proven his six-string dexterity, applying his economical but vigorous playing primarily to rockabilly and neo-big-band swing. While the guitar is firmly front and center on this new set, Setzer\u2019s lyricism is relegated to his picking as he traverses a gamut of roots styles. In the opening \u201cBlue Moon of Kentucky,\u201d Setzer\u2019s spin doesn\u2019t call to mind author Bill Monroe or interpreter Elvis so much as Les Paul, and his \u201cBe-Bop-A-Lula\u201d passes over Gene Vincent for inspiration, going instead to legendary country pickers Roy Clark, Merle Travis and Chet Atkins. Working in a trio with upright bassist Johnny Hatton and drummer Noah Levy, Setzer also burns on his own original tunes, from the lounge-y \u201cIntermission\u201d to the surf-crazy \u201cHot Love.\u201d \u2013Jeff Tamarkin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRIAN SETZER Setzer Goes Instru-MENTAL! [Surfdog] The most surprising thing about Brian Setzer\u2019s first all-instrumental recording is that it\u2019s taken him this long to try it. From his debut with the Stray Cats three decades ago, Setzer has consistently proven his six-string dexterity, applying his economical but vigorous playing primarily to rockabilly and neo-big-band swing. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,1994,1634,1995,1996],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2535,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533\/revisions\/2535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}