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“Keith, your guitars only have five strings!” Brian Setzer recalls the day Keith Richards handed him his Les Paul
The Stray Cats guitarist adds that he’s picked up a couple of new guitars — and they’re not Gretsches
“They advertise it as a safe tonic to give you energy — and it’s not.” Brian Setzer on the “health drink” that sent him to rehab
The Stray Cats guitarist explains how an over-the-counter tonic derailed the group’s last tour
Health issues force Brian Setzer to “regrettably” cancel the Stray Cats' fall cross-country tour
After initially bowing out of the opening show, Setzer announced the band "very regrettably have to cancel our tour"
Brian Setzer gives health update after auto-immune disease diagnosis
The disease has seen him unable to play his beloved Gretches, but he’s now delivered a positive update
Meet 30 players who tapped, twanged, sweep-picked and shredded the 1980s to its greatest glory
From Eddie Van Halen and Stevie Ray Vaughan to Daniel Ash and Jamie West-Oram, we present the decades' greatest players across the genres
Rockabilly legend Brian Setzer reveals auto-immune disease prevents him from playing guitar
Setzer said the effects of his illness became apparent during the Stray Cats' 2024 summer tour, the group's first road stint in five years
Brian Setzer played Eddie Cochran's guitar just as he left it in 1960: "He was way ahead of his time with how he strung it."
Today is Eddie Cochran’s birthday. We asked Setzer what made the '50s guitar icon such an innovator. Here's what he told us
That time forgotten rockabilly guitar hero Cordell Jackson dueled with Brian Setzer – in a Budweiser commercial
The ad was a rare moment in the spotlight for Jackson, a trailblazing Mississippi native who amused audiences with her grandmotherly appearance before leaving them slack-jawed with her raw, overdriven playing
“I was 17 years old and found it in this local paper. It said, ‘Gretsch guitar, 100 bucks.’ I called the guy up and asked, ‘Is it like Eddie Cochran’s?’ He was like, ‘Who?’”: How Brian Setzer forged his trademark twanging tone
The rockabilly legend attributes landing on his guitar and amp of choice at a young age mainly to “destiny”
"I wrote a few songs with Joe Strummer. I don't know if they'll ever see the light of day. I like to think that I guard Joe…" Brian Setzer opens up on old friends, new music – and shows us his gear
Brian Setzer made rockabilly cool again and revitalised the big band sound in the era of grunge. With a blazing new album, The Devil Always Collects, he opens up on his creative processes and shows us some of his amazing guitars
