As a genre, rockabilly's post-Elvis profile has seldom been lower in the United States. Many labels that produced fresh bass-slappin' sides during the '90's are now out of business.
Brian SetzerIt is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to play it, but there's a very laid back tempo on that. I was surprised at how slow it really was.
Brian SetzerIt's really funny, I think to myself... I've got my same guitar and amp, it's just a bigger room now! Some things don't change.
Brian SetzerPeople out there maybe know who Junior Parker is and some of those Sun Records blues guys.
Brian Setzer... so much of what we do now started in 1954 at Sun Records in Memphis Tennessee ... those guys were inventing that stuff (Rock & Roll) ... you can really tell on some tracks ... they were actually afraid at times of what they were playing. But Rock & Roll definitely didn't come before that time; it started right there
Brian Setzer