ROCK CALENDAR: April 10, 1959 American guitarist Brian Setzer Was born

Oh! This guitar – what should a guitarist! As soon as I heard it – I listen to it all the time! He plays in different styles, but always keeps the roots – the old style of "rockabilly" - which began with rock and rock ' n ' roll, in particular. Rockabilly usually play three – drums, bass, guitar. Since such an orchestra once did without any electronics, playing just on the streets – it is customary to use a semi-acoustic guitar to give out some sound without connection. Brian always plays his favorite "Gretch" - like Harrison, when the Beatles just started. The fact that in such compositions the musicians a little, the guitarist should simultaneously maintain harmony chords and give some solo, often in the form of a sequence of chords. I have always aspired to this style of play – combining two parts – solo and rhythm. Pure Blues guitarists do not play like this – they file a long mournful solo, not caring about maintaining harmony (for this they keep the keyboardist). Brian Setzer does not play long gashes – he tries to beat the harmony or chords, or short inserts that just do not have time to get bored.

In General Brian played rockabilly, but osobogo had no success. And then they decided to conquer England. This is very clear – the two countries separated by the ocean, perceived as two tsetra English-speaking culture, and when it was not possible to achieve success in the United States – many have tried to achieve this in England and Vice versa. We all remember the triumphant conquest of America by the Beatles. It used to be and Vice versa – the Americans at first made a career in England. In short, the guys rushed to the airport – but not enough money for a ticket. Then they went to the nearest music store and sold their instruments there for very cheap – and flew away. In General – they did not lose – they became famous in England, then – from the British – they are interested in the homeland and they returned. They have achieved their – have become known, and their team "Stray Cats" ("Stray cats") has become classic rockabilly.

But Brian had a dream – to have his own big orchestra with pipes, and that they accompanied him... Nowhere else was there – the lead guitarist sings and plays the electric guitar, and he is accompanied by a fairly large jazz orchestra. This surprised the audience and liked it, and the orchestra took place. "Brian Setzer and his orchestra" played everything – jazz, rock, rock, classics – Brian just played everything he liked. One of his albums in the new century is devoted to the classics, and quite interesting were the well-known classical works in jazz interpretation.