# How dumb am I? I lost track of Brian Setzer. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 24, 2005, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dumb-am-i-i-lost-track-of-brian-setzer/286395 "2005-01-24T10:35:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dumb-am-i-i-lost-track-of-brian-setzer/286395/1 "2005-01-24T10:35:03Z")
I loved him back in the **Stray Cats** days and then forgot that he even existed. The other day I heard a snippet of _Sleepwalk_, you know the dreamy guitar piece that means someone in the cast is dead. I found out that it was **The Brian Setzer Orchestra** and asked about it at the secondhand CD place. The young guy there said they get his CDs in but they never hang around and told me I should go and get the DVD of the band live in Japan and watch the second camera angle of Setzer playing _Sleepwalk_. Well Lordy I must have played it ten times in a day. All closeups of the guitar and boy can he play. I won’t forget him next time great guitarist discussions begin. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dumb-am-i-i-lost-track-of-brian-setzer/286395/2 "2005-01-24T14:57:35Z")
I’ll have to check it out. Brian Setzer and the Stray Cats were basically my reason for existance between the ages of 14 and 16 or so. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dumb-am-i-i-lost-track-of-brian-setzer/286395/3 "2005-01-24T18:48:19Z")
> [@](#): > > How dumb am I? I lost track of Brian Setzer. Okay, retrace your steps. Where did you last see him? Did you check your coat pockets? Really **don’t ask** , if you can’t keep track of one Rockabilly musician, your father just won’t let you have that band you’ve been asking for. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dumb-am-i-i-lost-track-of-brian-setzer/286395/4 "2005-01-24T19:10:14Z")
He won the 1998 Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for that version of “Sleepwalk.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dumb-am-i-i-lost-track-of-brian-setzer/286395/5 "2005-01-24T20:38:27Z")
Damn, I hate it when this happens. Okay, everyone spread out and start looking. He can’t have gotten very far. Remember, listen for his guitar riffs and follow the sound. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dumb-am-i-i-lost-track-of-brian-setzer/286395/6 "2005-01-24T22:25:04Z")
Heh. I got back into him during my early swing-dancing days (almost ten years ago now), otherwise I probably would have no idea that he was still making music. Pretty good stuff, even though a lot of it is too fast to be really danceable. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dumb-am-i-i-lost-track-of-brian-setzer/286395/7 "2005-01-25T01:25:39Z")
He also does the opening and closing theme music for a Disney Channel show called “The House of Mouse.” ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dumb-am-i-i-lost-track-of-brian-setzer/286395/8 "2005-01-25T04:12:45Z")
Hmm. I think I saw a pompadour behind the garage last night. I thought it was a stray cat. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dumb-am-i-i-lost-track-of-brian-setzer/286395/9 "2005-01-25T05:54:27Z")
Given his success with rockabilly and then big-band swing, he’s probably searching for yet another neglected style of music to dig up and reanimate.