| CD
Review
| Brian
Setzer
| Nitro
Burnin' Funny Daddy
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BRIAN SETZER
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Nitro
Burnin’ Funny Daddy
Surfdog
Records
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It was
Setzer cover of “Luck Be A Lady’, the theme song to the new hit TV
serious Las Vegas, that caught our attention on this one. Never a big
Setzer fan the combination of his version of the Sinatra classic and his
return to his rockabilly roots in last years Ignition pulled me
right in. That’s not to say Setzer hasn’t found success since his
hillbilly days fronting the Stray Cats. In 1994 he formed a 17-piece big
band for a series of club dates and for the next eight years piled up a
mountain of critical praise and chart success.
With Nitro Burnin’ we see the darker side to Setzer. Gretsch in
hand he rolls up his sleeves and turns up the amp as the record jumps
right into the riff-heavy “Sixty Year.” Full of dirt and grit the
guitarist finds a home for his leaner, meaner persona both in the sting
of his lyrics and the rumble of songs like "Don't Trust a Woman (In
a Black Cadillac)" with its scorching Dick Dale essence. Easily one
of Setzer’s hardest-rocking albums since his mid-'80s the tomcat keeps
the record a well-rounded affair in the highly spirited banjo-driven
“When The Bells Don’t Chime”, the acoustic “That Someone Just
Ain’t You” and the lightning fingered instrumental "Rat Pack
Boogie".
"Ring, Ring, Ring" reminds us of the Stray Cats past Setzer
proudly wears tattooed on his arm. The guitar stays up close and
personal as we reach “Drink Whiskey And Shut Up” and the blazing
“Smokin And Burnin’” with it’s classic line ”If you see me
with another woman/I’m only window shopping.” There’s the big
Marty Robbins western epic “Wild Wind”, the delicately raspy “St
Jude” and driving the ball home is the doo wop “To Be Loved”. A
fine outing covering Setzer’s love of a number of musical styles and
influences. The CD ships with a second disc containing Setzer’s
current TV hit “Luck Be A Lady’.
Website: Brian
Setzer or Surfdog
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