Saturday, June 7, 2008
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - "The Dirty Boogie"
This is the album that gave the orchestra their only radio hit, a remake of Louis Prima's "Jump, Jive An' Wail". When I bought it, I felt kind of lame, like I was just another person jumping on the neo-swing bandwagon, but dangit, I'd been listening to this group for years. This is the last album of their's that I bought, because they largely transitioned to rockabilly swing. I used to really like this album and listened to it a lot. Brian Setzer is an absolutely amazing guitarist, and there is a spectacular version of the early rock and roll instrumental "Sleepwalk" on here. There's also a swingish remake of the Stray Cat's (Setzer's old band) hit "Rock This Town". I don't listen to this album much any more, but every once in a while I get in the mood for it. You can find it on Amazon.
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