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Full Brian Setzer Biography
Brian Setzer (born April 10, 1959 in Massapequa, Long Island, New York) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
Brian Setzer was awarded the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1999 Gibson Awards. As of 1999, the only other recipients of this prestigious award were B.B. King, Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill and John Fogerty. Henry Juszkiewicz, Chairman and CEO of Gibson Musical Instruments, said of the 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, "From his early success as a Stray Cat to his Grammy nominated multi-platinum triumphs with the Brian Setzer Orchestra, Brian continues to demonstrate his creative genius as one of Americas great musicians and accomplished guitarists. And for that, we honor him with the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award."
Since 2000, Setzer has earned 3 Grammy Awards: Best Pop Performance Duo/Group for "Jump Jive An' Wail", and two Best Pop Instrumental Performance awards for "Sleepwalk" and "Caravan". In December 2006 he received his 7th Grammy nomination for his version of "My Favorite Things," again in the Best Pop Instrumental Performance category.
Brian recently moved from Southern California to Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife Julie (nee Reiten, former singer with the Dustbunnies), whom he originally met when she auditioned (and was hired) as a back-up singer for the Brian Setzer Orchestra in 2000. They were married in Palm Springs, California in the summer of 2005. Brian continues to tour in the United States and overseas with his orchestra.
Setzer spoofed himself in a 2002 episode of popular animated series The Simpsons. He voiced himself as a "tutor" at a fictional Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp attended by Homer Simpson, and delivered the amusing line (after his animated version participated in chasing Homer in a motorized devil's head) "I hope you won't judge the entire Brian Setzer orchestra based on my actions." During that same episode, Homer refers to him as Mr. Seltzer. When corrected, Homer insts the name is Seltzer.
On September 25, 2007, the Brian Setzer Orchestra released their newest album, "Wolfgang's Big Night Out" which features Setzer's take on classical symponies, such as Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, Flight of the Bumblebee, and Für Elise.
Brian Setzer played the part of Eddie Cochran in the biographiocal film on the life of Richie Valens, La Bamba. |
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