Rock This Town - Stray Cats (The)

Advantages: Fun and upbeat music for Christmas
Disadvantages: May only appeal to those with a taste for swing/rock n roll

...The Brian Setzer Orchestra : Boogie Woogie Christmas Background Information: Brian Setzer is a superbly talented singer and guitarist, better known in the USA, but renowned across Europe and Japan. He originally had success with The Stray Cats - a rockabilly trio in the 1980s. Since then Brian has fronted many projects. He has also written material for films such as Jingle all the Way, Me Myself and Irene and the Aristocats. In 1994 Brian formed The Brian Setzer Orchestra - a Swing / Rock n Roll style with the backing of a 17 piece Big Band Orchestra. The sound is difficult to describe as it is unique, but on the lines of a full Glenn Miller Style Big Band with Rockabilly Guitar fronting and Vocals. The Brian Setzer Orchestra have toured worldwide and released several albums: Guitar Slinger The Dirty Boogie Vavoom The Ultimate... Read review

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Advantages: Hey Its The Stray Cats
Disadvantages: None unless you don't like Rockabilly

...Okay i appriciate that Stray Cats are not everyones cup of tea, but this is for the last few fans out there, in my mind you cannot beat them but i have a wide array of music tastes but i will try not to be too bias towards them and i will give you a view of a fan, if you are not a fan you will not buy it anyway as they are a taste all to their own. From their slap back echoy backing sound to the sometimes harsh and rough rockerbilly style voice of Brian Setzer. I currently have about 20-30 Lp's of Stray Cats and although i listen alot to G n Roses, Scorpions,80's,Alicia Keys and Country etc the effects S/Cats use are almost totally a sound of their own. (LP's, now theres aword/abbreviation you hardly hear anymore/ good old 45's, LP's, EP's (with the occassionally HIPPIE's thrown in for good measure..lol..(no offence meant... Read review

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...: The Stones forsook psychedelic experimentation to return to their blues roots on this celebrated album, which was immediately acclaimed as one of their landmark achievements. A strong acoustic Delta blues flavor colors much of the material, particularly "Salt of the Earth" and "No Expectations," which features some beautiful slide guitar work. Basic rock & roll was not forgotten, however: "Street Fighting Man," a reflection of the political turbulence of 1968, was one of their most innovative singles, and "Sympathy for the Devil," with its fire-dancing guitar licks, leering Jagger vocals, African rhythms, and explicitly satanic lyrics, was an image-defining epic. On "Stray Cat Blues," Jagger and crew began to explore the kind of decadent sexual sleaze that they would take to the point of self-parody by the mid-'70s. At the time, though... Read review

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