Sunday, 23 September 2012

Stray Cat Strut

Lately, I've been listening to more rockabilly...  Imelda May and Brian Setzer in particular, are two artists who I've been listening to a lot!  Below is the intro and solo from the song Stray Cat Strut, by the Stray Cats whom Brian Setzer came to fame with in the 1980's.  Ideally, this should be played hard with a Gretsch guitar - but I haven't got one (yet!).  Anyway, the strat doesn't sound too bad on a clean setting with a bit of reverb either :)

Lots of string bending, sliding, double stops and jazzy licks in this one...


Check out the tune by Setzer and the Stray Cats here: