Brian Setzer Net Worth

Brian Setzer is a renowned singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer, actor, and soundtrack artist born in New York City in 1959. He was raised in Massapequa, Long Island and studied the euphonium as a kid. In 1979, he formed the rockabilly trio the Stray Cats and they gained success in the UK and US. After the band broke up in 1984, Setzer joined Robert Plant's touring band the Honeydrippers and portrayed 50s rock singer Eddie Cochran in the film "La Bamba." In the mid 90s, he formed the 17-piece swing band ensemble the Brian Setzer Orchestra and has released a number of solo albums. He has won three Grammy Awards for his music and the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999. He married his third wife Julie Reiten in 2005 and they currently live in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Soundtrack, Actor, Composer
Birth Day April 10, 1959
Birth Place  New York City, New York, United States
Age 64 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Taurus
Birth name Brian Robert Setzer
Genres Rockabilly, rock and roll, swing revival, jump blues
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, record producer
Instruments Guitar, vocals
Years active 1979–present
Labels Arista, EMI, Razor & Tie, Interscope, Surfdog
Associated acts The Bloodless Pharoahs, The Tomcats, Stray Cats, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Drake Bell
Website www.briansetzer.com

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1950

Setzer returned to his love of music from the 1950s, this time the jump blues of Louis Prima. In the 1980s, he resurrected rockabilly, and in the 1990s, swing. He assembled the Brian Setzer Orchestra, a seventeen piece big band that got the public's attention with a cover version of Prima's "Jump, Jive an' Wail" from the album The Dirty Boogie (Interscope, 1998). The song won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, while "Sleep Walk" from the same album won the Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

1959

Setzer was born April 1959 in Massapequa, New York. He started on the euphonium and played in jazz bands when he was in school. He found a way to hear jazz at the Village Vanguard, though as he got older he got interested in rock, punk, and rockabilly. He was a member of the Bloodless Pharaohs and the Tomcats, which he began with his brother, Gary. The Tomcats became the Stray Cats when double Bassist Lee Rocker and Drummer Slim Jim Phantom joined. In 1980, thinking they might have more success in England than in America, they sold their instruments to pay for airplane tickets and flew to London.

1984

After the Stray Cats disbanded in 1984, Setzer began a solo career that included working as a sideman for other acts, such as the Honeydrippers led by Robert Plant. On his first solo album, The Knife Feels Like Justice (EMI, 1986), he turned away from rockabilly and moved toward rhythm and blues (R&B) and the heartland rock of John Mellencamp. The album was produced by Don Gehman and featured Kenny Aronoff on drums. Both men had worked on albums by Mellencamp.

1997

A series of live recordings were issued in 1997 by Collectables Records, and removed from sale within a year under threat of legal action.

2005

Setzer has been married three times, most recently in 2005 to Julie Reiten, a former singer with the Dustbunnies.

2007

The album Wolfgang's Big Night Out (2007) featured Setzer's interpretation of classical pieces, such as Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" and "Für Elise". Wolfgang earned Setzer his eighth Grammy nomination, this time for Best Classical Crossover Album.

2014

He executive produced the album Ready Steady Go! (Surfdog, 2014) by Drake Bell and played guitar on two songs.

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