Stray Cat Strut

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Stray Cat Strut is a song written by Brian Setzer that was released as the eighth track on the rockabilly band Stray Cats' debut album in 1981 in England.

background

After a concert in London, the Stray Cats met producer Dave Edmunds , who was producing their debut album for Arista Records . In addition to the songs Runaway Boys and Rock This Town , Stray Cat Strut became one of the group's greatest hits. In the United States , the song was released in 1982 on the album Built for Speed. It reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. A year later it came in at number eleven in the UK charts. The song's music video, featuring scenes from the MGM cartoon Bad Luck Blackie, has been played many times on MTV .

Cover versions

Brian Setzer played the song with his new band, The Brian Setzer Orchestra . The band played the song during their concerts and released it on the album The Ultimate Collection .

In 1989 the Spanish rockabilly band Los Renegados recorded the song in Spanish, which in turn was covered by Jacky Los Daniels in 2006 . In the same year, the ska-punk group Reel Big Fish released the song on their tribute album Go Cat Go! A Tribute to Stray Cats .

reception

Stewart Mason wrote about the song on Allmusic:

“The archetypal Stray Cats song, 1982's Stray Cat Strut is, ironically, not a rockabilly tune at all, but a jazzy R & B-style ballad… Built on a killer walking bass line and Brian Setzer's tremolo-enhanced guitar lines," Stray Cat Strut "has a timeless quality…., and Setzer's slyly self-inflating lyrics are delivered with enough humor and panache to keep it from merely sounding arrogant."

"The archetypal Stray Cats song, the 1982 Stray Cat Strut ironically is absolutely no Rockabillysong but a jazzy, R & B-like ballad ... That on a super walking bass line reinforced tremolo and Brian translator guitar lines constructive Stray Cat Strut has a timeless quality .... and Setzer's craftily self-inflating text is performed with enough humor and vigor to keep him from sounding arrogant. "

In October 1998, Guitar World magazine readers voted Brian Setzer's Solo on Stray Cat Strut number 92 on the "Top 100 Guitar Solos of All Time" list.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stray Cat Strut at discogs.com. Retrieved February 22, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Review of the song at allmusic. Retrieved February 22, 2013 .
  3. ↑ 100 Greatest Solos Of All-Time. Retrieved February 22, 2013 .