But the image of an artist preserved in aspic doesn't quite fit. Because while the twang is still the thang on the Stray Cats frontman's latest solo album, Gotta Have the Rumble (Surfdog Records), Setzer's arrangements and voicings also give the 'billy a decisive nudge onward. “When I take a whole а different genre and put it into my rockabilly world, ” he tell GP, “that's what lights me up the most.”
What's the significance of that album title, Gotta Have the Rumble?
Of course it's a reference to my motorcycles, which give me my peace and quiet, believe it or not. That's my meditation - I just hop on and ride. But then it became about the tinnitus I had going on and the bigger amps I had to use. So I thought, Well, Gotta Have the Rumble — that refers to both things.
How bad was the tinnitus?
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