Stray Cat Strut

Stray Cat Strut is written by Brian Setzer song, which was released as the eighth track on the debut album from the rockabilly Stray Cats in 1981 in England.

Background

After a concert in London met the Stray Cats to producer Dave Edmunds who produced her debut album for Arista Records. Besides the songs Runaway Boys Rock This Town and Stray Cat Strut was one of the greatest successes of the group. In the United States the song was released on the 1982 album Built for Speed ​​. In the Billboard Hot 100 chart, it reached number three. A year later, it arrived in England at number eleven of the charts. The music video of the song with scenes from the MGM cartoon Bad Luck Blackie was often played 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 Rockabillyand Los Renegados recorded the song in Spanish, which was in turn gecovert in 2006 by Jacky Los Daniels. In the same year the group Ska Punk Reel Big Fish released the song on their tribute album Go Cat Go! A Tribute to Stray Cats.

Reception

Brian Setzer wrote about the song at 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 bassline 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 -esque ballad ... The uplifting on a great walking bass line and Brian translator tremolo amplified guitar lines Stray Cat Strut has a timeless quality .... and translator cunning self-inflating text is presented with enough humor and verve to keep him from just to sound arrogant. "

In October 1998, the readers of Guitar World magazine, Brian translator Solo chose to Stray Cat Strut ranked 92 of the " Top 100 Guitar Solos of All Time" list.