''Ignition!'' is a
studio
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album by
Brian Setzer
Brian Robert Setzer (born April 10, 1959) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He found widespread success in the early 1980s with the 1950s-style rockabilly group Stray Cats, and returned to the music scene in the early 1990s with ...
released in 2001. Following fronting a swing orchestra in the 1990s, ''Ignition!'' marks Setzer's return to purist rockabilly fronting a trio, named the Brian Setzer '68 Comeback Special, in homage to
1968 TV Special of
Elvis Presley
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.
Track listing
All tracks composed and arranged by Brian Setzer; except where indicated
# "Ignition!"
# "5 Years, 4 Months, 3 Days"
# "Hell Bent" (Setzer, Mike Himelstein)
# "Hot Rod Girl" (Setzer, Mike Himelstein)
# "8-Track"
# "'59"
# "Rooster Rock" (Setzer, Mark W. Winchester)
# "Santa Rosa Rita"
# "(The Legend of) Johnny Kool, Part 2"
# "Get 'Em on the Ropes"
# "Who Would Love This Car but Me?" (Setzer,
Joe Strummer
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)
# "Blue Café"
# "Dreamsville"
# "
Malagueña" (Traditional; arranged by Setzer)
# "
Mystery Train
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" (Setzer,
,
Sam Phillips
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)
# "Gene and Eddie"
# "Rumble in Brighton"
#"69 all night long"
Personnel
*Brian Setzer - guitar, vocals
;'68 Comeback Special
*Mark W. Winchester - slap bass; lead vocals on "Rooster Rock"
*
Bernie Dresel
Bernard John Dresel Jr. (born November 12, 1961) is an American studio drummer and percussionist. He has been with multi-Grammy award-winning artists and recordings; most notably having performed and recorded extensively with The Brian Setzer O ...
- drums
with:
*The Brianaires - backing vocals on "Dreamsville"
References
2001 albums
Brian Setzer albums
Surfdog Records albums
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