Eagle Rock Entertainment presents Live At Montreux 1981 by the Stray Cats, set for Nov. 6 release on DVD and digital video.
Newly
restored with DTS Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital
Stereo, this concert is comprised of 15 songs, almost equally divided
between original compositions and vintage rockabilly classics from 1956
to 1961. Of the 15, nine were on the Stray Cats’ first album, and
some of the others were released as B-sides and EP tracks. A couple
performed here have never appeared on official releases.
Live at Montreux 1981 displays how this trio of vocalist/guitarist Brian Setzer, upright bassist Lee Rocker and drummer Slim Jim Phantom
single-handedly revived and restored the time-honored purity of real
raucous rockabilly and brought it back into the forefront of modern pop.
The band did more to get a generation back into slapback bass and
hiccupped vocals than any other band. For many fans, the Stray Cats
were their first taste of not only rockabilly music, but also the
subculture around it: the cars, the dances, the fashion, and the style
of original teenage rebellion.
When the Stray Cats
rolled into Montreux, six months after the release of their self-titled
debut album, they were coming off no less than three hit singles (“Rock
This Town,” “Stray Cat Strut,” and “Runaway Boys”), a UK Top 10 album,
and a string of headlining concerts.
Relocating from New York City to
London in 1980, just a year after their formation, with a tantalizing
combination of covers and originals, performed with punk enthusiasm yet
true to the genre’s roots, they were an instant smash, garnering such
high profile fans as Jeff Beck, Robert Plant, and members of the Rolling
Stones. The crowd in Montreux reacted with near-hysterical excitement
(inciting three encores); something rarely seen in what is usually a
polite and reserved audience.
Click the links below to view videos of:
Somethin’ Else - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rew8n-MrLrw
Runaway Boys - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7mfA48KJ8o
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