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East Java Jawa Timur
—  Province  —
Seal
Motto: Jer Basuki Mawa Béya (Javanese) (meaning: Efforts are needed to get success or prosper)
Location of East Java in Indonesia
Coordinates: 7°16′S 112°45′E / 7.267°S 112.75°E / -7.267; 112.75Coordinates: 7°16′S 112°45′E / 7.267°S 112.75°E / -7.267; 112.75
Country	Indonesia
Capital	Surabaya
Government
• Governor	Soekarwo
Area
• Total	47,922 km2 (18,503 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	37,476,011
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Javanese (79%), Madurese (18%), Osing (1%), Chinese (1%)[1]
• Religion	Islam (95.4%), Christianity (3.4%), Buddhism (0.6%), Hinduism (0.5%), Confucianism 0.1%, Kejawen also practised[2]
• Languages	Javanese, Madurese, Indonesian
Time zone	WIB (UTC+7)
Website	www.jatim.go.id

East Java (Indonesian: Jawa Timur, Javanese: Jawa Wétan) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and includes neighboring Madura and islands to its east (the Kangean and Sapudi groups) and to its north (Bawean and the Masalembu Islands. The provincial capital is Surabaya, the second largest city in Indonesia and a major industrial center and port.

Population[link]

According to the 2000 census, East Java has 34 million inhabitants, estimated to increase to 37½ million in 2010,^[3] making it the second most populous Indonesian province after West Java. The inhabitants are predominantly ethnically Javanese. Native minorities include migrants from nearby Madura, and distinct Javanese ethnicities such as the Tengger people in Bromo, the Samin and the Osing people in Banyuwangi. East Java also hosts a significant population of other ethnic groups, such as Chinese, Indians, and Arabs. In addition to the national language, Indonesian, they also speak Javanese. Javanese as spoken in the western East Java is a similar dialect to the one spoken in nearby Central Java, with its hierarchy of high, medium, and low registers. In the eastern cities of Surabaya, Malang, and surrounding areas, a more egalitarian version of Javanese is spoken, with less regard for hierarchy and a richer vocabulary for vulgarity.

Madurese is spoken by around 15 million ethnic Madurese, and is concentrated in Madura Island, Kangean Islands, Masalembu Islands, the eastern parts of East Java, and East Java's larger cities.

Religion[link]

Hinduism and Buddhism once dominated the island, however, with the arrival of Islam, Hinduism was gradually pushed out in the 14th and 15th century (see the spread of Islam in Indonesia). The last nobles and loyalists of the fallen empire of Majapahit fled from this point to Bali. Islam spread from northern cities in Java where traders from Gujarat, India brought with them Islam. The eastern part of East Java, from Surabaya to Pasuruan, and the cities along the coast, and back to Banyuwangi to Jember, is known as the "horseshoe area" in context with earlier Muslim communities living there.^{[citation needed]}

Pockets of Hinduism remain, and syncretic abangan streams of Islam and Hinduism remain strong (see Hinduism in Java).

Administrative areas[link]

See also: Subdivisions of Indonesia

East Java is administratively divided into 29 regencies (or kabupaten), together with 9 cities (or kotamadya) that are independent of the regency in which they sit.

History[link]

East Java's history dates back to the famous ancient kingdoms of Kediri and Singosari, which is now a city near Malang. The Majapahit empire, centered at Trowulan, Mojokerto East Java, is celebrated by Indonesians as the golden age of the archipelago. The Eastern Java region was part of the Mataram Kingdom during its peak.

Farming in East Java in the foothills near Mount Bromo.

Natural resources[link]

• Chalk (Trenggalek & Gresik the city is also famous of its cement industries)
• Marble (Tulungagung)
• Oil (Cepu)
• Salt (Madura Island)
• Kaolinite (Blitar)

Seaports[link]

East Java will build 4 seaports by 2013 in Lamongan, Gresik, Probolinggo and Banyuwangi.^[4]

Education[link]

East Java hosts some of the famous universities in Indonesia, both owned by government and private. Three major cities for universities, because they have government's universities, are Surabaya, Malang, and Jember. Among them, Airlangga University and Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember are the most famous, and both are located in Surabaya. See: List of universities in East Java

Another important form of education that is available in most cities in East Java is the pesantren. This kind of education is built and organized by Islamic clerics, and associated with local or national Muslim organizations. Jombang is a famous city for its pesantren.

Media[link]

East Java supports several regional media outlets. Local newspapers with provincial news reach their readers earlier than their competitors from Jakarta. In the spirit of "providing more news from around readers", most newspapers even issue municipal sections which are different among their distribution areas.

• Jawa Pos Group, one of the major newspaper groups in Indonesia, is based in Surabaya.
• Surya, is a newspaper based in Surabaya. Surya is now controlled by Kompas, one of the major newspaper groups in Indonesia

National parks[link]

Deer in Baluran National Park

• Meru Betiri National Park - Between Jember and Banyuwangi districts, this park covers 580 km² (224 sq mi). Hard to get to, it contains fantastic coastal rainforest and scenery and is home to abundant wildlife.
• Alas Purwo National Park - This 434 km² (168 sq mi) park is formed by the Blambangan Peninsula (south eastern Java). Comprising mangrove, savanna, lowland monsoon forests and excellent beaches, the park's name means First Forest in Javanese. Javanese legend says that the earth first emerged from the ocean here.
• Baluran National Park - This 250 km² (97 sq mi) national park is located in north east Java, once known as Indonesia's little piece of Africa, the parks formerly extensive savanna has been largely replaced by Acacia.
• Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park - Located in East Java at the region of Probolinggo and Pasuruan, 70 km (43 mi) from Surabaya the capital city of East Java province. Mount Bromo is one of the great hiking and trekking destinations for overseas tourists. The breathtaking view of Bromo also attracts hundreds of photo enthusiasts to see the views there.

Local economic governance[link]

Based on the survey conducted between August 2010 and January 2011, East Java included 11 of the top 20 cities and regencies of the Local economic governance which measures nine parameters: ^[5]

• infrastructure
• private enterprises development program
• access to land
• interaction between local administrations and businesses
• business licensing
• local taxes and fees
• security and business conflict resolution
• capacity and integrity of regional heads
• quality of local regulations

The top 5 were:

• Blitar, East Java
• North Lampung Regency, Lampung
• Probolinggo, East Java
• Batu, East Java
• Sorong Regency, West Papua

Cuisine[link]

East Java cuisine tends to be saltier than that of Central Java.

Rujak Cingur, traditional dish from East Java.

References[link]

External links[link]

Indonesia portal

• (Indonesian) Official website
• East Java travel guide from Wikitravel

v t e Regencies and cities of East Java (Jawa Timur) Capital: Surabaya Regencies Banyuwangi Bangkalan Blitar Bojonegoro Bondowoso Gresik Jember Jombang Kediri Lamongan Lumajang Madiun Magetan Malang Mojokerto Nganjuk Ngawi Pacitan Pamekasan Pasuruan Ponorogo Probolinggo Sampang Sidoarjo Situbondo Sumenep Trenggalek Tuban Tulungagung Cities Batu Blitar Kediri Madiun Malang Mojokerto Probolinggo Pasuruan Surabaya See also: List of regencies and cities of Indonesia

Frank Denny De Vol (September 20, 1911 – October 27, 1999), also known simply as De Vol, was an American arranger, composer and actor.

Early life and career[link]

De Vol was born in Moundsville, West Virginia and grew up in Canton, Ohio. His father, Herman Frank De Vol, was band-leader of a local movie orchestra and his mother, Minnie Emma Humphreys De Vol, had worked in a sewing shop. He attended Miami University.

When De Vol was 14, he became a member of the Musicians' Union. After playing violin in his father's orchestra and appearances in a Chinese restaurant, he joined the Horace Heidt Orchestra in the 1930s, being responsible for the arrangements. Later, he toured with the Alvino Rey Orchestra, before embarking on his recording career.

As arranger[link]

From the 1940s, De Vol wrote arrangements for the studio recordings of many top singers, including Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Tony Bennett, Dinah Shore, Doris Day and Vic Damone. His single most famous arrangement is probably the haunting string and piano accompaniment to Cole's "Nature Boy", which was a US Number One in 1948. That same year, he released a version of "The Teddy Bears' Picnic" (Capitol Records 15420), that he arranged and sang lead vocals on.

In 1966–1967, he arranged the soundtrack for the 1967 Columbia Pictures comedy film, The Happening starring Anthony Quinn and co-produced The Supremes #1 American pop hit, "The Happening" alongside Motown producers Holland–Dozier–Holland.

Mood music[link]

The success of "Nature Boy", recorded on the Capitol Records label, led to an executive position for De Vol across at the rival Columbia Records. There, he recorded a series of orchestral mood music albums under the studio name "Music by De Vol" (which he also used for some of his film and TV work). The album Bacchanale Suite (1960) is a late, but acclaimed, example of De Vol's mood music. Each track is by English composer Albert Harris and is named after a god or goddess of Greek mythology.

Concert appearances[link]

In the 1950s De Vol's orchestra played frequently at the Hollywood Palladium under the concert name "Music of the Century".

Hollywood[link]

De Vol wrote the scores for many Hollywood movies, receiving Academy Award nominations for four of them: Pillow Talk (1959), Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), Cat Ballou (1965), and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967).

Other familiar movies which featured work by De Vol include What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Send Me No Flowers (1964), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Krakatoa, East of Java (1969), Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977), The Frisco Kid (1979), and Herbie Goes Bananas (1980).

De Vol also composed the jingle for the Screen Gems' Dancing Sticks logo (1963–1965), which appeared on all TV shows produced by the television division of Columbia Pictures.

Television work[link]

Frank De Vol was musical director (and occasionally seen) on Edgar Bergen's 1956-57 CBS prime-time game show, Do You Trust Your Wife?.

"Frank De Vol's orchestra" was featured on the NBC prime time musical variety series The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney, but the show only lasted one season (1957–58).

De Vol is best recognized for his television theme tunes, like Family Affair, Gidget, The Brady Bunch, and My Three Sons. The latter theme was musically complex, with a piano playing a triplet obbligato over the melody in 4/4 time, but was a commercial success as well, providing De Vol with a hit single in 1961.

He composed scores for episodes of McCloud and The Love Boat, amongst much other work for TV.

In 1969, a music piece called "The Fuzz" became the theme song of a Brazilian TV newscast, called Jornal Nacional. However, it wasn't the first newscast to use that music; KOOL-TV (later KTSP, now KSAZ-TV) was the first TV station to use the music.

He also appeared on The Betty White Show (1954), and Fernwood 2-Nite (1977) and America 2-Nite (1978) as Happy Kyne.

Acting[link]

De Vol was also an actor specializing in deadpan comic characters. He is perhaps best remembered for his role as bandleader Happy Kyne on the 1970s talk show parodies Fernwood 2 Night and America 2-Night. He appeared in several other TV series, such as I'm Dickens, He's Fenster, I Dream of Jeannie, Bonanza, Petticoat Junction, Mickey starring Mickey Rooney, The Brady Bunch, Get Smart (at least 2 appearances as Prof. Carleton), and The Jeffersons (where he portrayed a sad jingle-writer who moved into Mr. Bentley's vacant apartment).

He also appeared as a Bandleader in the last season of My Three Sons a show that he not only wrote the memorable theme music for but he was also the resident in-house composer for most of the twelve seasons that the show was on the air. He also scored most episodes of Family Affair and both shows at one time or another were scored with some of the same incidental music cues. This is not surpirsing as both shows had been produced by Don Fedderson Productions.

De Vol had memorable comic roles as Chief Eaglewood, the head of the Thundercloud Boys' Camp in The Parent Trap, and as the onscreen narrator in Jerry Lewis's 1967 comedy film The Big Mouth.

According to the commentary for the movie McLintock!, De Vol preferred to be credited as "Frank De Vol" for his acting appearances, and as simply "De Vol" for his musical work.

Private life[link]

De Vol was married twice: first to Grayce Agnes McGinty in 1935. This fifty-four year marriage produced two daughters; Linda Morehouse, and Donna Copeland, and ended with Grayce's death in 1989. His second marriage was to television actress and big band singer Helen O'Connell in 1991, until her death 1993.

He was initiated as an honorary member of the Gamma Omega chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the national fraternity for men in music, in 1962.

Later life[link]

In the mid-1990s, when well into his eighties, De Vol was active in the Big Band Academy of America.

De Vol died of congestive heart failure on October 27, 1999 in Lafayette, California. He is interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills.

Awards and nominations[link]

• Academy Award nomination: Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
• Academy Award nomination: Pillow Talk
• Academy Award nomination: Cat Ballou
• Academy Award nomination: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

External links[link]

• Frank De Vol in the Internet Movie Database
• Frank De Vol in the Big Bands Database
• Frank De Vol's Unofficial Site - Mostly soundtracks

Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer live in Salzburg, 2006
Background information
Born	(1959-04-10) April 10, 1959 (age 53) Massapequa, New York, United States
Genres	Rockabilly, rock and roll, swing revival, jump blues
Occupations	Guitarist, musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1979–present
Associated acts	The Brian Setzer Orchestra, The Bloodless Pharoahs, Stray Cats, The Tomcats
Website	www.briansetzer.com
Notable instruments
Gretsch Brian Setzer Signature Models

Brian Setzer (born April 10, 1959) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He first found widespread success in the early 1980s with the 1950s-style rockabilly revival group Stray Cats, and revitalized his career in the late 1990s with his Swing revival band, The Brian Setzer Orchestra.

Biography[link]

Career[link]

Setzer was born in Massapequa, New York. Beginning in January 1979, he fronted the popular rockabilly band, the Stray Cats.

After performing locally from New York to Philadelphia under various band names with no real success, singer and lead guitarist Setzer, drummer Slim Jim Phantom (born James McDonnell) and bassist Lee Rocker (born Leon Drucker) decided in June 1980 to go to London, England where they believed people would better appreciate their sound and style.^[1]

To obtain the money for their plane tickets, Setzer, Rocker and Phantom went to Sam Ash Music on 48th Street to sell their instruments and gear to the store, for enough money for three one-way plane tickets. Upon their arrival, they decided to call themselves the "Stray Cats", a name suggested by Rocker because of their status as 'strays'. After performing for only a few months they drew the attention of the British record producer Dave Edmunds, and released a series of successful singles in the UK, which countered the already-entrenched punk scene in London.

After releasing several singles and two albums in England, the Stray Cats finally caught America's attention with the 1982 album Built for Speed, which included the two Top Ten hits, "Rock This Town" (#9) and "Stray Cat Strut" (#3). This album was basically a re-release of many of the songs from the two previous albums: the self-titled "Stray Cats" and "Gonna Ball" (they have never been released in America). Their follow-up 1983 album Rant 'N Rave with the Stray Cats included the two successful singles: "(She's) Sexy + 17" (#5), and "I Won't Stand In Your Way" (#35).

After only four years, the Stray Cats separated in 1984, but reunited briefly to record albums and mount tours several times all the way through the early 1990s. From 1985 to early 1986, Setzer was the lead guitarist for the touring version of Robert Plant's ensemble band, The Honeydrippers.

In the summer of 1986, Setzer released his first solo album, The Knife Feels Like Justice, which marked a huge move away from his trademark sound and towards a more mainstream 'rock-roots' sound, which was popularized at the time by such other artists such as John Cougar Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen. The album was given little promotion by his label and as a result it only found minor success, peaking at only number 45 on the Billboard US album charts. The album has become a cult favorite among those who understood the message Setzer was trying to attempt, such as the world's nuclear proliferation, the immigration issue, the understanding of religion and the 'working man's blues', such as unemployment, loneliness, etc.^{[citation needed]}

In 1987, Setzer played the part of Eddie Cochran in the biographical film on the life of Ritchie Valens, La Bamba.

Brian Setzer plays with his orchestra on June 29, 2006 in the East Room of the White House, during the entertainment following the official dinner in honor of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s visit to the United States.

In the mid-1990s Setzer once again resurrected an older form of youth-oriented music, swing and jump blues music, when he formed The Brian Setzer Orchestra, an ambitious 17-piece ensemble project, which released four studio albums, a Christmas disc and several live releases between 1994 and 2002. His group's biggest success (and Setzer's outside the Stray Cats) came in 1998 with the release of the album The Dirty Boogie which cracked the top ten on the US album charts and featured a hit single, a cover of Louis Prima's "Jump, Jive an' Wail".

Setzer continued to release solo-billed albums sporadically, including a solo live disc Rockin' By Myself in 1998. In 2001 he released an album titled Ignition with his new trio billed as the '68 Comeback Special. In 2003 he released Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy. A tribute album titled Rockabilly Riot Vol. 1: A Tribute To Sun Records was released on July 26, 2005, in the United States. An album simply titled 13 was released in October 2006.

On September 25, 2007, the Brian Setzer Orchestra released Wolfgang's Big Night Out which features Setzer's take on classical pieces, such as Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" and "Für Elise". Wolfgang earned Setzer his eighth Grammy nomination, this time for Best Classical Crossover album of the year.

On October 13, 2009, the Brian Setzer Orchestra released a new album titled Songs From Lonely Avenue. For the first time in Setzer's career, he was the sole writer on every song. Frank Comstock, the 87-year-old big band arranger whom Setzer collaborated with on Wolfgang's Big Night Out, orchestrated most of the horn parts for the album.

On December 14, 2009, Setzer was unable to complete a performance in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and was briefly hospitalized because of "dehydration, high altitude sickness and vertigo,"^[2] After Colorado Springs, Albuquerque has the second highest elevation of any American city of more than 100,000 people and many visitors experience oxygen debt and require ER treatment.

Recent activity[link]

Johan Frandsen, frontman from Swedish band The Knockouts and Brian Setzer on stage at the Helsinki Ice Hall, Finland, July 2011 as part of the European leg of the Brian Sezter Rockabilly Riot 2011

In 2011, Setzer toured extensively throughout Europe. The premiere night of The Brian Setzer Rockabilly Riot! Europe Tour 2011 was at the 10 year celebration of the Azkena Rock Festival^[3] on the June 25, Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain to crowds of over 50,000 people.

The tour then went onto dates in Zurich, Switzerland; Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; Weert and Amsterdam in the Netherlands; Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne in Germany; and Peer in Belgium. The Scandinavia leg of the tour was in Copenhagen, Denmark, Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland ending at the Helsinki Ice Hall.

Further gigs were held at the famous Brixton Academy, London and in Ireland, Dublin, the tour is planned to continue into Japan in September 2011. The Brian Setzer Rockabilly Riot Tour! featured a special set with Slim Jim Phantom, and was supported on the majority shows by the cult Swedish punk rock band The Knockouts in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.

Honors[link]

Setzer was awarded the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1999 Gibson Awards. As of 1999, the previous recipients of this award were B. B. King, Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill and John Fogerty.

Since 2000, Setzer has earned three Grammy Awards: Best Pop Performance Duo/Group for "Jump Jive An' Wail", and two Best Pop Instrumental Performance awards for "Sleepwalk"^[4] and "Caravan".^[5] In December 2006 he received his seventh Grammy nomination for his version of "My Favorite Things", again in the Best Pop Instrumental Performance category.

Personal life[link]

Setzer has been married three times: DeAnna Morgan from 1984 to 1992, with whom he has a son, Cody; Christine Schmidt, from 1994 to 2002, with whom he has two daughters; and Julie Reiten, a former singer with the Dustbunnies, in 2005 (they met when she auditioned - and was hired - as a back-up singer for the Brian Setzer Orchestra in 2000). Setzer and Reiten reside in Minneapolis.^[6]

Discography[link]

Bloodless Pharaohs[link]

• Marty Thau Presents 2 × 5 (1980)
• Brian Setzer and the Bloodless Pharaohs (1996, Collectables 687)^[7]

Brian Setzer & The Tomcats[link]

A series of live recordings were issued in 1997 by Collectables Records, and removed from sale within a year under threat of legal action.^[8]

• Rock This Town (Recorded Live on March 29, 1980) (Collectables 701)
• High School Confidential (Recorded Live on May 24, 1980) (Collectables 702)
• Stray Cat Strut (Recorded Live on May 24, 1980) (Collectables 703)
• Rip It Up! (Recorded Live on May 30, 1980) (Collectables 704)
• All Shook Up (Recorded Live on May 30, 1980) (Collectables 705)
• Shake Rattle & Roll (Recorded Live on May 31, 1980) (Collectables 706)
• Rockabilly Boogie (Recorded Live on October 10, 1980) (Collectables 707)

Stray Cats[link]

• Stray Cats (1981)
• Gonna Ball (1981)
• Built For Speed (1982) #2 (15 weeks) US
• Rant N' Rave with the Stray Cats (1983) #14 US
• Rock Therapy (1986) #122 US
• Blast Off! (1989) #111 US
• Let's Go Faster! (1990)
• The Best of the Stray Cats: Rock This Town (1990)
• Choo Choo Hot Fish (1992)
• Original Cool (1993)
• Rumble in Brixton (2004)

The Brian Setzer Orchestra[link]

• The Brian Setzer Orchestra (1994) #158 US
• Guitar Slinger (1996)
• The Dirty Boogie (1998) #9 US
• Vavoom! (2000) #62 US
• Jumpin' East of Java (2001)
• Best of The Big Band (2002)
• Boogie Woogie Christmas (2002)
• The Ultimate Collection (2004)
• Dig That Crazy Christmas (2005)
• Wolfgang's Big Night Out (September 2007)
• The Best Of Collection - Christmas Rocks! (October 2008)
• Ultimate Christmas Collection (October 2008)
• Songs from Lonely Avenue (October 2009)
• Don't Mess With A Big Band (Live!) (July 2010)
• Christmas Comes Alive (October 2010)

Solo material[link]

• The Knife Feels Like Justice (1986) #45 US
• Live Nude Guitars (1988) #140 US
• Rockin' By Myself (1998)
• Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy (2003)
• Rockabilly Riot Vol. 1: A Tribute To Sun Records (2005)
• 13 (2006) #2 JAP
• Red Hot & Live (2007)
• Setzer Goes Instru-MENTAL! (2011)

'68 Comeback special[link]

• Ignition (2001) #152 US

Filmography[link]

• La Bamba (1987)
• Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990)
• The Great White Hype (1996)
• The Nanny - "The Bobbi Flekman Story'" (1997), as himself
• The Country Bears (2002), along with the '68 Comeback Special
• The Simpsons - "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" (2002)

Live DVDs[link]

• Brian Setzer Orchestra live In Japan (2001)
• Rumble In Brixton (2004)
• Brian Setzer Orchestra Live: Christmas Extravaganza (2005)
• One Rockin' Night ('95) (2007)
• Live In Montreal Jazz Festival ( 2010)

Other works and appearances[link]

• Composed and performed the theme song for the Disney cartoon show House Of Mouse.
• Appeared in a Bud Light commercial where his rehearsal session was interrupted by an elderly woman (recording pioneer Cordell Jackson) who could play rock-and-roll guitar.
• Setzer also performed on Tomoyasu Hotei's album Soul Sessions, on the tracks Back Streets of Tokyo and Take a Chance on Love.
• Appeared with the Brian Setzer Orchestra on an episode of The Nanny The Bobbi Flekman Story (1997)
• Setzer spoofed himself in a 2002 episode of popular animated series The Simpsons. He voiced himself as a "tutor" at a fictional Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp attended by Homer Simpson, and said (after his animated version participated in chasing Homer in a motorized devil's head): "I hope you won't judge the entire Brian Setzer Orchestra based on my actions."
• Appeared in The Country Bears Movie doing a music duel with one of the bears.

Musical equipment[link]

Brian Setzer has a very large guitar collection spanning many decades and brands. Setzer favours vintage equipment^[9] and hollow body guitars^[10] and is currently endorsed by Gretsch.^[11]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Brian Setzer web site
• Official Stray Cats web site
• Brian Setzer on Myspace
• Brian Setzer at the Internet Movie Database
• StarTribune article about life in Minneapolis