Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Sixty Years
2. Don't Trust a Woman (In a Black Cadillac)
3. When the Bells Don't Chime
4. That Someone Just Ain't You
5. Rat Pack [Instrumental]
6. Ring, Ring, Ring
7. Drink Whiskey and Shut Up
8. Smokin' 'n Burnin'
9. Wild Wind
10. St. Jude
11. To Be Loved
12. When the Bells Don't Chime [Banjo Mix]

Disc 2:

1. Luck Be a Lady [*]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30704 in Music
• Released on: 2003-10-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Customer Reviews

5 star songs in a 3 piece suit
This cd starts off like a shot. The first time I heard 'Sixty Years' I was blown away, almost frothing at the mouth for the rest of the disc... then the 2nd song came on 'Don't Trust a Women' and the deal was cemented, I mean it was quite obvious this package would be a showstopper. Remembering the cd 'Vavoom' and how that only got better as the cd progressed I was in a sort of 'Setzer' Heaven. The third song came and went and I liked the change of pace, nice almost Jerry Reed-ish quality as did Rat Pack Boogie... I was livid. Then on abouts the 7th track the songs became either redundant or in the case of St. Jude, they totally didn't work. Wild Wind was a lot of hot air and 'to be Loved' was a bit of a snoozer that I simply couldn't Love. The final song came on, I glanced at the back of the case and noticed it was a different a mix of song three; at least that's what the back of the disc case claimed, you could hard tell as much, they sounded almost identical to me.

Sadly, I listened to the bonus disc and was unmoved. I still have fond memories of the first half of this disc and hope in time the last half would grow on me. Unfortunately 'Vavoom' proved to be the exception and not the rule, this cd didn't gain momentum as it raced down the track it merely ran out gas somewhere on lap number six.

To Much Ethanol In the Nitro
This would probably have been a good album if Brian Setzer's last trio album wasn't "Ignition". There's some good stuff here, but it just doesn't add up to his last performance. The sound is even more rockabilly with a large flare of oldies and country thrown in for good measure. The first half of the album is four-star material, but the rest of it lags, and nothing here adds up to the hits on "Ignition". Overall, "Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy" isn't all that bad, but Setzer is capable of doing much better.

With the opening notes of "Sixty Years" the new Setzer trio comes out of the gates with a much more raw sound than the previous album. The guitar is loud and dirty with a good rhythm to get your feet a stompin'. Spaz Hatton fills in the bottom with the thick strings a boomin', but the double-base work of Mark Winchester is sorely missed on this album. The raw sound continues with "Don't Trust a Woman (In a Black Cadillac)". The speed is quick with several great fills from the "Ignition" returning Bernie Dresel, an incredible drummer. Setzer plays a little banjo for "When the Bells Don't Chime" more country than rockabilly, but another quick toe taper, but not nearly as dirty. Some good pickin' here. The instrumental, "Rat Pack" pretty much ends the four-star part of the album. This track is a playground for Setzer's pickin' ability with a lot of Chet Atkin's and Les Paul flavor. I wasn't impressed with "Ring, Ring, Ring", "Drink Whiskey and Shut Up," or "St. Jude". I did like the cover of "Wild Wind" made famous by Frankie Lane in the fifties. Setzer covers it well.

This album doesn't hold a candle to "Ignition", but that doesn't make it a bad album. It's good in its own right, but its difficult listening to something that is below what Setzer has shown he can do, and has done frequently. As what "Vavoom" was to the BSO, this is to his latest trio albums. I do want Setzer to keep moving forward with the trio sound and would quickly purchase the next trio album. I like the raw, dirty sound, but I'd like to see it at the level I know Setzer can create.

A Disappointment
I'm a huge Setzer fan and eagerly await any new release but I was quite let down by this one. Fans of only the BSO will probably not find this appealing. Nothing in the way of real swing or jump blues here. The rockers here are not like the great rockabilly tunes Setzer usually has in him. They just don't have that Setzer stamp on them, they are very generic and unexciting. "Sixty Years" is ok but you get the feeling that it could have been done by anybody. His best music is just like his guitar playing, when you hear it, you immediately know it's Setzer.

My personal favorites on this release are the doo-wop "To Be Loved", Setzer accompanied only by his guitar and a doo-wop chorus - "That Someone Just Ain't You" while not doo-wop has the feel of a 50s type ballad and "When The Bells Don't Chime" - Setzer does some nice banjo pickin'.

I haven't heard the bonus disc since I bought the Japanese release which was available a couple of months before being released in the states.