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Creem Profiles

THE STRAY CATS

(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)

November 1, 1982

HOME: Rockabilly Boogie Land.

AGE: As old and as young as Eddie Cochran.

PROFESSION: Cool cats.

HOBBIES: Fast cars and loose women; ubangi stompin'; rumblin'; ballin'; wicked whiskey; hangin' out with the Hell's Angels; struttin'; examining fishnet stockings.

LAST BOOK READ: The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury.

LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Actually improving upon Johnny Burnette's "Baby Blue Eyes."

QUOTE: "Looked at me once, looked at me twice, look at me again and there's a-gonna be a fight!"

PROFILE; The charismatic Brian Setzer left his NYC punk band, the Bloodless Pharoahs, to get real, real gone for a change with the aid of snare drum, stand-up bass and some Sam Phillips-inspired Dave Edmunds production. The boys pulled a Jimi Hendrix by heading to Britain, spawning a rockabilly revival, and returning to the States all revved up and ready to go!

BEER: Boy Howdy!

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