Another post from the BHT haunted vault. With the Brian Setzer Rockabilly Riot! coming to the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan this Saturday, it’s an appropriate time to look back at an irresistible and haunting number Setzer recorded a few years back.
Stray Cats celebrated their 40th Anniversary in style with their 2019 release 40, as original members Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker, and Slim Jim Phantom picked up right where they had left off 26 years earlier. Some might have expected the trio to expand on the rockabilly sound that once ruled with the MTV crowd, but there was no denying 40 was a blast. Particularly on “Rock It Off,” “I Attract Trouble,” and “I’ll Be Looking Out For You.”
“Cry Danger” is a natural choice for a Halloween party playlist. By the time Setzer offers the first line “A wicked wind is blowing, and I blew in with it,” his twangy guitar playing, along with the pulsating Rocker/Phantom rhythm section, has the listener totally hooked. Setzer assumes the role of a drifter coming back to his hometown, only to find something’s gone wrong. In addition to his deserted former house and the empty streets, the ground beneath him is shaking.
His companion feels the same trepidation. “In the witching hour, she whispered ‘Please beware’ and I heard the devil say, ‘You’re not going anywhere.’” The lyrics don’t spell everything out, but since Setzer previously noted, “We rode a reckless highway/I took it all too fast,” maybe that’s not really his hometown they’ve arrived at.
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