Have a swingin’ Christmas with Brian Setzer

By Jason Bracelin LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

11 years ago

Brian Setzer and his orchestra are set to perform “Christmas Rocks! Extravaganza” at 8 p.m. Dec. 20 at the Pearl inside the Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road. Tickets start at $43. For more information, call 702-944-3200 or visit palms.com.

Santa drives a hot rod in the Brian Setzer Orchestra’s flame-painted Christmas canon.

As for the reindeer, they’re plenty groovy.

Inherently jovial, Setzer’s horn-fired rockabilly is well-suited for further enlivening various seasonal standards, which the former Stray Cats frontman has been doing on his annual holiday for 11 years now.

Setzer does so with his trademark panache, envisioning a boogie-woogie St. Nick delivering toys to all the good little hepcats out there.

Even the Grinch has to Lindy Hop to that.

Contact reporter Jason Bracelin at jbracelin@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0476. Follow on Twitter @JasonBracelin.