The STRAY CATS, the band that put Rockabilly music back on the record charts in the early '80s, scored several big hits on both sides of the Atlantic thanks to a striking visual 1950’s style brought “up to date” with exaggerated pompadours and colorful tattoos and as well as genuine musical chops that evoked the best players of rockabilly's original heyday. Formed by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer, upright bass player Lee Rocker and drummer Slim Jim Phantom in the Long Island town of Massapequa, NY, in 1979, the trio shared a love for Rockabilly music. After banging around New York for a few months in the summer of 1980, and seeing a pompadoured kid on the cover of UK magazine NME, they hopped a plane to London where a rockabilly revival movement was just beginning to emerge. Their massive hits and videos include “Runaway Boys," "Rock This Town," "Stray Cat Strut” "(She's) Sexy + 17" and "I Won't Stand in Your Way."
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Take MTS to the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
Avoid expensive pre-paid parking prices and take the Trolley to the concert! Take the Green Line to the Convention Center Station and cross Harbor Drive. There’s a footpath between the Convention Center and the Marriott Hotel and then it’s just a short walk to the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park entrance.
Address and Directions
The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
222 Marina Park Way
San Diego, CA 92101
United States