# The Best Stray Cats Guitar Solos

> The 16 best Stray Cats guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Rock This Town (1981), then Stray Cat Strut and Rumble in Brighton. Every video starts at the solo.

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The Stray Cats brought rockabilly back to the charts in the early 1980s, with Brian Setzer's hollow-body Gretsch playing at its heart. Setzer mixed Cliff Gallup and Scotty Moore licks with jazz chords and punk energy, making him one of the most admired rock and roll guitarists of his generation.

Informed by: [Wikipedia – Stray Cats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stray_Cats), [Wikipedia – Stray Cats (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stray_Cats_(album)), [Wikipedia – Gonna Ball](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonna_Ball), [Wikipedia – Rant n' Rave with the Stray Cats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rant_n%27_Rave_with_the_Stray_Cats), [Wikipedia – Brian Setzer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Setzer)

1. [Rock This Town](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stray-cats-rock-this-town/) — Stray Cats · solo by Brian Setzer · 1981
2. [Stray Cat Strut](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stray-cats-stray-cat-strut/) — Stray Cats · solo by Brian Setzer · 1981
3. [Rumble in Brighton](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stray-cats-rumble-in-brighton/) — Stray Cats · solo by Brian Setzer · 1981
4. [Runaway Boys](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stray-cats-runaway-boys/) — Stray Cats · solo by Brian Setzer · 1980
5. [(She's) Sexy + 17](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stray-cats-she-s-sexy-17/) — Stray Cats · solo by Brian Setzer · 1983
6. [Rev It Up and Go](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stray-cats-rev-it-up-and-go/) — Stray Cats · solo by Brian Setzer · 1981
7. [Rebels Rule](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stray-cats-rebels-rule/) — Stray Cats · solo by Brian Setzer · 1983
8. [Ubangi Stomp](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stray-cats-ubangi-stomp/) — Stray Cats · solo by Brian Setzer · 1981
9. [Double Talkin' Baby](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stray-cats-double-talkin-baby/) — Stray Cats · solo by Brian Setzer · 1981
10. [Baby Blue Eyes](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stray-cats-baby-blue-eyes/) — Stray Cats · solo by Brian Setzer · 1981
11. [Little Miss Prissy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stray-cats-little-miss-prissy/) — Stray Cats · solo by Brian Setzer · 1981
12. [Look at That Cadillac](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stray-cats-look-at-that-cadillac/) — Stray Cats · solo by Brian Setzer · 1983
13. [Gonna Ball](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stray-cats-gonna-ball/) — Stray Cats · solo by Brian Setzer · 1981
14. [Fishnet Stockings](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stray-cats-fishnet-stockings/) — Stray Cats · solo by Brian Setzer · 1981
15. [Something's Wrong with My Radio](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stray-cats-something-s-wrong-with-my-radio/) — Stray Cats · solo by Brian Setzer · 1983
16. [Wicked Whisky](https://greatestsolos.com/song/stray-cats-wicked-whisky/) — Stray Cats · solo by Brian Setzer · 1981

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