
Stray Cats' Brian Setzer Announces He Can No Longer Play Guitar
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"I know I will beat this, it will just take some time," the musician wrote in a social media post on Thursday.
Musician Brian Setzer announced on Thursday that he can no longer play guitar.
In a social media post, the leader of the 1980s rockabilly band The Stray Cats and the ’90s swing band The Brian Setzer Orchestra said that he has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that prevents him from playing the instrument.
Setzer said he first noticed his hands were “cramping up” while touring last summer with the Stray Cats. It was the band’s first tour in five years, according to GuitarPlayer.com.
The musician explained that although he doesn’t feel any pain in his hand, it does feel “like I am wearing a pair of gloves when I try to play.”
As terrible as that news must be, Setzer seems to be trying to remain positive.