Possibly not best illustrated in these photographs, but those who know both will doubtless agree that my brother Jem, (right photograph) bears an uncanny resemblance to Brian Setzer (left photograph) of Stray Cats fame. Set aside that they were born on different continents roughly 3000 miles, and 3 years apart to different parents, otherwise they could have been brothers, or twins or clones or something.
Both play a mean bit of guitar and sing well, being accomplished recorded artists both in a band and in their own right. Both are self taught guitarists. Both ride motorbikes and have crashed them. Both own classic American cars. Both are into Rockabilly music. They probably both like fried chicken, although I might have made that up. The coincidences just keep stacking up don't they? Well in my mind they do.
It was even a possibility that they were in fact the same person, but that theory was disproved as they have met each other, (Birmingham, England 1991) and the universe failed to collapse in on itself.
Search on U-Tube and you are likely to find clips of both playing Stray Cat Strut or something similar. Can you tell the difference?
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