Lee Rocker

Born Lee Drucker in 1961, Lee Rocker served as the longtime bassist for the rockabilly revival trio the Stray Cats. He formed the Stray Cats in 1979 together with Brian Setzer and Slim Jim Phantom, his schoolmates from Long Island. The following year the band moved to London and landed several U.K. Top Ten hits such as "Runaway Boys," "Stray Cat Strut," and "Rock This Town," then found comparable success after returning to the United States. Their swift ascent nevertheless strained the members, prompting a 1983 breakup; Rocker and Phantom subsequently enlisted ex-David Bowie guitarist Earl Slick for the new group Phantom, Rocker & Slick, which scored a minor hit in 1985 with "Men Without Shame."

The Stray Cats reunited in 1986 yet failed to match their earlier achievements, while Rocker also worked with Carl Perkins and Dave Edmunds. After 1992's Choo Choo Hot Fish the Stray Cats split once more, freeing Setzer to emerge as a key figure in the swing revival movement; Rocker instead began a solo career that opened with Big Blue in 1994 and proceeded through Atomic Boogie Hour in 1995, No Cats in 1998, and Lee Rocker Live in 1999. Four years later he resurfaced with the intense Bulletproof on the 33rd Street label. Racin' the Devil arrived in 2006 on Alligator, followed by Black Cat Bone in 2007 and Rock This World in 2009.