Brian Setzer of the Stray Cats has developed an autoimmune disease that prevents him from playing guitar, according to a recent Instagram post from the Massapequa-raised frontman. Setzer, 65, did not cite a name for the disease, but noted that it has affected his ability to perform other tasks with his fingers.

Brian Setzer of the Stray Cats recently issued a sad update. He states that he was having trouble playing his guitar. It turns out that he has an auto-immune disease that prevents motion in his fingers.

"I know I will beat this, it will just take some time," the musician wrote in a social media post on Thursday.

Brian Setzer of Stray Cats and big-band fame reveals he is receiving care for an autoimmune disease that has curtailed his ability to make music.

Stray Cats frontman Brian Setzer has revealed via X that he can no longer play guitar after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease

Brian Setzer shared a startling revelation with his fans this week while updating them on his recent health struggles. The Stray Cats co-founder wrote in a Thursday, Feb. 13 post on Instagram that he started to observe during his rockabilly band’s tour last year that he wasn’t quite able to handle his guitar in the way that he was used to playing it.