Brian Setzer, frontman for the Stray Cats and the Brian Setzer Orchestra, said he “cannot play guitar” since being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease.

The 65-year-old guitar virtuoso revealed his condition in an Instagram post, saying he experienced hand cramping near the end of his last tour with the Stray Cats.

“I’ve since discovered that I have an auto-immune disease,” Setzer wrote. “I cannot play guitar. There is no pain, but it feels like I am wearing a pair of gloves when I try to play.”

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