NRBQ- "Get Rhythm"

[putzengiler]

Everytime NRBQ played, Tom Ardolino's then girlfriend used to scream out "Get Rhythm"....here's one for you Tom..

[CrankDatHo333]

rip Tom Ardolin

[ShanghaiJill]

@CrankDatHo333

I went to high school with him, although I was a year behind.

He'll be missed.

[erikradvon1]

This song kicks ass. Carlene Carter was all over Al. Bit of an awkward moment at 6:45 where she rebukes Joey. "I didn't finish your song, but I did finish Al's.." Ouch.

[JenRageify]

Penn was right. Drummers don't get much better.

[NEWTIGERDUDY]

I agree with Penn.

[bloozedaddy]

Lowell George would've liked this I'm thinkin'. Good stuff.

[g500d]

As much as I like Terry Adams and his attempt to keep "NRBQ" going with the new band, this is the real stuff. Any other lineup is a cover band.

[brianmacdonaldmusic]

...one person can't get rythm......

[patrickkinney9]

I worked at a music club (328 Performance Hall) in Nashville TN for 10 years and easily the three best live bands I saw were the Neville Brothers (circa '85), Los Lobos and NRBQ!

[clintonplaza]

Old times at the Joyous Lake when they completely took the place down is all I remember. They are pretty goddamn good and I believe that was like '83 or so. Whatta blast

[Mondayrose1]

Yeah, that's big Al Anderson. Worked with him on the Johnathon Edwards album. Great picker!

[SuperOlds88]

isn't that the golfer John Daly playing the guitar?

[moaningrooster]

What about their brief period with an awesome horn section.. remember NRBQ and the Whole Wheat Horns? Wow.. takes me back to drunken nights in bars and music fests in Western Mass and Connecticut. Most rockin bar band ever!

[Cherr1]

The late, lamented Jerry Wexler said that the way to recognize a musical genius is the distance between that artist and whoever is number two. When NRBQ plays, you can't even see number two with a telescope. They rock so hard you wonder what keeps the building intact. Every time I went to see them play (and it was many, many times), my face would be sore for days afterward because I had been grinning so hard all night. Thanks for posting this.

[putzengiler]

How did he know it was a Squier ? I don't know if they were even made back then..good eyesite! I think Al could afford to use a real strat, it's got the small headstock..anyway ,cool vid and Carlene ain't bad either..

[CRAIGARRR]

Peek a Boo was the first CD I ever bought, Awesome compilation discs!

[CRAIGARRR]

I only wish I could have seen them more playin' the bars of Connecticut!!

[wildjohnack]

and Carlene Carter is no slouch either, "putting the 'c#$@' back in country!" Her words, not mine.

[GRobb62]

who is the 1 idiot that thinks this sucks? NRBQ Rocks! Go Big Al, Go!

[tunepeddler]

@GRobb62 That's the idiot whose mother didn't have any children that lived. . .

[relayer07]

a lot of fun,way cool :)  thanks for posting

[dgolden99]

Love ya, Big Al!

[gpop57]

that strat looks so small with big Al playing it

[SoulmaticTheBand]

These guys ROCK!!

Werner

Soulmatic

NRBT

[88flhtc]

@tommybutt Yup..I was there too !! loved that place !!!

[SFCBenny57]

The best live band ever!

[Bards68]

Hmmm, sort of thing Bo and Luke Duke would love, but I'll leave it for the Good Old Boys, y'all... Sorry,NRBQ fans...

[jwbrown1968]

What the hell is the keyboard player doing?

[gomudhen]

NRB-KEEWW!



[mickisawsome]

good country song meets rock you know that is awsome

[olddog257]

go joey, you too joey

[ox092]

Joey was my favorite band member by i still miss Als voice reminds me alot like Tenacious D.

[olddog257]

@ox092 which joey fu!

[ox092]

@olddog257 Who Do YOU THINK?!??!?!? Obviously the one on the stage.

[tbdonnelly67]

They just were never the same without Big Al Anderson!

[sonor23]

@tbdonnelly67 Big Al ...from my neck of the woods in CT ...Don't forget The Wildweeds , his first band .

[905Alive]

@sonor23 , from CT too, didn't they kick some killer ass??

[designermite]

Q !

[ChriTur]

Best live band ever

[gatormusic]

Yep, best band ever. Total control of wild abandon.

[tyroliantony]

These guys did not only constitute the best band in r&r history (brits go sit on your broomsticks), they also gave the best interviews!

[BUGSY00]

Al Anderson Rocks!!!!

[bumblebeemoi]

Wow. I thought that the big guy looked like Al Anderson, having seen him play in Western Mass back in 67 (I believe) with the Wildweeds ("No Good To Cry"). Lo and behold, it's big Al!

Was Captain Lou Albano really their manager? Where else do they come from besides Al from Windsor(near Hartford...WDRC days)?

Good stuff.

[mollard97]

Terry's from Louisville, KY, Joey's from NYC, and Tom's from Springfield, MA.

[rondogfm]

Terry Adams is god lovin' genius!.....

[59simonh]

..in modern terms.. it's the best rock and roll you Americans gave the rest of us.....thanx!!!

[Laverdadduele1]

Nah jhill, just brain dead from the crap spewed out of them shit-fi i-pods today. Good REAL music like the 'Q produced should be a required college subject.

[jhill009]

Sounds like Kimsanleanne likes her music polished, cleaned up, manufactured. That's not music, it's technology. NRBQ plays from the heart. Their love of music is evident in everything they play. From the tone of your posts, not surprised you don't get it.

[ctcap2006]

what a treat to year nrbq after all these years!!!

[powderchowder2]

@Cooleemee43 thanks for that clarification, but I can't hear what he's playing until about half way through. Nice honkey tonk style. You have to admit, he sure looks funny the way he slaps the keys...

[elrip1]

The Best Band Ever! Did I say Ever?!

That's what I said! Wow!

[Emerica60]

Caught em 20 years ago at the Rusty Nail in Sunderland with the late great Capn Lou Albano.

[powderchowder2]

what's up with the keyboard player? Is he really playing something?

[Cooleemee43]

@powderchowder2 He is indeed and his name is Terry Adams. Its amazing how much he adds to all their music and how hard it is to actually spot his contributions at times. He is a genius on the keyboards and an inovator with the Clav much of the time he blends his Clav/keys with the guitar of Big Al to the point where you can't tell where the guitar ends and Terry picks up. I have studied his playing and he a one of a kind master musician.

[blinkie7]

He's one of the most awesome musicians alive. It comes to him naturally. He plays what he feels with respect for the song they're playing.

[buy4now]

I have been a fan of this Band for 40 years. I even have pictures of them in 1970 at the Village Gate in NYC. Best Band Ever...PERIOD

[mccaslin131]

If that's not a rock n' roll solo I don't know what is. On a cheap Squier Strat no less, by a guy who's only played Teles and Gibsons before or since; Young and the Restless drumsticks; Blue Rondo a la Turk or...Chopsticks. And irony of ironies: Al is now and has been for years one of hottest songwriters in Nashville. This was America's greatest band. If you know, you know. If you don't... find out.

[Torihope]

@mccaslin131 - I agree. Al is a fantastic musician; grew up with him in Windsor--Wildweeds days. Also wish he'd continued to do some Brit-style and R&B stuff as well, since he does that amazing well too. Nonetheless, just can't take it away from him or this band.

[JCfromDC2]

@mccaslin131 Been a fan of them since 1970. Can't find a clip of RC Cola and a Moon Pie here, Any one find it?

[FarmerHendri]

@mccaslin131 Abso-fucking-lutely!!! The best!!!!!!!!!!

[ubbno1]

@mccaslin131 It's not the guitar - it's the player. David Lindley's the same way. Big Al is one of the best!

[Utubestir]

@mccaslin131 yeh yer right!



[surgeyX]

@mccaslin131

They have pretty good squiers actually. I would imagine he's not playing the 99$ one :P

[kimsanleanne]

Thank you Dragonfoe. I love Jazz. I even love Thelonius Monk... somehow that particular solo did not cut it for me. Didn't seem to come from any place IMO. I appreciate your kind way of explaining things though.

[blinkie7]

I agree. He can't be 100% all the time. He did keep his place. He's no fool. He's one of the best.

[kimsanleanne]

who are you talking to????

[dragonfoe]

If you mean mailman18 I think he was responding to someone else.

That solo was more of a jazz style solo than a rockNroll solo. Its an aquired taste.

[kimsanleanne]

I replied to you, right below. Sorry I used the wrong box.

[kimsanleanne]

I really cant stand that kind of guitar solo... shows absolutely nothing. SOrry guys.

[mailman18]

jesus shut the fuck up

[carlenecarter52]

I love Carlene she is so cool and I love how she is like in love them . And how she is like What ?

and like this whole interview she did with them is so funny

[bzzzzap]

all together now...BEST BAND EVER!

[wingag]

Big Al commands the guitar. These are the best four members of the BEST band EVER!

[ctjim1025]

Wow, this is very cool. the Agora. The Agora is dead unfortunately. I miss it. I work a half a mile from it. Toad's lives on.

[bitsy725]

Wow....NRBQ @ Toad's and The Agora.....Good Times!!

[Zebeer44]

Toads was a nice place to watch ,,,,, But the Q shook the Shaboo in Willimantic ,,,, by far the best place to see them

[3cardude]

@Zebeer44 - yeah, so right, what i remember of the '70's (LOL), the shaboo was good times!! shame when it burnt down!

[jarlssaga850]

bestbandEVER!!!

[shaboo2]

The best band EVER

[WT9911]

always a blast at toads place,5 bucks for 3 hrs,great

[gibsondrummer]

the best band ever

[mrtvsmith]

amen

[fschmiechen]

best band ever

[Susanaroo]

I always loved hearing this covered by Q. Really miss them, but after Al left their audience seemed to dwindle. Still one of my favorites!

[hgmilstead]

Sadly, NRBQ are pretty much done. Al left at the end of '93 to write songs in Nashville. Joey's brother Johnny replaced him. Their last album was released in 2004 and soon afterward stopped playing live or recording. I don't know the whole story about why that is. They've since played a couple of reunion shows in western MA but other than that are pretty much kaput. As you may have guessed, I'm a huge fan and miss seeing them.

[mollard97]

I suspect the breakup had to do with some bad stuff between Johnny Spampinato and Terry Adams. I followed them right up till near the end and saw a couple of obvious scenes between the two on and offstage during the last year or so.

[vindicator14]

doesn't matter where they are, solid stuff!