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NRBQ

American rock band

"Tom Staley" redirects here. For the literary scholar and librarian, see Thomas F. Staley.

NRBQ is an American rock band founded by Terry Adams (piano), Steve Ferguson (guitar) and Joey Spampinato (bass).[1][2] Originally the "New Rhythm and Blues Quintet", the group was formed circa 1965.[3][4][5] Adams disbanded it for a time, and the group re-formed in 1967.[1][2][6] The quartet is known for its live performances, containing a high degree of spontaneity and levity, and blending rock, pop, jazz, blues and Tin Pan Alley styles.[1][7]

From 1974 to 1994, the band included pianist Adams, bassist Spampinato, guitarist Al Anderson, and drummer Tom Ardolino. This is considered the classic lineup of the group.[8] Its current membership includes Adams, bassist Casey McDonough, guitarist Scott Ligon, and drummer John Perrin. Other members in the band's long history include guitarists Kenny Sheehan and Johnny Spampinato; drummers Tom Staley, Conrad C

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Scott Ligon: Concerned Citizen

"Part Three of my conversation with Terry is coming soon. Meanwhile, here's a chat I had with Scott on September 1, 2011." -Shirley Haun
(Note: You can read Part One and Part Two with Terry below Scott's interview.)
pictured: Young Scott

Shirley: Most NRBQ fans are baby boomers - what year were you born?

Scott: I was born in 1970. I wasn't even alive while the Beatles were a group. It's awful, isn�t it? Terrible (laughs). But you know, it's funny. I grew up in this household where records were a big thing. My brother Chris is a big record collector and my parents had a lot of albums, so I kind of just grew up in this big pile of records. Amongst those were pretty much all of the Beatles' records.

I bring the Beatles thing up because it's probably the place to start. I guess it is for a lot of musicians. It's funny because I can honestly say that I don't remember discovering the Beatles. They were always a part of my life. My girlfriend Sharon, she's 12 years younger than I am, born in 1982, and one of the things that brought

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The New Rhythm And Blues Quartet (better known as NRBQ), formed in 1967 in Florida, is a skilled and brillant combo (Terry Adams on keyboards, Joey Spampinato on bass, Donn Adams on trombone, Keith Spring on saxophone) that rode the nostalgia movement of the 1970s without sacrificing a very personal, irreverent, eccentric approach to the pop, blues, jazz, and country traditions.

They debuted as the ultimate roots-rock band with NRBQ (Columbia, 1969) and Boppin' the Blues (1970), a rockabilly album. Scraps (Kamasutra, 1972), which introduced Al Anderson on guitar, is possibly their masterpiece (It's Not So Hard, Magnet, Howard Johnson's Got His Hojo Working), and Workshop (1973) is a close second (RC Cola And A Moonpie).

The quartet's maturity was marked by All Hopped Up (Red Rooster, 1977), with Tom Ardolino on drums, which features Ridin' In My Car and a free-jazz version of the Bonanza soundtrack, At Yankee Stadium (Mercury, 1978), which remains their most famous album (Green Lights), Kick Me Hard (Red Rooster, 1979), Tiddlywinks (1980), with

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