NRBQ- "Get Rhythm"

[@rockvilleraven]

These guys should be in Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, for crying out loud!

[@truefoe155]

rockvilleraven Yeah, good luck with that... they still don't have Jim Croce in there.

[@willrobm]

rockvilleraven NRBQ... IS... The R&R Hall of Fame

[@joeyocom5087]

+Loyo Yostuff yes they are

[@jmm1000]

+Loyo Yostuff = Boom!! :)

[@truefoe155]

so it only goes by record sales? then Jim Croce should should be in, he was a hit machine in the 70s

[@bigbass421]

How I love this band. R.I.P. Tom Ardolino...one of the best damn drummers in any genre.' His time-feel was amazing- a rock' drummer that could SWING!

[@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

[@robertflagg2461]

Al Anderson does the best guitar break ever in history of Rock and roll.This break is on Get Rhythm on the NRBQ at yankee stadium album from the 70s. Best ever,not an opinion, it just is!!!!

[@oldglory5728]

Agreed!!!

[@josephmccormick-qv9rs]

100%! The classic line up for one of the best damn American bands...ever!!

[@h.markhorton8188]

A National treasure, no doubt about it.

[@DJBOOTS378]

Yeah, these guys totally kick ass

[@iannicholls7476]

What about the guitar breaks on I Want You Bad from the same album?

[@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.

[@coreenalbertsen1764]

Heard them on the radio today, first time ever! Love, love!!!

[@patrickcollins2353]

These guys transcend brilliance so massively that they lap it as couple of times at lightspeed, laughing all the way. Musicians' musicians -- and you can danged well dance to it, you betcha.

[@Flavum]

My town in SW Connecticut held a series of summer concerts in the '70s. NRBQ was featured one night in 1977. Sooo much fun!

[@BarryWarne]

I love hearing the "room" in this, hearing that the guitar amp is f**ing loud and that the sound is filling that TV studio, as it should. Tommy brings it. Every single snare hit, Tommy brings it.

[@vizon-aryproductions6191]

NRBQ rocked Toad's Place so hard the girls were losing their tops on the dance floor--one of the best boogie bands ever --better live than on record

[@Jamanko45]

I think I was there one of those nights.

[@dangeloterrance8875]

I guess it's kinda off topic but do anybody know of a good place to watch newly released tv shows online?

[@kylenjunior4263]

@Dangelo Terrance Flixportal =)

[@dangeloterrance8875]

@Kylen Junior thanks, I signed up and it seems to work :) I really appreciate it!

[@kylenjunior4263]

@Dangelo Terrance Glad I could help :D

[@bsod55]

I used to watch these guys rock the Rusty Nail in Sunderland Massachusetts in the late 70's. They were awesome! Non-stop energy from start to finish.

[@TomLongusa]

These guys were one of my favorites at the Shaboo Inn in CT. They played so often it seemed they were the house band. Great times and an awesome band!!!

[@philwilson7816]

Hello Tom, I got you that gasoline when you ran out on Route 84 near Tolland, Connecticut. I recognize you from your NRBQ plate that you got from Big Al. This is Uncle PhiL Wilson. Please don't forget to Get That Gasoline.

[@joepiano8238]

And who was the house band? The Shaboo All Stars !! Lefty Foster and the boys killed that place every time!!

[@TomLongusa]

@@joepiano8238 It was a magical place and time...I used to get bass guitar lessons from Charles for a little bit. They never lasted long before Charles would say it was ...time for shenanigans. RIP Charles

[@funeguy2]

YES NRBQ SHOULD BE IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME!!!!

[@Frankincensedjb123]

When I lived in CT, we used to go to the Shaboo Inn to see great national acts. This was one of the local ones we'd see over and over and over again. Enjoyed them oh so much. I still don't understand why they never blew up. Greatest party band alive.

[@zvipatent]

I saw them when I lived in CT also. Was also at Shaboo for some bands.

[@patrickarnold4449]

The best ever bass player in R&R history

[@tbssic1]

It’s almost like he is playing rhythm on the bass. Very rare.

[@patrickarnold4449]

@@tbssic1McCartney liked him

[@lonshoemaker9541]

@@patrickarnold4449 Joey plays bass in the band that Keith Richards put together to back up Chuck Berry in Keith’s movie “Chuck Berry Hail Hail Rock & Roll.

[@brendaholiday555]

Indeed, Elvis Costello's FAVORITE bar band. I'm here b/c I just saw Big Al Anderson perform in Norfolk Connecticut last night. He has ONLY got BETTER!!! And with my old pal Jim Chapdelaine on guitar.

[@Minutemanfan]

Best Rock n Roll band...EVER! Why they're not in the Hall of Fame is beyond me.

[@earlfenwick]

Because of the FAME. They're better off.

[@makwabid69]

One of THE BEST live bands Ive ever seen. Especially in a night club setting.

[@TeleCaster66]

Saw them right around this time, they absolutely killed the place!

[@jhammy46]

Greatest live band in the history of live music. There is nothing like the buzzing in your ears driving home from an NRBQ show. ❤

[@steveballard204]

I saw this band live 1966 in Louisville Ky. I was 16. Crazy

[@brianpierce371]

i saw them anumber of times at The Rusty Nail Inn in Sunderland Mass great show every time

[@Poppafunkband]

Saw these guys many times live and they just totally rocked the house 🤟🏽

[@wingag]

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

[@martinkasdan9570]

Good evening. My name is Marty. I’m a big fan of nrbq. I hired Steve Ferguson to play at my wedding.

[@gpop57]

Wild nights at Toads Place with NRBQ New Haven Ct.

[@gregfrancis5252]

JUST LOVE THIS BAND

[@terranceb.torrct1461]

God curse the record industry for never givin NRBQ the break they deserved, WTF

[@michaelmacchi9476]

They should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.......no question

[@BarryWarne]

agree but in all fairness, nrbq are one of those bands that never could make the transition: what they did best was intimate and I loved it, wanted all the world to hear.

[@dianwilson4840]

@@BarryWarne it is indeed hard to argue that they would have wanted anything different from exactly what they did...but I am a romantic

[@SFCBenny57]

The best live band ever!

[@debishelton9647]

We still got rhythm, darlin'~in 2023! 💞🕶

[@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.

[@mikejambo1]

I saw these guys in Georgetown at a bar called the Apple Pie. That was in the mid 70's. I see where they will be performing in the area this Sunday." Rock on", Gentlemen!

[@JCfromDC2]

Best "Bar Band" ever!

[@jmm1000]

best band ever.

[@drago6769]

thats a stretch, theyre great but not the best band ever

[@calnonhardy4002]

The Morells out of Springfield, Mo. were better.

[@shyba2011]

My vote goes to Southside Johnny and the asbury jukes

[@leedufour]

Thanks!

[@loudmusic1427]

Al Anderson and the gang killin’ it.

[@billlloyd4029]

For my buddy Eric Sokol, RIP. NRBQ was his favorite group.

[@bkp1283]

Best BAR BAND ever never caved😊

[@judithsweeney8471]

FANTASTIC

[@ronaldpetrin5823]

Orleans, White Mountain National Blend too. Seen them some in Portland, Maine way back.

[@kevintrotter1048]

THE most underrated guitarist

[@thomastarwater6035]

First time i heard of NRBQ was when I got a 45 rpm record of them singing “Howard Johnson’s Got His Hojo Working.” Greatest bar band of all time. Make that one of the two greatest bar bands of all time, the other is George Thorogood and the Destroyers.

[@tomthreeg]

from Apple Pie In Georgetown to the Pavilion in Concord CA just 24 years.... ,....nothing more gregarious than these boys OOOOOHHH YAA!

[@claudecat]

Great performance! Somehow I'd never looked at this until now. Definitely would have remembered Al playing a Strat... And some time to interview the guys! Carlene's great here! In 200 years, if we haven't been Idiocracied into oblivion, scholars will wonder why people never caught on to this for the ages amazing band...

[@MrJal67]

Love the fat sound!! So many artists today can learn from these guys!

[@stevebehm2029]

I remember the Wild Weeds when I went to high school in Ct. These guys boogie hard...

[@mikejoseph4720]

love the drummer ...wicked group

[@bzzzzap]

all together now...BEST BAND EVER!

[@oldestgamer]

Just WOW! So that is where Rock and Roll has been hiding!

[@sdw2is]

Saw them many times first time was when they were in their previous band called The Wild Weeds. You listen to bar bands and you think there are everybody's going to sound alike and then you listen to them and it's like all of a sudden you go wow this is the way it's supposed to sound. They're bass player played on the special set up by Keith Richards and Chuck Berry. That's how good the musicians are in this band.

[@zvipatent]

Connecticut boys !!!!!!!!! Get Rhythm; It was an Accident, Drivin' in my Car !!

[@ultracalicokittycat]

some of the "CT boys" were from Louisville, KY, Brooklyn, NY, and Springfield, MA, LOL

[@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

[@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.

[@cptntwang]

Absolutely killer.

[@josephmccormick-qv9rs]

The only thing that is killin' it more than this band is the host's southern accent y'all!!❤

[@daveindfld]

Love NRBQ, and The Nail!

[@owenkeenan9703]

RIP Tom. We love you

[@dianwilson4840]

TEAR IT UP, Y'all

[@mitchreno3762]

Best band ever!

[@vindicator14]

doesn't matter where they are, solid stuff!

[@journeybear]

I hope someone has mentioned during the fifteen years this great clip has been up that Big Al left NRBQ, moved to Nashville to break into the soingwriting scene, and joined Carlene's band. Oh, and of course everyone knows this song was made famous by her stepfather, Johnny Cash. Right? Right! Carry on ...

[@tomstelmach5233]

Al can make a Strat sound like a Tele !

[@PhilipMckee-f6o]

They used to play often at the Players Tavern in Westport CT

[@shaboo2]

The best band EVER

[@nuttm3gg]

good country song meets rock you know that is awsome

[@ChriTur]

Best live band ever

[@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

[@905Alive]

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

[@barbarabrown7115]

wish i could remember where i saw them and when. right there with the magic band and the Captain.

[@leftybass5860]

Big Al on a Strat !

[@craig1082]

Peek A Boo was the first of this new fangled type of media called a compact disk that I bought

[@Emerica60]

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

[@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!

[@scottt5484]

How dare you not mention Jason and the Scorchers!! 🤨

[@markmcdonald5711]

@@scottt5484 At 688 in Atlanta in the early '80s

[@mikec6617]

Big Al rocking the Strat, love it!

[@lenalennon8746]

❤❤❤🎶🎶❤❤❤

[@ganttkees3455]

Best live band in history.

[@johnmcquiggan9509]

Little Feat & Weather Report, should be in that conversation.

[@JerseyShoreCollector]

Not even close

[@davidfinley2241]

Definitely Good Shit ( in Positive way ).Upbeat Hard Core Blues Heavy Electronics Thank you for sharing!!

[@anthonybonanzinga1009]

Don’t forget no good to cry by the wild weeds we all love Al

[@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.

[@sundiver137]

I haven't seen 'em since like '86 but they were a blast to watch, as much fun as Little Feat.

[@taxidancerx]

Big Al going all Telecaster on a Stratocaster

[@jmm1000]

Car is such a doll!!

[@dubiousraves]

Hell yeah.

[@88flhtc]

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

[@jamespatterson7610]

Killing it on The Geetar…

[@samlamamma]

Aldrig har en Strata sett så liten och ensam ut......

[@mitchnauffts3939]

My garage. Bring some beer.

[@ShanghaiJill]

@CrankDatHo333 I went to high school with him, although I was a year behind. He'll be missed.

[@Bazbo63]

Been a fan since I could put vinyl on a turntable.

[@fschmiechen]

best band ever

[@Mondayrose1]

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

[@DavidGolden99]

Love ya, Big Al!

[@smautomat]

I'd say that it's the other way around. Rockpile were the British NRBQ.

[@kennethfurlong8922]

the drummer is nuts too!!! terry adams lol watch them and then the bass player stands still

[@podunkcitizen2562]

Johnny Cash song!

[@fgldnglbs]

Moment of DUH! I don't often miss obits, but did for Tom Ardolino's final "change of scenery" 1/6/12.

[@gomudhen]

NRB-KEEWW!

[@elrip1]

The Best Band Ever! Did I say Ever?! That's what I said! Wow!

[@gatormusic]

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

[@ultracalicokittycat]

what a great description : "total control of wild abandon", perfect!!!

[@DavidGolden99]

Feels like Thanksgiving weekend at Toad's Place.

[@trapperdan]

Baby Macaroni!

[@nathaninostroza7655]

I just dont know how in the world the other spampinato bro wasnt part of the line up with big Al, they both were fire on the guitar department, whereas Big Al s voice is missing when both spampinatos were in the band. Also the guitar spampinato sang really well. The Q are such a great band!!!