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***JUST ANNOUNCED*** from<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Broad Brook Opera House<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is with\u00a0NRBQ Headquarters<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
NRBQ is coming to Broad Brook Opera House!<\/div>\n
FRIDAY AUGUST 23rd – 8:00PM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY 4\/18 at NOON >> BBOHCT.COM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Get here early for dinner & drinks in our new bar on the first floor!<\/div>\n
Bar+Food 6pm<\/div>\n
Show Doors 7pm<\/div>\n
Music 8pm<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cOne of the world\u2019s greatest bands … an American treasure.\u201d<\/div>\n
— Entertainment Weekly<\/div>\n
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NRBQ is Terry Adams, Scott Ligon, Casey McDonough, and John Perrin. \u201cNRBQ\u201d, which stands for New Rhythm and Blues Quartet, has often been called a national treasure, which may be why the band\u2019s music has attracted legions of devoted fans worldwide, including Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Costello, Penn & Teller, Doc Pomus, R.E.M., SpongeBob SquarePants, Michael J. Pollard, Ian McLagan, Steve Earle, Drew Carey, and Nick Lowe, among many others. NRBQ songs have inspired cover versions by Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos, Darlene Love, Dave Edmunds, She & Him, Widespread Panic, Yo La Tengo, and more. The group served as the unofficial “house band” for The Simpsons for Seasons 10-12. They appeared as zombies in George Romero\u2019s movie Day of the Dead. They have appeared at the Berlin Jazz Festival, the Grand Ole Opry, and Wilco\u2019s Solid Sound Festival. In their 50+ year career, NRBQ has released almost as many albums, including a series of critically acclaimed titles in the past decade, among them Keep This Love Goin\u2019 (2011), Brass Tacks (2014), and the 5-disc, 50-year retrospective, High Noon (2016). Of the brand-new studio album Dragnet, released at the end of 2021, Bill Bentley in Americana Highways says, \u201cThey play with such startling and powerful simplicity, a style that must be earned and not learned,\u201d while Uncut says, \u201c[it\u2019s] as though the history of 20th-century popular and unpopular music has gone through thorough, playful distillation.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cFor more than 50 years, they have conjured a slippery blend of early R&B, hardcore country, novelty songs and rockabilly by seizing the improvisational energy of jazz.\u201d \u2013 Washington Post<\/div>\n
“From the time of their debut album, the group distinguished itself with its all-encompassing fusion of rock, pop, jazz, rhythm and blues, folk, and country from past and present. A sense of humor and a penchant for spontaneity and invention have also served them well. Surf-rock, rockabilly, doo-wop, pop, and classics from Elvis Presley to Al Jolson – they’re all here. Such a diversity of material might hinder the cohesiveness of another rarities collection, but in NRBQ’s case, it makes perfect sense given the band’s rich musical lineage.” \u2014The Second Disc<\/div>\n
“Just the fact that NRBQ has been around for over fifty years is pretty amazing. Can you believe they’ve never put out a collection of rarities and unreleased tracks? It’s true. You’ve got to hand it to the ArQive 50 crew because they somehow put together a cohesive collection of tunes from a band that has never been able to settle on a style long enough for any rock critic – let alone fan – to pigeonhole them. As I have said in previous NRBQ reviews (and as any fan will attest) that’s a big part of what makes the Q so great.” \u2014NuDisc<\/div>\n
” … exuberant eclecticism and offhand virtuosity and inventiveness, NRBQ can refresh even the most familiar songs – and do it without a trace of irony while exuding the infectious joy that has been the hallmark of all their music-making.” \u2014Philadelphia Inquirer<\/div>\n
\u201cA perfect combination of genius and joy.\u201d — Jad Fair<\/div>\n
\u201cSee them and get a rage to live.\u201d \u2013M.C. Kostek<\/div>\n
\u201cInventing music right before our ears.\u201d \u2013Blurt<\/div>\n
\u201cNRBQ consistently discover real musical light in the darkest of souls.\u201d \u2013Hal Willner<\/div>\n
\u201cNRBQ have always been cool with being uncool which is, perhaps ironically, what makes them<\/div>\n
so damn cool.\u201d – Glide Magazine<\/div>\n
NRBQ Headquarters<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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