While I always winced a little bit at those who would call NRBQ the greatest bar band ever as it seemed like damning them with faint praise, there's no denying they were a great live band, especially when Al Anderson was playing guitar. For those who need documentation of this, look no further than their official 1987 live release God Bless Us All. But, hopefully, this two disc set does also does justice to their songwriting chops. (And if you need any further demonstration of this, look no further than their 1989 release Wild Weekend.)
Disc One
| It's A Wild Weekend |
| Don't She Look Good |
| Get That Gasoline Blues |
| It Comes to Me Naturally |
| Mule in the Corn |
| Java |
| Music, Music, Music |
| Tennessee |
| It's A Sin To Tell A Lie |
| Next Stop Brattleboro |
| All That's Left To Say Is Goodbye |
| I Don't Think of... |
| Ain't It Alright |
| Ain't No Horse |
| She Got the House |
| Disc Two |
| Over Your Head |
| Don't Talk About My Music |
| Music Goes 'Round And Around |
| Deep In The Heart Of Texas |
| Rats in My Room |
| You Were The One |
| Tina |
| Ain't Nice to Talk Like That |
| Batman |
| Daddy-"O" |
| Green Lights |
| Little Rootie Tootie |
| Whistle While You Work |
| Captain Lou |
| Ridin' In My Car |
6 comments:
Please don't discount the current line-up. My 1st NRBQ was in 1988. I've seen all line-ups since then and they are all terrific. I'm well into my 60s, and really don't like the "you should have seen them THEN" approach to music. It's shite. Thanks for posting -- I have it all already, but anyone who hasn't seen the band ought to make an effort to catch them. They are STILL fantastic.
Not had much to do with NRBQ. Perhaps it's because I'm on the opposite side of the Atlantic & airplay or live gigs have been more limited. Anyway, I do know "Ridin' In My Car" & one or two other tunes not included here so I'm willin' to dig a tad deeper to hopefully give my ears a treat! Many thanks for the mix.
@anonymous,
I haven't seen the Q in a while, so I'm very glad to hear they're still great live. Didn't mean to slag off the post Al Anderson incarnations - I saw a lot of great shows after he left and Johnny Spampinato was a very good guitarist, but there was something special about the Al Anderson Q, especially since he was another guy who could write and sing.
@dogbreath,
Never too late to catch up with a great band. Fortunately, they toured the U.S. hard for many years. Hope the compilations do them justice.
The ZIP files are bad, too small (60-72 MB) and missing songs;
"Disc One" has 13 songs (missing 2),
"Disc Two" has 13 songs (missing 2).
Farbror,
Just re-upped them with all the files - don't know what happened the first time.
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