Scraps

Scraps

The wildly eclectic New Rhythm & Blues Quintet, better known to its worldwide legion of adoring fans as NRBQ (or just the Q!), is the only band on the planet that can play rockabilly, bar-band blooze, Beatles sound-alikes and Sun Ra-style free jazz in the same set and remain standing. <P> By the time keyboardist Terry Adams, vocalist Frank Gadler, bassist Joey Spampinato, drummer Tom Staley and fabulous new guitarist Al Anderson released <i>Scraps</i>, their wonderful second album in 1972, they had relocated from Florida to New Jersey--and, like their name says, they were actually a quintet for the only time in their career. From the infectious "Howard Johnston's Got His Ho-Jo Working" to the loveably understated "Magnet," Scraps is loaded with NRBQ classics that lived up to the eye-popping press garnered by their self-titled 1969 debut.