ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JUNE 14, 1985 By Steve Newton "Are you having a good time?" asked Terry Adams. And the capacity crowd at Club Soda--who obviously were--answered with a resounding 'Yes!". "Yes what?!" countered bassist Joey Spampinato. And that's the way it was last Thursday--with the New Rhythm & Blues Quartet (NRBQ) making fun of … Continue reading NRBQ tars and feathers a Cabbage Patch Kid just for kicks in Vancouver
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NRBQ likes to go by the way it feels at the time
NRBQ stands for the New Rhythm & Blues Quartet, but NRBQ isn't a rhythm and blues band. A bit misleading, wouldn't you say?
Michael Burks always played a Gibson, but he keeps a coupla Strats handy too
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON MAY 30, 2002 By Steve Newton I know a couple from Richmond who were such huge Stevie Ray Vaughan fanatics that they named their first-born child Vaughan. That’s pretty cool, but I’d like to go one better, and have my own son actually become a blues-rock guitar wizard! My trusty white … Continue reading Michael Burks always played a Gibson, but he keeps a coupla Strats handy too
Ozzy Osbourne suffers “asthma attack” onstage in Vancouver, stops show during third song
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JUNE 13, 1996 By Steve Newton Heavy-metal maven Ozzy Osbourne has overcome plenty of adversity during his more than 25 years in the hard-rock biz—from life-threatening bouts with booze and drugs to the airplane-crash death of guitarist Randy Rhoads—but he wasn’t able to prevail over the "asthma attack" that forced him to … Continue reading Ozzy Osbourne suffers “asthma attack” onstage in Vancouver, stops show during third song