“OK, NRBQ was a great band, and pianist Terry Adams has now built another one.” So began the Schenectady Gazette’s review of the very first show of the very first tour of The Terry Adams Rock & Roll Quartet in November 2007.

Terry Adams, NRBQ founding member and irrepressible keyboardist for these many years, has been bringing his unique musical vision to the listening public for decades, on numerous albums recorded with the incomparable New Rhythm & Blues Quartet and at countless live performances around the world.

Terry formed his new band in 2007. He chose three great players based on simple but hard-to-find criteria – talent, enthusiasm, and the desire to make music for the right reasons. Chicago’s Scott Ligon, of whom the Chicago Reader says, “he’s earned a reputation as a versatile musician with a vast repertoire,” is on guitar and vocals; New York’s Pete Donnelly, of The Figgs and Graham Parker, is on bass; and on drums is Conrad Choucroun from Austin, who has played with numerous Texas musicians including The Damnations, Banana Blender Surprise, and Kelly Willis (and who was recently voted Austin’s #3 drummer).

Like his previous band NRBQ, Adams’s Rock & Roll Quartet never plays the same show twice. “Terry Adams treats set lists the way 7-Up treats caffeine. Never had one, never will,” says the Raleigh NC News & Observer. That’s why a Terry Adams live performance is always unique and authentic – he’s present and accounted for, playing the music each occasion calls for.

A brilliant bandleader, Terry still calls the songs as he goes during live performances. The Quartet has command of the NRBQ catalog, but, says Terry, “I took with me only what I put in!” - which are countless originals and arrangements. The Quartet is equally at home with a steady supply of new compositions and unique takes on both popular and obscure songs.

The Terry Adams Rock & Roll Quartet toured in Japan for the first time in October 2009 and ended the year with an appearance as the Official Three Stooges New Year’s Eve Marathon house band for Boston’s TV38.

In early 2010, the band released their first CD – Crazy 8’s – ten tracks recorded live over one weekend in May ’09, and will make their first European trip in the summer of 2010. Also in the works for 2010 is a new Terry Adams Rock & Roll Quartet studio album.

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