Often called "the world's greatest bar band," NRBQ are that rare group that's eclectic, stylistically innovative, and creatively ambitious while sounding thoroughly unpretentious and accessible. NRBQ's music mixes up barrelhouse R&B, British Invasion pop, rockabilly, free jazz, and dozens of other flavors, giving it all a stomp-down rhythm that makes fans want to dance. Over the course of a career that's lasted more than 50 years, the band have barely flirted with mainstream success, but they've earned a sizable, passionate cult following that includes Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, and Bonnie Raitt. The 2016 box set High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective is a definitive look at the group's first half-century, while especially memorable albums along the way include 1972's Scraps, 1978's At Yankee Stadium, 1994's Message for the Mess Age, 2004's Dummy, and 2021's Dragnet.