I've tried searching but the New York Review of Books is the only
return on "NYRB".  I tried "rock bands"+nyrb but don't get anything
useful.  I'm trying to find information on a Rock Band from the
seventies called (I believe) NYRB.  Can you help?

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Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 29 Aug 2002 13:56 PDT

I assume that you are not thinking of NRBQ?

The now defunct New York Renaissance Band was known as the NYRB. This
group, a favorite of President Reagan, performed at the White House in
the early '80s. The NYRB was a genre-transcending band that could
combine elements of classical, rock, and jazz, in a manner similar to
Jethro Tull or the Kronos Quartet. The term "dance music" takes on a
whole new slant when you listen to the NYRB album "Country Capers:
English Country Dance." This delightful collection proves that the
lively rhythms of our ancestors are just as danceable today as they
were 350 years ago.

Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000T5X/jessamynsregencyA/102-2921821-9642556

References to the NYRB are rather scarce on the Web. Here are a few: 

Newsgroup Post
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=378ECB60.F02%40mindspring.com&oe=UTF-8&output=gplain

Newsgroup Post
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=366D0ECD.231%40mindspring.com&oe=UTF-8&output=gplain

http://www.cdny.org/english/murrow.htm

Search strategy: 

Google Web search: "new york renaissance band"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22new+york+renaissance+band

Google Newsgroup search: "nyrb" + "band"
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=nyrb+band&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search

I hope this is the band you are looking for. It is the only musical
group I am aware of that is known as NYRB. If, as justaskscott-ga
suggests, you are actually looking for the band NRBQ, please request a
clarification, and I will gather information about that band for you.

If anything in my answer is not clear, or if the links are
non-functional, please don't hesitate to ask for a clarification
before rating my answer.

Best regards,
pinkfreud

I realized a few hours after I posted my question that the group I was
vaguely remembering was in fact NRBQ; however, being a lover of arcane
and eclectic knowledge, I think your ability to dig up information
about NYRB is amazing.  Thanks.

Try:

http://www.verbalvoodoo.org/canterbury/2033.html

No idea if this is what you're looking for, but it was the closest I could find. 

websearcher-ga