![]() ![]() Art “Poppa Funk” Neville retired from performing in 2018 and passed away the following year. The group sporadically performed as The Original Meters to elated crowds between 20. In 2000, the original Meters lineup reunited for a one-night stand at the Warfield in San Francisco, and again in 2006 to headline Jazzfest in the wake of Katrina. The current lineup features drummer Terrence “Groove Guardian” Houston, Michael Lemmler on keyboards and guitarist Chris Adkins. The group’s studio releases include Funk This (2000) and Can’t Beat the Funk (2011), as well as live albums along the way. Porter started his own long-term project, the Runnin’ Pardners, in 1990. He notched studio sessions with David Byrne, Jimmy Buffet, Tori Amos and Taj Mahal and live performances with John Scofield, Warren Haynes, members of the Grateful Dead and countless others. ![]() ![]() Porter went on to become a highly coveted session bassist. The band broke up in 1977, after Toussaint claimed rights to the name, but reformed in the 1980s as the Funky Meters following an informal jam during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. and Queen Latifah, all of whom sampled The Meters. Porter’s rhythmic work with drummer Modeliste became the building block behind scores from hip-hop artists A Tribe Called Quest, Run DMC, N.W.A. They toured with the Rolling Stones and influenced everyone from Led Zeppelin and Bob Marley to the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Beastie Boys. John, Paul McCartney, Lee Dorsey, Earl King, Robert Palmer and Patty Labelle’s No. The Meters became the house band for Allen Toussaint’s recording label and studio in New Orleans, backing records for Dr. Porter’s heavy pockets and fat notes created the rubbery bass lines behind anthems like “Cissy Strut” off the group’s self-titled 1969 debut - The Meters’ greatest commercial single that reached No. Known as one of the progenitors of funk with Sly & The Family Stone and Parliament Funkadelic, The Meters carved their own place in history with syncopated polyrhythms and grooves inherited from New Orleans’ deep African musical roots. founded The Meters in 1965 alongside Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli and Joseph Zigaboo Modeliste. Studio Interview: Freedom for the StallionĪllen Toussaint experienced a late-career revival sparked, ironically enough, by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.Studio Interview: Vocal Arranging/Mother-Inlaw.Studio Interview: Working in the Coal Mine.Studio Interview: Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further.Certain Girl Medley: A Certain Girl/Mother-In-Law/Fortune Teller/Workin.Introduction to Get Out of My Life, Woman.New Orleans music royalty and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient ![]() Īllen Toussaint experienced a late-career revival sparked, ironically enough, by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He had to leave his hometown New Orleans after the hurricane, relocating to New York City where he started to play regular gigs at Joe's Pub and, soon enough, he cut The River in Reverse with Elvis Costello. That 2006 album propelled Toussaint toward a greater audience, leading to more headlining concerts, two of which are chronicled on Rounder's 2013 release Songbook. Recorded in 2009 at Joe's Pub, Songbook features nothing more than Toussaint alone at a piano running through songs he's written over the decades. ![]()
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