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The Meters: Fire On The Bayou...plus

(1975 'Reprise') (49:27/12) * = long version (original Reprise 45 rpm)

By the time they released Fire On the Bayou in 1975, the Meters (now a quintet, with addition of Cyril Neville to the lineup) had graduated from regional cult heroes to internationally renowned recording act. In addition to playing on records by the likes of Paul McCartney, Dr. John, LaBelle and Robert Palmer, they were personally invited by the Rolling Stones to open their 1975 U.S. tour. The momentum helped Fire On the Bayou to become one of the Meters' most acclaimed and commercially successful albums. 

It remains a fan favorite, thanks to such gritty classic jams as 'Talkin' 'bout New Orleans' and 'They All Ask'd for You,' which demonstrate the band's effortless instrumental expertise and organic rhythmic rapport. This expanded edition adds an extended alternate version of the album track 'Running Fast.'

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  • Interpret: The Meters

  • Album titlle: Fire On The Bayou...plus

  • Genre R&B, Soul

  • Preiscode VCD6
  • Label SUNDAZED

  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 0090771616722

  • weight in Kg 0.1
Meters, The - Fire On The Bayou...plus CD 1
01 Out In The Country The Meters
02 Fire On The Bayou The Meters
03 Love Slip Upon Ya The Meters
04 Talkin' 'Bout New Orleans The Meters
05 They All Ask'd For You The Meters
06 Can You Do Without? The Meters
07 Liar The Meters
08 You're A Friend Of Mine The Meters
09 Middle Of The Road The Meters
10 Running Fast The Meters
11 Mardi Gras Mambo The Meters
12 Running Fast * The Meters
The Meters Cissy Strut The Meters Cissy Strut   The second-line parade beat... more
"The Meters"

The Meters

Cissy Strut

The Meters

Cissy Strut

 

The second-line parade beat powering so much of New Orleans' R&B legacy was at the heart of The Meters' groovemaking exploits. Organist Art Neville, guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter, Jr., and drummer Joseph 'Zigaboo' Modeliste took their highly infectious instrumentals to an even funkier realm than previously envisioned, reinvigorating the entire Big Easy recording scene in the process.

 

Neville, born December 17, 1937 in the Crescent City, was the most experienced. He had pounded his aunt's piano at age nine. "Professor Longhair and Fats Domino and Ivory Joe Hunter, that's who I listened to," says Art, who joined The Hawketts at 15 and fronted their Mardi Gras Mambo for Chess in early '55. "We were the hottest group in the city at the time," he claims. Neville made some great rock and roll on his own on Specialty from '56 to '58—Oooh-Whee Baby, Cha-Dooky-Doo, What's Going On—and crooned Allen Toussaint's lovely ballad All These Things for Instant in '61.

Things slowed down after that. "I just didn't bother about playing, right before we put The Meters together," says Neville. "Art kind of went around and handpicked that band from different bands around the city," says Porter, who had been with Irving Banister & The All Stars. Leo came over from Sam & The Soul Machine, and Zig had been a sub for a previous drummer. "When he came back, he heard Zig playing with the band, and he just never asked for his gig!" says George.

Originally billed as Art Neville & The Neville Sounds (Art's brothers Aaron and Charles were also involved), the band was scouted by Toussaint and his partner Marshall Sehorn at a joint called the Ivanhoe. They pulled them in the studio to wax the funk-oozing instrumental Sophisticated Cissy , a national hit on New York-based Josie Records. "It kind of lingered around the charts, and Marshall and them got kind of worried, so he released 'Cissy Strut,'" says Porter, whose bass line, played in unison with Leo's axe, locks in with Zig's second-line traps in a pure distillation of New Orleans funk. Art has his say later on organ, albeit a brief one.

The Meters were a fixture on the R&B charts into 1971 on Josie with such anthems as Ease Back, Dry Spell, Look-Ka Py Py, Chicken Strut, and Hand Clapping Song. They eventually added Art's brother Cyril as vocalist, and had more success in '74 with Hey, Pokey-A-Way for Reprise before breaking up rather acrimoniously in 1977 when the Nevilles formed their own family band. Happily, there have been Meters reunions in recent years—and the funk they dish out still drips as easy as ever.

 

- Bill Dahl -

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Various - Sweet Soul Music 28 Scorching Classics From 1969

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Tracklist
Meters, The - Fire On The Bayou...plus CD 1
01 Out In The Country
02 Fire On The Bayou
03 Love Slip Upon Ya
04 Talkin' 'Bout New Orleans
05 They All Ask'd For You
06 Can You Do Without?
07 Liar
08 You're A Friend Of Mine
09 Middle Of The Road
10 Running Fast
11 Mardi Gras Mambo
12 Running Fast *