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The Meters Look-Ka Py Py (CD)

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(1969 'Josie') (37:34/14) * = zuvor unveröffentlicht / previously unissued. The Meters' prolific...more

The Meters: Look-Ka Py Py (CD)

(1969 'Josie') (37:34/14) * = zuvor unveröffentlicht / previously unissued.

The Meters' prolific run of '70s albums established the incomparable foursome as the premier exponents of New Orleans funk, blending syncopated rhythms with gritty guitar/organ grooves to stir up a musical gumbo that's grown ever tastier with the passage of time. 

The quartet's 1970 sophomore album is one of the legendary combo's most beloved releases, and a quintessential evocation of the Meters' peerless greatness. The album features their immortal smashes 'Look-Ka Py Py' and 'Chicken Strut,' along with a dozen more classic slices of deep-fried New Orleans funk, including the previously unreleased bonus tracks 'Grass' and 'Borro.'

Article properties:The Meters: Look-Ka Py Py (CD)

  • Interpret: The Meters

  • Album titlle: Look-Ka Py Py (CD)

  • Genre R&B, Soul

  • Preiscode VCD6
  • Label SUNDAZED

  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 0090771614728

  • weight in Kg 0.1
Meters, The - Look-Ka Py Py (CD) CD 1
01Look-Ka Py PyThe Meters
02Rigor MortisThe Meters
03PungeeThe Meters
04ThinkingThe Meters
05This Is My Last AffairThe Meters
06Funky MiracleThe Meters
07Yeah, You're RightThe Meters
08Little Old Money MakerThe Meters
09Oh, CalcuttaThe Meters
10The MobThe Meters
119 'Til 5The Meters
12Dry SpellThe Meters
13Frass *The Meters
14Borro *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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Tracklist
Meters, The - Look-Ka Py Py (CD) CD 1
01 Look-Ka Py Py
02 Rigor Mortis
03 Pungee
04 Thinking
05 This Is My Last Affair
06 Funky Miracle
07 Yeah, You're Right
08 Little Old Money Maker
09 Oh, Calcutta
10 The Mob
11 9 'Til 5
12 Dry Spell
13 Frass *
14 Borro *