The Meters (Clear LP)

The Meters (Clear LP)PRESSED ON CLEAR VINYL The debut 1969 album by New Orleans The Meters has been sampled by hundreds of Hip Hop producers over the years from the East Coast, West Coast, and Down South. Led by organist Art Neville, the quartet was rounded out by jazz influenced guitarist Leo Nocentelli, along with the bubbling rhythm section of bassist George Porter, Jr. and drummer Joseph "Zigaboo Modeliste. Their regional influences were a smashing together of rock n

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The debut 1969 album by New Orleans’ The Meters has been sampled by hundreds of Hip-Hop producers over the years from the East Coast, West Coast, and Down South. 

Led by organist Art Neville, the quartet was rounded out by jazz-influenced guitarist Leo Nocentelli, along with the bubbling rhythm section of bassist George Porter, Jr. and drummer Joseph "Zigaboo” Modeliste.

Their regional influences were a smashing together of rock n’ roll, syncopated ‘second line’ rhythms from Mardi Gras parades, and jazz improvisations that only could have come from the New Orleans music scene.

The Meters helped move R&B music toward the heavier direction of funk—complicated rhythms meeting economically powerful riffs that were the wave of what was to come.

Cut from the Original Analog Master tapes by Kevin Gray.

Tracklist:

A1 Cissy Strut 
A2 Here Comes The Meter Man 
A3 Cardova 
A4 Live Wire 
A5 Art 
A6 Sophisticated Cissy 
B1 Ease Back 
B2 6V6LA 
B3 Sehorns Farm 
B4 Ann 
B5 Stormy 
B6 Simple Song