The Meters - The Meters (LP)

This eponymous record is the debut 1969 album by New Orleans' The Meters. An essential album in any soul/funk collection, it features the hit single Cissy Strut.

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. 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.

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Tracklist:

1. Cissy Strut
2. Here Comes the Meter Man
3. Cardova
4. Live Wire
5. Art
6. Sophisticated Cissy
7. Ease Back
8. 6V6 LA
9. Sehorns Farm
10. Ann
11. Stormy
12. Simple Song