The Meters
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Dr. John, Allen Toussaint, the Meters: Rainbow Theatre, London
Live Review by Nick Kent, New Musical Express, 7 July 1973
VOODOO CHILE ...
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 31 August 1973
WITH VIRTUALLY no publicity, the mighty Meters recently came into London as part of the Dr. John entourage. We were fortunate enough to catch up ...
The Meters: Funk From The Crescent City
Profile and Interview by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 26 October 1974
THERE'S ALWAYS been something unique about New Orleans music, whether it's the jazz of Louis Armstong, the boogie-woogie blues of Champion Jack Dupree, the lopping ...
The Meters: Rejuvenation (Reprise K54027)
Review by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 17 December 1974
NEW ORLEANS' most celebrated musicians progress here to the point where they seem to be on the verge of really breaking through. The album is ...
The Meters: Fire On The Bayou (Reprise K45044)
Review by Rob Partridge, Melody Maker, 16 August 1975
Meters set the bayou afire ...
The Meters and Dr John: Walking to New Orleans
Review by Don Snowden, Pasadena Guardian, 3 December 1975
WHILE UNIVERSALLY acknowledged as one of the birthplaces of jazz, New Orleans has never received its due as a rhythm and blues center in the ...
Toussaint's New Orleans: a New Home for R&B?
Profile and Interview by Vernon Gibbs, Penthouse, February 1976
HAVING EXHAUSTED the "Motown Sound" in the sixties, soul music is now dominated by the "Philly Sound" — a triumph of polish and strings. True ...
Special Report: Running The Streets Of The Crescent City
Report by John Sinclair, The Ann Arbor Sun, 22 April 1976
Well I'm going to New Orleans, I wanna see the Mardi Gras When I see the Mardi Gras, I wanna know what the carnival for. ...
The Meters: The Battle of New Orleans Re-visited...
Retrospective and Interview by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 5 June 1976
It's a battle ART NEVILLE of THE METERS is still fighting. He's happy about being on the Stones tour – but angry at never having ...
The Meters: The World’s First Metric Funk Band
Interview by Vivien Goldman, Sounds, 5 June 1976
CISSY STRUT! What a great evocation of the Meters in that title, their second Island album, a kind of Greatest Hits, that’s blasting through the ...
The Meters: Restless Days In New Orleans
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 8 June 1976
By rights, the band should be right up there at the top. But, it seems they have hassles and problems to contend with. On their ...
The Wild Tchoupitoulas: The Wild Tchoupitoulas (Island)/ The Meters: The Best Of ... (Reprise)
Review by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 24 July 1976
WILD TCHOUPITOULAS extend an invitation to all those who've ever loved New Orleans music... ...
Review by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 2 October 1976
DAY ONE: can't get past the third track. Before reaching it, 4.08 mins of 'Disco Is The Thing Today' revealed a commercial, characterless leap onto ...
The Meters: Paul's Mall, Boston
Live Review by Joe McEwen, Rolling Stone, 4 November 1976
THE METERS may well be the finest performing American band. Without resorting to such modern pop trappings as smoke bombs and gyrating pianos, the Meters ...
The Meters: Troubadour, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 2 December 1976
Hard-Nosed Funk From the Meters ...
The Meters: Twenty Years on the Funk Meter #1
Retrospective and Interview by Cliff White, Black Music, January 1977
THE METERS' ART NEVILLE gives his personal account of New Orleans R&B in the first part of a mammoth feature by CLIFF WHITE ...
The Meters: Twenty Years on the Funk Meter #2
Retrospective and Interview by Cliff White, Black Music, February 1977
THE METERS Story told in Part Two of Cliff White's mammoth interview with ART NEVILLE ...
Report and Interview by Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 May 1977
"IF WE'RE SO good, how come we ain't rich?" reads the caption in The Figaro, New Orleans' underground newspaper, accompanying the story detailing the demise ...
Review by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 27 August 1977
SINCE THIS album was recorded it's reported that The Meters have succumbed to the clash of personalities and aspirations that's dogged their career for several ...
Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 15 April 1984
LOS ANGELES is a Mecca for hungry musicians...and not only those with dreams of stardom. The constant demand for movie and TV soundtracks, commercial jingles ...
Profile and Interview by Don Snowden, unpublished, 12 May 1984
"ONE OF MY theories is that as long as I don't know about something, I can continue to seek it out," George Porter reflected in ...
Dr. John/The Meters: I Been Hoodood
Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 18 August 1984
THERE ARE GROOVES and there are grooves: that which is laid down by the Meters is definitely one of the latter. ...
Neville Brothers Bring Their Angelic But Underrated Sound To Hopkins
Profile and Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Evening Sun (Baltimore), The , 3 June 1988
MAY DAY WAS the last day of this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and the honorary slot of the last set was once ...
The Meters: Look-Ka Py Py; Good Old Funky Music (both Rounder)
Review by Ted Drozdowski, Rolling Stone, 1 November 1990
SOUL MUSIC has a history of great instrumentals: 'Green Onions', 'Soul Serenade', 'Last Night' — and virtually every early independent-label recording by the Meters. Led ...
The Meters: Uptown Rulers! Live on the Queen Mary (Rhino)
Sleeve notes by Don Snowden, Rhino CD, July 1992
SAY WHAT else you will about Paul and Linda McCartney, they sure knew how to throw a party back in 1975. ...
Retrospective and Interview by John Swenson, Offbeat, 1 May 2005
"A lot of people don't know who the Meters are, but they sure know the songs." – Leo Nocentelli ...
New Orleans' ambassadors of funk, the Meters, revel in long-overdue respect and earn still more
Report and Interview by Joel Selvin, SF Gate, 21 November 2005
ART NEVILLE sat on the arm of a backstage sofa at the Fillmore Auditorium, smoking a cigarette and sipping a little white wine before showtime. ...
New Orleans Funk Volume Three (Soul Jazz Records)
Review by John Doran, The Quietus, 13 November 2013
Note: Contains Spoilers for the HBO TV show Treme ...
see also Art Neville
see also Neville Brothers, The
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