The Meters were a band that performed and recorded from the late 1960s until 1977. They were based in New Orleans. While the band never enjoyed huge popular success, it was nonetheless greatly admired by cognoscenti and is considered one of progenitors of funk in the 1970s.

Art Neville, the group's frontman, launched a solo career around the New Orleans area in the mid-1950s, while still in high school. The Meters formed in 1965, with a line up of keyboardist and vocalist Neville, guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter, Jr. and drummer Zigaboo Modeliste, and became the house band for Sansu Enterprises, an Allen Toussaint-owned label. In 1969, the Meters released "Sophisticated Cissy" and "Cissy Strut", both major R&B chart hits. "Look-Ka Py Py" and "Chicken Strut" were also hits the following year. After a label shift in 1972, the Meters had difficulty returning to the charts, though they played on many important records by Dr. John, Paul McCartney, King Biscuit Boy, Labelle and Robert Palmer.

In 1974 Paul McCartney invited the Meters to play at the release party for his Venus and Mars album aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. At this event, Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones was impressed by the Meters. They released a critically-acclaimed album, Fire on the Bayou, in 1975, and The Rolling Stones invited the Meters to open for them on their Tour of America. This was followed by a collaboration with George & Amos Landry and the Neville Brothers, The Wild Tchoupitoulas. The band broke up in 1977 after Toussaint claimed the rights to the name and they played as various incarnations of the Neville Brothers and with other bands.

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RT @mlq3: RT @NBN_Ch4: Mayon Volcano minor eruption Wednesday, morning ash cloud of500 meters, Phivolcs reported to the NDCC
Re-visiting @gowalla. First annoyance: it won't let me check into the restaurant I'm sitting in because it thinks it's 100 meters away.
noradio (Marcel Molina) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:51:52 -0000
Re-visiting @gowalla. First annoyance: it won't let me check into the restaurant I'm sitting in because it thinks it's 100 meters away.
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RT @NBN_Ch4: Mayon Volcano minor eruption Wednesday, morning ash cloud of500 meters, Phivolcs reported to the NDCC
mlq3 (Manuel L. Quezon III) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:47:16 -0000
RT @NBN_Ch4: Mayon Volcano minor eruption Wednesday, morning ash cloud of500 meters, Phivolcs reported to the NDCC
The native hut was surprisingly well-insulated. It had a mattress & we were provided blankets. There's a toilet & bath a few meters fr it.
MaryRoseTan (Mary Rose Tan) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:39:48 -0000
The native hut was surprisingly well-insulated. It had a mattress & we were provided blankets. There's a toilet & bath a few meters fr it.
RT @NBN_Ch4: Mayon Volcano minor eruption Wednesday, morning ash cloud of500 meters, Phivolcs reported to the NDCC
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RT @NBN_Ch4: Mayon Volcano minor eruption Wednesday, morning ash cloud of500 meters, Phivolcs reported to the NDCC

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