THE FUNKY METERS
At B.B. King's Blues Club - NYC (4/18/03)
Keyboardist Art Neville of the FUNKY METERS!!!!
At 9:30pm, the magic of New Orleans's legendary THE
FUNKY METERS started with a very good jazzy instrumental which segued into
"Soul Island", featuring the standout funky bassisms of the one
and only original Meters bassist, Mr. George Porter, Jr.!!!! The mellow,
Carribean vibe of "Soul Island" gave way to the funky keyboardisms
(courtesy of original Meters keyboardist, Art Neville!!) of "The World is
a Little Bit Under the Weather (Doodle-Oop)"! The band did a cover of Sly
Stone's "Sing a Simple Song" before jumping into one of the baddest
funk jams off the REJUVENATION album called "Africa"!! "Thank
You (Fallentime Be Mice Elf Agin)" and "Goin' To New Orleans" (a
Professor Longhair original) were followed by a funky gem with some tight
drumming (by David Russell Batiste) and vocals by Art! "Let the Good
Times Roll" had a serious slice of lead guitar rock power, thanks to Brian
Stoltz!!
Bassist George Porter, Jr. of the FUNKY
METERS!!!!
"Pungee" was good, but "Big Chief"
was even better with a serious Mardi Gras funk flavor that had everyone in the
club shaking what their mamas gave 'em!! "People
Say" featured a slammin' heavy drum solo at the end!! "Cissy
Strut" was the one that everyone was dying to hear, with all of the
musicians locking into the same funky groove!! "Dry Spell" was a slow
keyboard track that somehow led into "Africa"........wait a minute,
these guys already did that song.....as they played the music of
"Africa", they realized that they already covered that and performed
another gem from the REJUVENATION album called "Ain't No
Use"......this was just a slice of pure lead guitar heaven (thanks to
Brian)!! The encore featured some serious guitar funk of "Look a Py
Py", without the vocal chant at the beginning! The show was over at
11:15pm. AND THERE WAS NO SECOND SET??????? ARE YOU KIDDING????? THE NIGHT
ENDED WAY, WAY TOO EARLY........THIS AIN'T CURFEW!!! THERE WAS NO "FIYO ON
THE BAYOU" OR "HEY POCKY-A-WAY"!!!! (Basically, the short night
was the only real drawback to the show!)
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