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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