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The Meters (1965 - 1977)

Group - United States

Releases (41)

Official

Album

  1. The Meters 1969
  2. Look‐Ka Py Py 27 Feb 1970
  3. Struttin' Jun 1970
  4. Cabbage Alley 1972
  5. Rejuvenation 03 Jul 1974
  6. Fire on the Bayou 1975
  7. Trick Bag 1976
  8. New Directions 1977
  9. The Meters Jam 01 Mar 1992

Album - Compilation

  1. Cissy Strut 1974
  2. Good Old Funky Music 1979
  3. Funky Miracle 1991
  4. The Original Funkmasters 1992
  5. Crescent City Groove Merchants 1994
  6. Fundamentally Funky 1994
  7. Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology 28 Feb 1995
  8. The Best of the Meters 1996
  9. The Very Best of the Meters 10 Jun 1997
  10. The Very Best of the Meters 01 Jul 1999
  11. A Message From The Meters 23 Mar 2000
  12. Kickback 01 Feb 2001
  13. Anthology: The Josie Years 17 Apr 2001
  14. Good Old Funky Music: 20 Upbeat Cool Down New Orleans Classics 16 Jul 2001
  15. The Essentials: The Meters 2002
  16. Zony Mash 23 Sep 2003
  17. Here Comes the Meter Man: The Complete Josie Recordings 1968-1970 02 May 2011
  18. Original Album Series 21 Jan 2014
  19. A Message from the Meters: The Complete Josie, Reprise & Warner Bros. Singles 1968-1977 02 Sep 2016
  20. Gettin' Funkier All the Time: The Complete Josie/Reprise & Warner Recordings 1968-1977 24 Jan 2020
  21. The Complete Albums 1969-1977

Album - Live

  1. Uptown Rulers!: The Meters Live on the Queen Mary 04 Aug 1992
  2. Funky Miracle: Live at the Moonwalker, Volume 1 08 Oct 2002
  3. Funky Miracle: Live at the Moonwalker, Volume 2 08 Oct 2002
  4. Fiyo at the Fillmore 25 Feb 2003 (as Funky Meters)

Single

  1. (The World Is a Little Bit Under the Weather) Doodle-Oop / I Need More Time 28 Apr 1971
  2. Good Old Funky Music / Sassy Lady 1971
  3. Mardi Gras Mambo 1976

Promotion

Album - Compilation

  1. The Meters 05 May 1993

Single

  1. Stretch Your Rubber Band / Groovy Lady 1971

Pseudo-Release

Album

  1. The Meters 1969

Relationships (10)

Members

  1. Art Neville (1965 - 1977) original, lead vocals, keyboard
  2. Ziggy Modeliste (1965 - 1977) original, membranophone
  3. George Porter, Jr. (1965 - 1977) original, lead vocals, bass guitar
  4. Leo Nocentelli (1965 - 1994) original, guitar
  5. George Porter, Jr. (1994) original, lead vocals, bass guitar
  6. Cyril Neville (1970 - 1977) lead vocals, percussion
  7. Russell Batiste (1989) membranophone
  8. Russell Batiste (1994) membranophone
  9. Brian Stoltz (1994 - 2007) guitar
  10. Brian Stoltz (1994) guitar

Recordings by (227)

  1. Ease Back 3:11 (1969)
  2. Cardova 4:31 (1969)
  3. Live Wire 2:40 (1969)
  4. Sophisticated Cissy 2:54 (1969)
  5. Here Comes The Meter Man 2:53 (1969)
  6. Art 2:31 (1969)
  7. 6V6 LA 2:23 (1969)
  8. Sehorn’s Farm 2:28 (1969)
  9. Stormy 3:37 (1969)
  10. Sing a Simple Song 3:06 (1969)
  11. Cissy Strut 3:05 (1969)
  12. Here Comes the Meterman 2:53 (1969)
  13. Sehorns Farm 2:28 (1969)
  14. Ann 2:43 (1969)
  15. Cissy Strut (Bonus Alt. Version) 3:07 (1969)
  16. Here Comes the Meter Man (Bonus Alt. Version) 2:56 (1969)
  17. Live Wire (Bonus Alt. Version) 2:40 (1969)
  18. Stormy (Bonus Alt. Version) 3:39 (1969)
  19. Rigor Mortis 2:36 (27 Feb 1970)
  20. Pungee 2:58 (27 Feb 1970)
  21. Oh, Calcutta! 2:45 (27 Feb 1970)
  22. The Mob 2:48 (27 Feb 1970)
  23. 9 ’til 5 2:47 (27 Feb 1970)
  24. Funky Miracle 2:26 (27 Feb 1970)
  25. Dry Spell 2:28 (27 Feb 1970)
  26. Thinking 1:41 (27 Feb 1970)
  27. This Is My Last Affair 2:53 (27 Feb 1970)
  28. Little Old Money Maker 2:40 (27 Feb 1970)
  29. Yeah, You’re Right 2:44 (27 Feb 1970)
  30. Look‐Ka Py Py 3:15 (27 Feb 1970)
  31. Tippi-Toes 2:26 (Jun 1970)
  32. Hey! Last Minute 2:59 (Jun 1970)
  33. Darling Darling Darling 2:53 (Jun 1970)
  34. Go for Yourself 3:10 (Jun 1970)
  35. Ride Your Pony 3:18 (Jun 1970)
  36. Handclapping Song 2:55 (Jun 1970)
  37. Britches 2:50 (Jun 1970)
  38. Liver Splash 2:40 (Jun 1970)
  39. Joog 2:13 (Jun 1970)
  40. Same Old Thing 2:48 (Jun 1970)
  41. Chicken Strut 3:13 (Jun 1970)
  42. Wichita Lineman 2:59 (Jun 1970)
  43. Funky Meters' Soul 2:57 (Jun 1970)
  44. Meter Strut 2:47 (Jun 1970)
  45. (The World Is a Little Bit Under the Weather) Doodle-Oop 2:36 (28 Apr 1971)
  46. I Need More Time 3:13 (28 Apr 1971)
  47. Stretch Your Rubber Band 2:42 (1971)
  48. Groovy Lady 2:42 (1971)
  49. Good Old Funky Music 3:20 (1971)
  50. Sassy Lady 2:40 (1971)
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On Recordings (14)

Performer

  1. Peace Brother Peace 2:50 Dr. John (25 Feb 1973)
  2. Right Place Wrong Time 2:54 Dr. John (25 Feb 1973)
  3. Qualified 4:50 Dr. John (25 Feb 1973)
  4. Cold Cold Cold 2:37 Dr. John (25 Feb 1973)
  5. Shoo Fly Marches On 3:17 Dr. John (25 Feb 1973)
  6. Same Old Same Old 2:43 Dr. John (25 Feb 1973)
  7. Life 2:31 Dr. John (25 Feb 1973)
  8. Traveling Mood 2:51 Dr. John (25 Feb 1973)
  9. Just the Same 2:53 Dr. John (25 Feb 1973)
  10. I Been Hoodood 3:14 Dr. John (25 Feb 1973)
  11. Such a Night 2:57 Dr. John (25 Feb 1973)
  12. Happy Times, Iv'e Got To Get It 7:09 Allen Toussaint () additional

Produced

  1. Yes We Can Can 3:28 Lee Dorsey (1985)
  2. Break in the Road 2:49 Betty Harris (23 Jul 2001)

Credited as (18)

  1. The Meters
  2. Professor Longhair & The Meters
  3. Art Neville & The Meters
  4. Cyril Neville & The Meters
  5. Meters, The
  6. Willie West With The Meters
  7. Lee Dorsey With The Meters
  8. Eldridge Holmes With The Meters
  9. Meters
  10. The Bar‐Kays / The Meters
  11. Funky Meters
  12. The Meters / Sly & the Family Stone / Please
  13. The Meters x Jurassic 5
  14. The Meters & Art Neville
  15. The Mandals
  16. DJ Koco A.K.A. Shimokita / Thunder & Lightning / Rufus Thomas / Lou Donaldson / Biz Markie / Steve Miller Band / The Brides of Funkenstein / The Notations / Albert King / Otis Redding / James Brown / Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell / The Meters / The Sylvers / Baby Huey & The Babysitters
  17. DJ Koco A.K.A. Shimokita / Connie Price & The Keystones / Stranger Cole / Horace Andy / Dee Dee Warwick with The Dixie Flyers / Bobby “Blue” Bland / MFSB / Bernard “Pretty” Purdie / Grover Washington, Jr. / Oliver Sain / Willie Bobo / The Meters / Freddie Scott / Joe Tex / Aretha Franklin / Arthur Conley / Freda Payne / J.V.C. F.O.R.C.E. / Gwen McCrae / Fatback / Billy Cobham / The Loading Zone / Lloyd Price / Ohio Players / Harlem Underground Band
  18. The Meters, Ludacris & Pharrell Williams

Works (1)

Wrote

  1. Africa

Events (3)

Main Performer At

  1. Montreux Jazz Festival 1973
  2. Vegoose 2006, Monday: MGM Grand
  3. Bumbershoot 2001 time

Links (22)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.funkymeters.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139049686
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/10301898-0
  3. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_meters
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93018648
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n93018648

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-12067/the-meters/lyrics.html

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Funky%20Meters

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/283926

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/86616

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000158686
  2. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000402872

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1927598/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/145032367

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1887369

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/2JRvXPGWiINrnJljNJhG5s
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/899

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/13372

Youtube Music

  1. https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCwye34yhtCbWGQsrFS4oMNw

Biographies

  1. http://www.funkymeters.com/bio.html

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/851827d6-ae31-4093-a166-1420cac610a4

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/funkymeters