The Meters from New Orleans are considered one of the founders of funk. The group, founded by the Art and Cyril Neville (both later also active in The Neville Brothers) emerged in the late sixties. The Meters initially worked primarily as the house band of Alain Toussaint Sansu label. Songs like Look-Ka Py Py and Cissy Strut demonstrated Meters sound: raw, bare and funky. The rhythms, the sound of
… the second line parades, festive parades that are so typical of New Orleans. In 1975 and 1976 the group toured among other for The Rolling Stones. In 1977, the group fell apart. The various band members brought solo albums and some went from 1994 under the name The Funky Meters.more
