The live performances from WAR's 1974 trip to Japan, have been digitally restored for a never-before-heard album. This 2024 release features all of WAR's classic tracks. OUT NOW on LP, CD and Digital, so enjoy the stream and get your copy of ‘Live in Japan 1974’ today at https://war.lnk.to/LIJ74
Recorded in '75 and featuring the classic lineup of band members, Live At Great American Music Hall, San Francisco is long-overdue. As a fan of The Meters, you get to experience the band on a live album which showcases them at their peak. Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr., Zigaboo Modeliste and Cyril Neville all showed top form. The nine-song set features extended jams, some nearing 20 minutes, with the band blazing the stage and their instruments throughout. It has previously circulated only as a rare bootleg, so this 2025 official release offers a complete, well-mastered version on colored vinyl, making it the ultimate edition.
"We've spent most of the fall in the studio recording new material but decided to cut a mixtape paying tribute to the ones that paved the road for us. These are some of our major influences: Roy Ayers, Ubiquity, Black Merda, The Meters, Funkadelic, Betty Wright, Cameo, Booker T & The MG's, The Stax Legacy, Motown to name a few.
Turn it up, share with a friend and enjoy some of our favorite cuts on Undercover Mixtape Vol. 1!!!" - Orgone
1. The Black Five
2. Cynth-Ruth (feat. Terin Ector)
3. Look-A Py Py
4. Think (feat. Adryon de León)
5. Nobody's Fault but Mine (feat. Kelly Finnigan)
6. The Breakdown (feat. Mixmaster Wolf)
7. All This Love that I'm Giving (feat. Adryon de León)
8. Melting Pot
9. It's Serious
10. Neither One of Us (feat. Adryon de León)
11. Ain't No Use (feat. Adryon de León)
12. Let Me Be Your Lovemaker (feat. Adryon de León)
13. Cosmic Slop (feat. Terin Ector)
"How would you like to hear a new side—or should we say sides—of the world’s greatest funk band? This 40-track set presents the A and B-side of every single that organist Art Neville, guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter, Jr., and drummer Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste cut for the Josie, Reprise & Warner Bros. label, virtually their entire singles output save for a few odds ‘n’ ends issued mostly overseas. That means that you not only get every hit along with its hard-to-find B-side but also the rare single mixes, including the especially rare original mono single mixes of the 1968-1971 Josie sides, very few of which have appeared on CD (the first CD is all mono; the second, featuring the later Reprise and Warner Bros. singles, presents all stereo single mixes).
These songs represent the mother lode of New Orleans funk, classic tracks like “Sophisticated Cissy,” “Cissy Strut,” “Look-Ka Py Py,” “Chicken Strut,” “Hand Clapping Song,” “Hey Pocky A-Way,” and more, all but two co-produced by the late, legendary Allen Toussaint. And, with liner notes by Bill Dahl featuring quotes from Nocentelli, Neville, and Porter, A Message from The Meters--The Complete Josie, Reprise & Warner Bros. Singles 1968-1977 (2-CD Set)
offers probably the best retrospective to date of this enormously influential band. And how’s the sound? Well, after extensive and exhaustive tape research, we were able to come up with original tape sources for all but five of these single sides, and the remastering—by Mike Milchner at SonicVision—is tight! Just maybe the year’s most indispensable R&B release." - Real Gone MusicIn 2016, Shane The Riot speaks with Mr. George Porter Jr. George is best known for being the bassist for the “architects of funk” - The Meters, the funkiest band to ever come out of New Orleans. In the interview he asks George about his influences, what he looks for in a drummer, trivial questions on various Meters folklore, why Paul McCartney said George was his favorite bass player, Allen Toussaint sessions, the proper way to play “Cissy Strut”, unison guitar/bass lines,etc
Download/Stream - Riff Raff Podcast featuring GEORGE PORTER JR. (THE METERS)
Gowanus Reggae And Ska Society perform Bob Marley's "Catch A Fire" in it's entirety @ Bowery Poetry Club on November 7th, 2009. New York City. This strong fusion of Reggae and Funk music places Gowanus in a unique and outstanding category musicians to emerge from Brooklyn's music community. Take a listen to their 2010 and 11 albums below for more great sounds as these two genres unite for a powerful sound.
Bio:
"Taking the music of the legendary Bob Marley to a new level, G.R.A.S.S. – the appropriately abbreviated Gowanus Reggae and Ska Society – are set to release Grass On Fire, their second CD. On Grass on Fire, this collection of eleven intrepid musician/explorers dedicated to bringing the sounds of classic Ska and Reggae to the fine people of Brooklyn and beyond, bring a jazz perspective to Marley’s 1973 classic Catch A Fire, instrumentally interpreting the Reggae pioneer’s music so that it retains all of its original passion and sincerity.
Featuring some of the finest players from Brooklyn’s vibrant musical community, G.R.A.S.S. creates music with the spontaneity of Jazz and a deep reverence for Jamaican Riddim, music that will make you listen and move your butt too."
The Society is: J. A. Granelli – bass, Nate Shaw – keys, Nick Balaban – keys, Russ Meisner – drums, David Bailis – guitar, Brad Shepik – guitar, Mark Miller – trombone, Paul Carlon – tenor sax, Ohad Talmor – tenor sax, Michael Blake – tenor sax and David Barnes – harmonica.
From Hendrix, to The Meters, Stevie Ray Vaughn, George Benson and others, tenjam from France bring funk grooves in a display of dedicated musicianship, talent and appreciation of the classics. Plenty of solo performances to enjoy throughout as the band adds their own twist to their favorite classics while managing to keep the essence of each.
Listen to more of their cover versions at soundcloud.com/tenjam
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