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| 368.1 | and both of us missed it | RAGMOP::T_PARMENTER | Bronca total | Tue Feb 09 1993 16:25 | 5 |
| I believe the answer is yes to both. Cyril and Charles, at least, were
in the Meters. Aaron wasn't. Ziggy Modeliste (now a lawyer, ugh!) was
the drummer. The Meters are still around, in a way. They played a
gig, sans Ziggy, other night at Johnny D's in Somerville.
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| 368.2 | | ELWOOD::VEDUCCIO | | Wed Feb 10 1993 15:35 | 18 |
| Also don't forget...
Art Neville on keyboards along with session players Leo Nicontelli [sp]?
on guitar, George Porter on bass, and the forementioned Mr. Modeleste
on drums formed the nucleus of the band.
They recorded a lot of great instrumentals during the 70's. The
best ones probably on the Josie label, were real hard to find for awhile
but a lot of em' plus some rare or previously unissued sides have been
reissued recently by Rounder Records.
The Meters just seemed to have a knack for hitting on a groove that
doesn't quit. They used to occasionally back up piano great Professor
Longhair on a lot of live dates. They also played on the Mardi Gras Indian
tribe,"The Wild Tcoupitoulas," album released on Island Records back in the
70's. Wild Tcoupitoulas leader "Big Chief Jolly" (aka George Landry), was an
uncle of the Neville Brothers.
Mike
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| 368.3 | funny accents | RAGMOP::T_PARMENTER | Bronca total | Wed Feb 10 1993 16:56 | 7 |
| Way to go, Mike. And Big Chief Jolly was the subject of Professor
Longhair's great New Orleans song, "Big Chief", which, among other
things, includes the greatest piano riff ever.
But are you sure the "Wild T's" name is spelled right?
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| 368.4 | Wild T. album now on Antilles label I believe | VERGA::CLARK | | Wed Feb 10 1993 18:53 | 3 |
| > But are you sure the "Wild T's" name is spelled right?
Add an "h" - Tchoupitoulas.
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| 368.5 | wondering out loud | LANDO::HAPGOOD | | Thu Feb 11 1993 12:46 | 7 |
| Is Big Chief Jolly dead? I seem to remember something about it....I don't
know but seem to remember (and I'm really only wondering out loud) that the
Neville's mentioned him in "Will the circle be unbroken" but.....I dunno.
a neville's fan,
bob
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| 368.6 | He's Got A Golden Crown | ELWOOD::VEDUCCIO | | Thu Feb 11 1993 13:17 | 12 |
| Re: last few
Thanks for the corrections...I did forget the "h" in Tchoupitoulas,
which is also the name of a street in New Orleans. Also the Wild T.'s
album was released on the Antilles label which is a subsidary of Island.
Re: .5
Yes. Chief Jolly died some tme ago. The Neville Brothers pay tribute
to him on most of their albums.
Mike
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