The Meters

Soul music has a history of great instrumentals: "Green Onions," "Soul Serenade," "Last Night"
– and virtually every early independent-label recording by the Meters. Led by keyboardist
Art Neville, the quartet was the reigning New Orleans session team from the mid-Sixties until
its breakup in 1977. As the house band at Sea-Saint Studios, the Meters helped the brilliant
songwriter-producer Allen Toussaint forge the sound of funky Crescent City po... More >