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- The_Meters abstract "The Meters are an American funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Meters performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977. The band played an influential role as backing musicians for other artists, including Lee Dorsey, Robert Palmer, and Dr. John. The Meters acted as the house band for Allen Toussaint's New Orleans soul classics of the 1960s and are responsible for bringing New Orleans second line grooves into popular music.While The Meters rarely enjoyed significant mainstream success, they are considered, along with artists like James Brown, one of the progenitors of funk music and their work is influential on many other bands, both their contemporaries and modern musicians working in the funk idiom.The Meters' sound is defined by an earthy combination of tight melodic grooves and highly syncopated New Orleans \"second-line\" rhythms under highly charged guitar and keyboard riffing. Their songs \"Cissy Strut\" and \"Look-Ka Py Py\" are considered funk classics.".
- The_Meters activeYearsEndYear "1977".
- The_Meters activeYearsStartYear "1965".
- The_Meters alias "The Original Meters".
- The_Meters alias "sometimes confused with The Funky Meters, which is later reincarnation of the Meters with two of the original members, Art Neville and George Porter Jr. under the name The Funky Meters.".
- The_Meters background "group_or_band".
- The_Meters bandMember Art_Neville.
- The_Meters bandMember George_Porter,_Jr..
- The_Meters bandMember Leo_Nocentelli.
- The_Meters bandMember Terrence_Houston.
- The_Meters bandMember Ziggy_Modeliste.
- The_Meters genre Funk.
- The_Meters genre New_Orleans_rhythm_and_blues.
- The_Meters hometown New_Orleans.
- The_Meters recordLabel Rounder_Records.
- The_Meters thumbnail Meters_Wikepedia.jpg?width=300.
- The_Meters wikiPageExternalLink funkymeters.com.
- The_Meters wikiPageExternalLink www.cyrilneville.net.
- The_Meters wikiPageExternalLink www.funkymeters.com.
- The_Meters wikiPageExternalLink www.georgeporterjr.com.
- The_Meters wikiPageExternalLink _bio-art.
- The_Meters wikiPageExternalLink www.nocentelli.com.
- The_Meters wikiPageExternalLink advanced_search_result.php?keywords=The+Meters.
- The_Meters wikiPageExternalLink www.zigaboo.com.
- The_Meters wikiPageID "168242".
- The_Meters wikiPageLength "19026".
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- The_Meters wikiPageRevisionID "699383767".
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink A_Tribe_Called_Quest.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Allen_Toussaint.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Art_Neville.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Beastie_Boys.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Big_Daddy_Kane.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Cabbage_Alley.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Calendar_Girls.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_funk_musical_groups.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_jazz_ensembles.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Category:Jammy_Award_winners.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musical_groups_from_New_Orleans,_Louisiana.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Cissy_Strut.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Cypress_Hill.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Cyril_Neville.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Dr._John.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Drumline_(film).
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink EPMD.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Fire_on_the_Bayou.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Freaky_Styley.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Funk.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Funkify_Your_Life:_The_Meters_Anthology.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Funky_Miracle.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Galactic.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink George_Porter,_Jr..
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Grand_Theft_Auto_IV.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Grateful_Dead.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Hancock_(film).
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- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Hitch_(film).
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Hollywood_(Africa).
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Ice_Cube.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Jackie_Brown_(film).
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- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink James_Brown.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink KVHW.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Keith_Richards.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Kickback_(album).
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink King_Biscuit_Boy.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink LL_Cool_J.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Labelle.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Lead_vocalist.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Lee_Dorsey.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Leo_Nocentelli.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Long_Beach,_California.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Look-Ka_Py_Py.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Mick_Jagger.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Musiq_Soulchild.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink N.W.A.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Naughty_by_Nature.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink New_Directions_(The_Meters_album).
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink New_Orleans.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink New_Orleans_Jazz_&_Heritage_Festival.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink New_Orleans_rhythm_and_blues.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Page_McConnell.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Paul_McCartney.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Phish.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Public_Enemy_(music_group).
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Queen_Latifah.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Quint_Davis.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Rebirth_Brass_Band.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Record_label.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Red_(2010_film).
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Rejuvenation_(The_Meters_album).
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Rhythm_and_blues.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Palmer_(singer).
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Ronnie_Wood.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Rounder_Records.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Run–D.M.C..
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Saturday_Night_Live.
- The_Meters wikiPageWikiLink Saturday_Night_Live_(season_2).