The Meters - The Meters Vinyl LP FUNK Josie label 1969
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THE METERS
The Meters are an band based in . 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 , , and . The Meters acted as the house band for 's New Orleans soul classics of the 1960s and are responsible for bringing New Orleans grooves into popular music.
While The Meters rarely enjoyed significant mainstream success, they are considered, along with artists like , one of the progenitors of 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 "" and "" are considered funk classics.
Vinyl and cover condition are both VG+ Matrix no is 37972 RE2
Great album
