Neville's role in the Meters was an unusual one: considered the frontman of a band whose biggest establishing hits ("Cissy Strut," "Look-Ka Py Py") and deep-cut favorites ("Stretch Your Rubber Band," ...

Guitarist Leo Nocentelli recently acquired a new piece of home decor of which he is quite fond: a bronze Gramophone. During a July 14 ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Nocentelli and his ...

Parents dancing with children, babies wearing protective headphones, college students on blankets (eyes not on their iPhones), grandparents patiently sitting: The scene for The Meters show at the ...

Starting in 1968, the Meters released a succession of airtight singles, including the instrumentals "Sophisticated Cissy" and "Cissy Strut," which reached No. 4 on the national R&B chart. Neville's ...