Funk Friday with The Meters

by | Jun 1, 2012 | Videos

Today’s Funk Friday installment needs little introduction. We present the classic “Cissy Strut” by The Meters, the seminal funk outfit from New Orleans.

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.

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 highly influential on many other bands, both their contemporaries and modern musicians working in the funk idiom.

Enjoy!