Funky Miracle
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Funky Miracle is an album from funk
group The Meters
on the Charly Records
label containing re-issued material
Disc Two
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
group The Meters
The Meters
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...
on the Charly Records
Charly Records
Charly Records is a British record label which specialises in reissued material.-History:Among the labels whose original releases are reissued by Charly are Vee-Jay, Sun, Immediate, BYG, Tomato, and Fania. Charly Records was founded in France in 1974 by Jean-Luc Young, who had been a promoter of...
label containing re-issued material
Track listing
Disc One- "Look-Ka Py Py"
- "9 Till 5"
- "Cissy Strut"
- "I Need More Time"
- "Pungee"
- "Ease BAck"
- "Cardova"
- "Yeah You're Right"
- "Tippi-Toes"
- "Chicken Strut"
- "Sassy Lady"
- "Little Old Money Maker"
- "Rigor Mortis"
- "Live Wire"
- "A Message from the Meters"
- "Hey! Last Minute"
- "This is my Last Affair"
- "Darling Darling Darling"
- "Go For yourself"
Disc Two
- "Sophisticated Cissy"
- "Here Comes The Meterman"
- "The Mob"
- "Funky Miracle"
- "Ride Your Pony"
- "Art"
- "Dry Spell"
- "Thinking"
- "Hand-clapping Song"
- "Britches"
- "Liver Splash"
- "Joog"
- "Same Old Thing"
- "6V6 LA"
- "Sehorns Farm"
- "Sing a Simple Song"
- "Stormy"
- "Ann"
- "Oh, Calcutta!"
Personnel
- Joseph "Zigaboo" ModelisteZiggy ModelisteJoseph Modeliste is an American drummer best known as a founding member of the funk group The Meters. Considered to be one of the most innovative, and highly acclaimed drummers ever to hail from New Orleans, Louisiana, Modeliste is a pioneer of second-line funk...
- drums, vocals - Art NevilleArt NevilleArt Neville is an American singer and keyboardist from New Orleans.-History:Neville is a part of one of the most famous musical families of New Orleans, the Neville Brothers...
- vocals, keyboards - Leo NocentelliLeo NocentelliLeo Nocentelli in New Orleans, Louisiana is one of the founding members of the New Orleans funk band, The Meters. He has been credited for popular funk songs such as "Cissy Strut", "People Say" and "Hey Pocky Way"...
- guitar, vocals - George Porter, Jr.George Porter, Jr.George Porter, Jr. is a musician best known as the bassist and singer of The Meters. Along with Art Neville, Porter formed the group in the mid 60's and came to be recognized as one of the progenitors of funk. The Meters disbanded in 1977, but reformed in 1989...
- bass, vocals