The METERS....tight,funky vibes

Actually, the Meters as an entity were inactive for quite a few years during the Nevilles' emergence. It may have been a period of a decade of senescence, while Art was busy with the Neville Brothers, before he and the other Meters decided to play again.

Dan: Yes, like I alluded to above, The Meters as we knew them basically hibernated between '84 to '89, although some of the non-Neville members continued to collaborate on and off in the meantime. And Ziggy never drummed for them again after that period, as far I know. Although I'm not the huge fan of the latter-day Meters output that I am of their groundbreaking early stuff, I was very glad to get the opportunity to see them live at the Jazz & Heritage Fest in N.O. in '89 or '90 (can't remember the year exactly!). All I wanted to point out is that they didn't turn into TNB.

Actually, The Wild Tchoupitoulas are the Neville Brothers and The Meters with 5 Mardis Gras Indians.

Speaking of which, we just got the idea yesterday that maybe it's the year to finally go back down to NO for the Jazz & Heritage Festival...anybody checked out what's happening yet?

You also might want to check out The Funky Meters.

Another you might like, which I happen to be listening to right now, is Lettuce.