The NOLA Experience, Volume 4: Funk
A Compilation

1. Hey Pocky Away > Got To Give It Up > Bo Diddley
(The Neville Brothers, The Lone Star, New York, July, 1984)
2. Come Back Jack > Cissy Strut > Cordova > Saturday Night Fish Fry > Tipitina > Love Slip On Ya
(The Meters, Tipitina's, NOLA, April 27, 1993)
3. Just Kissed My Baby
(Dr. Klaw, One Eyed Jacks, NOLA, May 1, 2010)
4. Cabbage Alley
(Groovesect, Sullivan Hall, New York, August 28, 2009)
5. Funky Miracle > Papa Was A Rolling Stone > Cardova
(Dragon Smoke, Tipitina's, NOLA, August 4, 2007)
6. Tippi-Toes w/Tulips > A Message from PBS
(Porter, Batiste & Stoltz, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, Denver, February 22, 2008)
7. They All Ask'd For You
(Papa Grows Funk, Broadway Oyster Bar, St. Louis, September 26, 2009)
8. You've Got To Change (You've Got To Reform)
(Tipitina's All-Stars w/Leo Nocentelli & Cyril Neville, Tipitina's, NOLA, January 15, 2003)
9. Stone Cold Funky
(Deep Fried, All Good Music Festival, Masontown, WV, July 9, 2004)
10. Mo Hippa
(Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Moments, Bremen, Germany, July 15, 2008)
11. Jungle Man
(BIGI, The Maple Leaf, NOLA, May 2, 2009)
12. Right Place, Wrong Time
(Dr. John, Town Center Park, Hamden, CT, July 13, 2007)
13. Gotta Get Swamp Jiggy
(Swampgrease, The Maple Leaf, NOLA, February 28, 2009)
14. Funk Is In The House
(Walter "Wolfman" Washington & The Roadmasters, The Varsity Theatre, Baton Rouge, LA, February 11, 2000)
15. No More Okey Doke
(Galactic w/Cyril Neville, 9:30 Club, Washington, February 8, 2010)
16. Hey Pocky Away
(The Never Was Bros., Fesshead, Dr. Bob's Lot, NOLA, April 28, 2010)
17. (The World Is A Little Bit Under The Weather) Doodle-Oop > Soul Island > Jungle Man > Cissy Strut
(The Funky Meters, The Orpheum Theatre, NOLA, May 5, 2002)
18. Sing A Simple Song
(Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Wanee Music Festival, Live Oak, FL, April 17, 2010)
19. Purple Haze
(Renard Poche, French Quarter Fest, Woldenburg Park, NOLA, April 10, 2010)
20. Cissy Strut
(All Funked Up, The Howlin' Wolf, NOLA, December 30, 1999)
21. Do The Dirt
(George Porter Jr. & Runnin' Pardners, Spirit of Suwanee Music Park, Live Oak, FL, November 13, 2010)
22. Funky Miracle
(Good Enough For Good Times, Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo, NOLA, May 22, 2010)
23. Orleans & Claiborne
(Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Jam Cruise 8-MSC Poesia, Zebra Bar, January 6, 2010)
24. People Say > We Got The Funk > Sex Machine
(N'Awlins Funkmasters, The Howlin' Wolf, NOLA, April 29, 2007)
25. Saints > Whodat > Mama Don't Allow It > Rascal > Mama Don't Allow It
(Big Sam's Funky Nation, Smith's Olde Bar, Atlanta, January 16, 2011)
26. Ain't No Use
(The Original Meters, The Boarding House, San Francisco, June 21, 1975)

This one took awhile, for obvious reasons. There's just so much extraordinary funk that came/is still coming from New Orleans that there was no way I could include every configuration of every group that has played together over time. So what this turned into, for the most part, was a celebration of the Meters. While going through my collection for tracks, it almost seemed like every show had at least one cover of a Meters song. So I used as many as I could that were feasible, stopping short of becoming overly redundant. So there are some repetitions which I tried to track with some distance from any of the others.

Jon Cleary: http://www.joncleary.com/
Dr. John: http://www.drjohn.org/
The Meters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meters
The Funky Meters: http://www.funkymeters.com/
George Porter Jr.: http://www.georgeporterjr.com/
Leo Nocentelli: http://www.nocentelli.com/LeoFlash/leoindex.html
Zigaboo Modeliste: http://www.zigaboo.com/
Brian Stoltz: http://brianstoltz.com/
Russell Batiste Jr.: http://russellbatiste.com/
Papa Grows Funk: http://papagrowsfunk.com/
Trombone Shorty: http://www.tromboneshorty.com/
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk: http://www.dumpstaphunk.com/
Neville Brothers: http://www.nevilles.com/
Groovesect: http://www.groovesect.com/index2.html
Galactic: http://www.galacticfunk.com/
Walter "Wolfman" Washington: http://walterwolfmanwashington.com/
Swampgrease: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Terence-Higgins-SwampGrease/44805450565
Renard Poche: http://renardpoche.com/RenardPoche/Home.html

Louisiana Music Hall of Fame: http://www.louisianamusichalloffame.org/
The Festvault: http://groups.google.com/group/the-official-unofficial-jazzfest-vault/about
Louisiana Music Factory: http://www.louisianamusicfactory.com/

Thanks to all those who tape, seed, master and generally make this stuff available. I'm sure I'll miss somebody. No slight intended if I do.

Sessa Oner, aardy90210, el grande jefe, or whatever else he's calling himself these days (the keeper of the vault)
Randy Bayers
keytohighway
pdub2000
nolataper
Scott Bernstein
NickB
Freezer
mangochill
trouts
NOLAfishwater
fUNKY bRETT

A Skiddly Bop Production

Others In The Series
Jerry Does Dylan (Feb. 2005)
Musical Gods: Jerry Does Van (May 2007)
Don't Forget The Motor City: Jerry Does Motown (Dec. 2007)
The Toussaint Covers (July 2008)
Down The Road: Interpretations of Junco Partner (Oct. 2009)
All On A Mardi Gras Day (Feb. 2010)
JerryNOLA: Jerry Covers New Orleans (Aug. 2010)
The NOLA Experience, Volume 1: Pioneers & Legends (Feb. 2011)
The NOLA Experience, Volume 2: The Blues (Feb. 2011)
The NOLA Experience, Volume 3: Piano (March 2011)

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