The Meters - Fire On The BayouHailing from the soggy streets of New Orleans, the Meters essentially invented the second line groove, influencing Funk music like no other artist (OK, aside from a singer by the name of James Brown). These cats are essentially one unified rhythm section, with expertly timed drum breaks, bass driven grooves, bluesy chicken scratch guitars and Southern sing along choruses. Their 1975 album Fire On The Bayou established once again that The Meters were

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but it’s the opposite – warm and natural

Prog Magazine’s Dom Lawson described it as “absurdly entertaining and deliciously weird… An unmissable trip for fans of the fuzzy and farout”

vocalist and fledgling producer/engineer

Available to independent retailers on transparent vinyl

but the remaining tracks are among the finest the '80s had to offer

synthetic sounds melding with finger-picked guitars

this album will bring all the thrills of a cosmic summer blockbuster

lectured at the Boiler Room in New Delhi and moderated Robyn’s Red Bull Music Academy lecture at MOMA in New York

” Buck Meek

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as Ruddock spent his teens working as a radio repairman