The Funky Meters
December 2, 1989
New Orleans, LA @ Riverboat Hallelujah Reception Hall

SBD > ??? > cassette > WAV > Audacity (eq & volume boost) > WAV > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > FLAC

Speed/Pitch and additional volume adjustments etc. by Prof Goody

Set One:
01. Intro by Quint Davis
02. Fire On The Bayou >
03. Africa >
04. Look Ka Py Py (inc. drum solo) >
05. Jungle Man
06. People Say (inc. bass solo)
07. Lovey Dovey [The Clovers] >
08. Junco Partner >
09. drum solo >
10. They All Ask'd For You >
11. Down At The Corner Beer Joint [Willie Nelson] >
12. Jambalaya [Hank Williams] >
13. Hey Pocky Way >
14. Iko Iko >
15. The Twist [Hank Ballard & The Midnighters] >
16. Hey Pocky Way (reprise)

Set Two:
17. Come Back Jack [Leo Nocentelli]
18. You've Got to Change (You've Got to Reform) > Stay Away (riff/coda) >
19. Cissy Strut >
20. Cardova (with Cyril Neville) >
21. Love The One You're With [Stephen Stills] (with Cyril Neville) >
22. Soul Island (with Cyril Neville) >
23. Love Slip Upon Ya (with Cyril Neville & Ivan Neville)
24. Be My Lady (with Cyril Neville)
25. Funkify Your Life
26. It Ain't No Use
27. Big Chief [Earl King]

Art Neville - organ, keyboards & vocals
Leo Nocentelli - guitar
George Porter, Jr. - bass & vocals
Russell Batiste - drums & vocals

Guests:
Cyril Neville - percussion & vocals
Ivan Neville - keyboards & vocals

Notes by Jon Tyler (NevilleTracks): This was Russell’s first show with the group in New Orleans (although he had already played a couple shows with them in California.) Throughout the show, Art jokingly introduces him as the "Late Great Russell Batiste On Drums"

There was a huge gap at the start of "Hey Pocky Way."  I deleted about 15 seconds of performance in order to find a decent place to make a splice.  At the end of "Hey Pocky Way," (Leo?) announced that there would be another set later.  (This is followed by some tuning.)  I omitted the announcement about the second set and the tuning noise.

At 5:27 into "Be My Lady," I joined tape 1 and tape 2.  There was a drop out during "Funkify Your Life"; I deleted a few seconds of music so I could find two places that could be spliced easily.

Funk It Blog's notes: I labeled these files as The Funky Meters even though they didn't really start using that name officially until Leo left the group in 1994/1995. For continuity's sake, I label any shows with Russell Batiste (starting in 1989) as The Funky Meters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_BQOfzhnz0&ab_channel=NevilleTracks
