Hometown: New Orleans, LA
Year Formed: 1968

Personnel:
Art Neville -organ
Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste -drums
Leo Nocentelli -guitar
George Porter, Jr. -bass

Bands In The Family:
The Neville Brothers, The Wild Tchopitoulas, The Funky Meters, The Hawkettes, Art Neville & the Neville Sounds

The Meters' round of hits continues on Look-Ka Py Py with "Dry Spell" and the title track. You'd think that'd be a good thing, but for the band that meant they were under pressure from their label not to mess with their instant party music formula. And what a formula! Organ licks that'll make you smack your lips bounce over tightly-wound bass and guitar lines, and the drummer accents the beats with a million minute but karmically correct variations.

Nonetheless, they managed to work a few new ingredients into their pungent, funky gumbo. On "Rigor Mortis" and "Thinking" the funk is deeper, the grooves bottomless. They're gently stern on "This Is My Last Affair," the organ spelling out thing that they know they should regret, but can't -- because they were too much fun! The title track introduces vocals; all four men chant out a series of syllables inspired by the misfire of their station wagon's ailing engine.

This disc's two bonus tracks include a typically fantastic groove, "Grass," and a trickier tune called "Borro" that'll give the professional hoofers a chance to strut their stuff. Do you want people to dance at your party? Then you want this record. 'Nuff said.