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George Porter Jr.

George Porter Jr.

born on 26/12/1947 in New Orleans, LA, United States

George Porter, Jr.

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George Porter, Jr.

George Joseph Porter, Jr. (born December 26, 1947 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a musician best known as the bassist and singer of The Meters. Along with Art Neville, Porter formed the group in the mid 1960s and came to be recognized as one of the progenitors of funk.[1] The Meters disbanded in 1977, but reformed in 1989. Today the original group still plays the occasional reunion but the Funky Meters, of which Porter and Neville are members, most prominently keeps the spirit alive. [2]

Porter has his own group the Runnin' Pardners, and also other projects such as The Trio with Johnny Vidacovich, New Orleans Social Club, Deep Fried and Porter Batiste Stoltz. He has been performing and recording with wide range of artists including Soul Rebels Brass Band, Dr. John, Paul McCartney, Robbie Robertson, Willy DeVille, Robert Palmer, Patti Labelle, Jimmy Buffett, David Byrne, Johnny Adams, Harry Connick Jr., Earl King, Warren Haynes, Tori Amos, and Snooks Eaglin among many others.

Porter joined John Scofield's Piety Street Band in 2008 to tour and to record. Jon Cleary and Ricky Fataar are also members of this band. In 2010, he replaced Reed Mathis in Bill Kreutzmann's newest band, 7 Walkers. Also in 2010 he performed with Runnin' Pardner at New Orleans' Voodoo Experience

Discography

  • Runnin Pardners (1990), Rounder
  • Things Ain't What They Used to Be (1994)
  • Count On You (1994) - Japan release
  • Funk This (1997), Transvideo - EP
  • Funk 'n' Go Nuts (2000), Transvideo
  • We Came To Play (2003) - as Johnny Vidacovich, June Yamagishi and George Porter Jr.
  • Searching For A Joyride (2005), Night Train
  • Expanding The Funkin Universe (2007), OUW Records - as Porter Batiste Stoltz
  • It's Life (2007), Transvideo
  • Can't Beat the Funk (2011)

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