Parallel Musical Universe

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There is much continuous pollination, or is it file powder?

Here is the official bio, but it may be helpful for more visual folks to create their own diagram.

Of all the various Nevilles, Art is the senior Meter. Here is some history from a site about George Porter, the funky bassist:

In 1967, George was the bass player for Art Neville and the Neville Sounds. The band also featured Neville Brothers Aaron and Cyrill, and Leo Nocentelli. Art dropped his brothers from the band, added drummer Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste, and they played a steady gig at the Ivanhoe club in the Quarter for a couple of years. It was at the Ivanhoe that Allen Toussaint contracted the band to be the house band for his Sansu record label. They
scored a contract with Josie records, but changed the name to the Meters to shorten it a bit. George continued to play with the Meters until the breakup of the band in 1977. The Meters cut eight albums during that period, but were not successful commercially. Art, George and the band were an overwhelming critical success, however, and they were in hot demand as studio musicians. As a live band, they became ambassadors of New Orleans Funk, even touring with the Rolling Stones.

Perhaps we should all just head down to the New Orleans Jazz Fest this May for some extended research.