NOCENTELLI, LEO [METERS] / ANOTHER SIDE – LP

At just fourteen, Leo Nocentelli was backing up Otis Redding. Soon after, he was playing on hits for Lee Dorsey, The Supremes, and The Temptations. As an original member of The Meters, Leo wrote instant classics Cissy Strut and Hey Pocky AWay, but his greatest moment on record may be totally unknown, until now

Recorded at Cosimo Matassas Jazz City Studio in New Orleans in the early 70s and then lost to the ages, Another Side is one of Leo Nocentellis most personal and definitive moments ever cut to tape. A mixture of funky folk and rootsy, raw emotion (think Bill Withers and James Taylor meeting Allen Toussaint at Link Wrays Three Track Shack), this previously unheard album shines like the sun on a spring day at the New Orleans fairgrounds. Backing Nocentelli is an all-star line-up of New Orleans royalty, including Allen Toussaint (piano), James Black (drums), and both George Porter Jr. (bass) and Zigaboo Modeliste (drums) of The Meters. Deeply introspective, the album features nine original songs by Nocentelli, plus a soulful rendition of Elton Johns Your Song. Half a century later, these recordings sound just as fresh and engaging as the day they were recorded.