Funk Me Hard - Live Released
Funk Me Hard - Live
Zigaboo Modeliste & Gaboon’s Gang
Release date: April 21, 2009
Funk Me Hard – Live is an eclectic symposium of Zigaboo Modeliste’s funk originals, recorded live at the Saenger Theater in New Orleans in 1980. This EP is a close peek at Zigaboo’s musical evolution, as he was just departing from the Meters at the time of the recording. His songwriting genius is brilliantly present in these songs, resulting in a unique, funky musical experience. Funk Me Hard- Live is a history-making timepiece, delivering the intensity of live performance, as well as a session in funk mastery
The opening song “Let’s Get Fired Up,” is a composition written and recorded by Zigaboo that was used in conjunction with Popeye’s Chicken advertising as a unofficial Football Fight Song for the New Orleans Saints in 1980.
“Standing in Your Stuff” has stood the test of time and even today is a mainstay at Zigaboo’s live performances. It has been covered by other New Orleans funksters, including Ivan Neville’s Dumpstafunk, and offers a groove that few have matched in the genre of funk classics.
The last 3 songs on the EP “More Power to You”, “I Don’t Know Why”, “I Know You Don’t Know” are all powerfully funky treats to the real deal in live music.
Funk Me Hard – Live is a treasure that is guaranteed to make you want to get up and dance. These archived jewels of music will put you in touch with the indigenous experience of a New Orleans Heartbeat—the incomparable drumbeat of the legendary Zigaboo Modeliste. |
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Master Drummers Unite for Photo
 April 20, 2009
On March 25, 2009 in New York City the Old School, John Jabo Starks, Clyde Stubblefield, Zigaboo Modeliste and the New Skool, Gerald Heyward, Aaron Spears, Paul John Jr., Rex Hardy and Ahmir Questlove Thompson all united for a photo shoot for Vic Firth Drums Sticks.
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Past Magazine Covers & Articles |
 Zigaboo Reviewed
in The New Yorker
Critic's Notebook
In Time
by Sasha Frere-Jones
November 21, 2005
Zigaboo Modeliste, the drummer for the New Orleans instrumental quartet the Meters, is one of the greatest drummers in the history of pop music. Those who do not tremble at the sound of his name have probably heard him, either on seventies staples like Dr. John’s “Right Place, Wrong Time” or Labelle’s “Lady Marmalade,” or more recently on the 2005 hit by Amerie, “1 Thing,” built by the producer Rich Harrison from a sample of the Meters’ 1970 recording “Oh, Calcutta!” The song’s stumbling rhythms and pinpoint guitar chords are typical of the Meters’ genius for subdivision, splitting music into atomically small pieces but never betraying the beat. After breaking up in the late seventies, the band re-formed in 1989 without Modeliste. Now fully reunited—a decision that predated Hurricane Katrina—the band is performing a few dates in America, including an appearance on Nov. 25 at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square. Anyone who cares about funk, drumming, or funky drumming will see this event as only slightly less earthshaking than James Brown, at this late date, getting another, equally new bag. |
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If You Ever Wondered Who Funkified Second Line, Well, You're Looking At Him. Read pdf article |
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Rhythm (in the UK)
Issue 106 Christmas
©2004, printed in the UK |
Percussive Notes
The Journal of the Percussive Arts Society,
Vol. 42, No.6, Dec 2004
Photo:Ý Clayton Call
© 2004
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Rhythm and Drums
in Japan
© rittor-music.co.jp
Photo:Ý Clayton Call
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Stereophile Magazine Review © 2004
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New CD Keeps Legendary Drummer, Zigaboo Modeliste "I'm On The Right Track"
OAKLAND, CA: Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste, King of the Funky Drums (KOTFD), is pleased to present the release of his new CD, "I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK" — written, produced, and published on his own label, JZM Records, due April 23, 2004. Celebrations for the release were at Tips French Quarter, NOLA on April 23rd and 12Galaxies on May 22nd, 2004.
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