Art Neville, New Orleans funk musician, dead at 81

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Art Neville, New Orleans funk musician, dead at 81
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Art Neville, a New Orleans music icon and founding member of the Neville Brothers and The Meters, has died at age 81

Art Neville, a New Orleans music icon and founding member of the Neville Brothers and The Meters, died on Monday, according to a statement released by his longtime manager, Kent Sorrell. He was 81.

No cause of death was provided. Neville won multiple Grammy Awards, including the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award, over the course of his more than 50-year career. The Meters was formed in the '60s and was comprised of Neville, George Porter Jr., Leo Nocentelli and Zigaboo Modeliste. The group, which once opened for the Rolling Stones, was best known for songs like"Cissy Strut" and"Sophisticated Cissy.

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