Jules Leyhe & The Family Jules play the music of The Meters

Funky Blues Be Prepared to Get Funky! Jules Leyhe is one of the world’s foremost blues slide-guitar players—so much so that even Premier Guitar magazine called his music “the best blues slide licks since Derek Trucks, maybe even Duane Allman.” Leyhe has performed/ recorded alongside some of the industry’s heavyweights including Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, Chris Cain, Charlie Musselwhite, Fantastic Negrito and Wyatt Flores For this event he brings a top-notch band featuring Ian McArldle on piano, Isaac Schwartz on drums and renowned bassist Matt Roades to celebrate the music of The Meters. The Meters are an American funk band formed in 1965 in New Orleans by Zigaboo Modeliste, George Porter Jr and Art Neville. They are considered originators of funk along with artists like James Brown. Their sound is defined by a combination of tight melodic grooves and syncopated New Orleans second line rhythms under highly charged guitar and keyboard riffing. The band has been nominated four times for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was presented with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.