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Leo Nocentelli (born June 15, 1946) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member and lead guitarist of the funk band the Meters. He wrote the original versions of several funk classics such as " Cissy Strut " and "Hey Pocky A-Way".
Nov 18, 2021 · Published Nov. 18, 2021 Updated Nov. 22, 2021. Leo Nocentelli decided to record a solo album just once, in the early 1970s. Though he was the guitarist and primary songwriter of the Meters —...
- Nate Rogers
Nov 22, 2021 · Wise, companionable and exquisitely played, the songs hit the same folk-soul sweet spot as his contemporaries Bill Withers and Terry Callier but Nocentelli credits his “country-and-western funk...
Nov 19, 2021 · November 19, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EST. Guitarist Leo Nocentelli’s “Another Side” — recorded in 1971 — is one of the most unlikely album releases of 2021. (Photo by Michael P. Smith, © The...
- John Lingan
Dec 1, 2021 · Fifty years ago, Meters guitarist Leo Nocentelli recorded 10 understated songs for a solo album. He eventually moved on and forgot about his youthful, unreleased recordings. The tapes...
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May 15, 2020 · Leo Nocentelli on The Meters, McCartney and 50 Years of Funk. Jeff Tamarkin on May 15, 2020. With a tribute to Art Neville on the horizon, and retirement looming, The Meters guitarist looks...
Nov 22, 2021 · Label: Light in the Attic. Reviewed: November 22, 2021. Recorded in 1971, the lost solo album by the Meters’ guitarist plays like a document of what happened, and also what could have happened—a...
