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name	George Porter, Jr.
gender	Male
Subject	Living people African-American musicians American male singers 1947 births American bass guitarists American funk musicians American rhythm and blues bass guitarists R&B musicians from New Orleans
abstract	American bassist, born December 26, 1947 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
dbo:abstract	George Joseph Porter, Jr. (born December 26, 1947) is an American musician, best known as the bassist and singer of The Meters. Along with Art Neville, Porter formed the group in the mid 1960s and came to be recognized as one of the progenitors of funk. The Meters disbanded in 1977, but reformed in 1989. Today the original group still plays the occasional reunion but the Funky Meters, of which Porter and Neville are members, most prominently keeps the spirit alive.Porter has his own group the Runnin' Pardners, and also other projects such as The Trio with Johnny Vidacovich, New Orleans Social Club, Deep Fried and Porter Batiste Stoltz. He has been performing and recording with wide range of artists including Soul Rebels Brass Band, Dr. John, Paul McCartney, Robbie Robertson, Willy DeVille, Robert Palmer, Patti Labelle, Jimmy Buffett, David Byrne, Johnny Adams, Harry Connick Jr., Earl King, Warren Haynes, Tori Amos, and Snooks Eaglin among many others.Porter joined John Scofield's Piety Street Band in 2008 to tour and to record. Jon Cleary and Ricky Fataar are also members of this band. In 2010, he replaced Reed Mathis in Bill Kreutzmann's newest band, 7 Walkers. Also in 2010 he performed with Runnin' Pardner at New Orleans' Voodoo Experience.
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discogs	https://www.discogs.com/artist/267203
homepage	http://www.georgeporterjr.com/
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wikipedia	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Porter%2C_Jr.
schema:birthDate	1947-12-26(xsd:dateTime)
schema:endDate	1977-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
schema:startDate	1965-01-01(xsd:dateTime) 1994-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
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wsb:discogs_id	267203
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wsb:wikidata_page	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5543504
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