{"id":10722,"date":"2015-04-23T11:45:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T16:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=10722"},"modified":"2015-04-23T11:46:17","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T16:46:17","slug":"the-meters-featured-on-27th-usps-jazz-fest-envelope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/04\/23\/the-meters-featured-on-27th-usps-jazz-fest-envelope\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meters Featured On 27th USPS Jazz Fest Envelope"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Meters was\/is one of my all time favorite bands – I guess because I am a guitarist among other things. The AP\/Pollstar<\/a> has the following article recently.<\/p>\n

Since the Meters broke up in 1977, members of the funk band have played in groups such as the Funky Meters and the Meter Men. Now they might be considered the postal Meters.<\/p>\n

The band is shown against a purple, green and yellow background on the U.S. Postal Service\u2019s 27th annual envelope commemorating the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.<\/p>\n

The Meters acted as the house band for Allen Toussaint\u2019s New Orleans soul classics of the late 1960s and brought New Orleans second-line grooves into popular music. They opened for The Rolling Stones on the Stones\u2019 tour of the Americas in 1975 and of Europe in 1976.<\/p>\n

The original members of the Meters \u2013 keyboardist Art Neville, bass player George Porter, Jr., drummer Joseph \u201cZigaboo\u201d Modeliste and guitarist Leo Nocentelli \u2013 are expected to perform at Thursday\u2019s unveiling ceremony. They\u2019ll also be performing May 3 at Jazz Fest.<\/p>\n

Each envelope bears a stamp with the picture of rocker Jimi Hendrix. But at $15 a pop, they\u2019re more likely to be framed than mailed.<\/p>\n