- Cyril Neville( Cyril Garrett Neville )【 2 albums 16 lyrics 】
- Cyril Garrett Neville (born October 10, 1948) is an American percussionist and vocalist who first came to prominence as a member of his brother Art Neville's funky New Orleans-based band, The Meters. He joined Art in the Neville Brothers band upon the dissolution of the Meters.
He has appeared on recordings by Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Edie Brickell, Willie Nelson, Dr. John and The New Orleans Social Club among others.
Neville wrote an article for the December 16, 2005 edition of CounterPunch, titled 'Why I'm Not Going Back To New Orleans' and was featured in the 2006 film, New Orleans Music in Exile. After Katrina he moved to Austin, Texas but currently lives in Slidell, Louisiana.
Soul Rebels Brass Band featured Neville as a special guest on their Rounder Records debut record, Unlock Your Mind, released on January 31, 2012. The Soul Rebels' name was conceived by Neville at the New Orleans venue Tipitina’s, where the band was opening.
In 2005, Neville joined up with Tab Benoit for the Voice of the Wetlands Allstars to bring awareness to Louisiana's rapid loss of wetlands along the Gulf Coast. The band also features Waylon Thibodeaux, Johnny Sansone, Anders Osborne, Monk Boudreaux, George Porter, Jr., Johnny Vidacovich, and Dr. John. The band has become a main feature at the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
In 2010, Neville joined popular New Orleans funk band Galactic. He put aside his solo career to tour internationally with the band.
In 2012, Cyril Neville joined forces with Devon Allman (son of Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers), award-winning blues-rock guitarist Mike Zito, bassist Charlie Wooton, and Grammy-winning drummer Yonrico Scott to form Royal Southern Brotherhood, a blues-rock supergroup.
In 2014, Neville was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the 'Contemporary Blues Album of the Year' category for Magic Honey.
Citations
'Cyril Neville may be the youngest of the Neville Brothers, the first family of New Orleans rock and R&B, but he has just made his best album'. - Billboard
'a refreshingly original approach to the music' (*** 1/2) - Chicago Sun-Times
Discography
1994: The Fire This Time (Endangered Species) The Uptown Allstars
1998: Soulo (Endangered Species) Cyril solo
2000: New Orleans Cookin' (Endangered Species) Cyril solo
2003: For The Funk Of It (Kongo Square) The Uptown Allstars
2007: The Healing Dance (Jomar/Silk) Tribe 13
2009: Brand New Blues (M.C.) Cyril solo
2012: Royal Southern Brotherhood (RUF) Royal Southern Brotherhood
2012: Live in Germany (RUF) Royal Southern Brotherhood
2013: Magic Honey (RUF) Cyril solo
2014: Heartsoulblood (RUF) Royal Southern Brotherhood
2015: Don't look back (RUF) Royal Southern Brotherhood - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
- Album name Release Date Song
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Magic Honey
2013
1.Magic Honey (Provided)
2.Swamp Funk (Provided)
3.Something's Got A Hold on Me (Provided)
4.Another Man (Provided)
5.Still Going Down Today (Provided)
6.You Can Run But You Can't Hide (Provided)7.Invisible (Provided)
8.Blues is the Truth (Provided)
9.Running Water (Provided)
10.Working Man (Provided)
11.Money and Oil (Provided)
12.Slow Motion (Provided) -
Miscellaneous
1.Fortune Teller
2.The Times They Are A Changing3.Sick And Tired
4.All By Myself
【Correction of errors in the album information】