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george porter , jr. performing in 2004 -lsb- http://www.georgeporterjr.com/ http://www.georgeporterjr.com/] the the trio -lrb- with johnny vidacovich -rrb- 7 walkers , meters new orleans social club the runnin ' pardners porter batiste stoltz 1965-present george porter , jr. . new orleans , louisiana united states rounder , transvideo 250 yes solo_singer 26 december 1947 bass , vocals r & b , new orleans , funk georgeporterjr2004.jpg george porter , jr. .
 george porter , jr. . musician , songwriter
george porter , jr. .

george joseph porter , jr. -lrb- born december 26 , 1947 -rrb- 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 .
