George Porter

George Porter Jr. earns my deepest respect as one of the true architects of funk. As the bassist and singer of the Meters, formed with Art Neville in the mid-1960s, he helped lay the groundwork for an entire genre, and the fact that he is still playing decades later is remarkable. Funk bass is humble and brutally difficult work, the kind of role that rolls an entire song forward from the low end without ever showing off. To me, he embodies the swampy, swinging pulse of New Orleans itself, and I sit up straighter every time I hear him play.

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Name (English)

George Porter

Name (Japanese)

ジョージ・ポーターJr.

Reading

じょーじ・ぽーたーJr.

Born

December 26, 1947 (age 78)

Origin

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Occupation

singer / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Boar

• Official sitehttps://www.georgeporterjr.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Porter%20Jr.
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BCJr.
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5543504

Tags

• Louisiana
• singer
• musician

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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