Released 1969 (1969) Length 2:59 | Genre Funk Label Josie | |
B-side "Here Comes the Meter Man" Writer(s) Art Neville
Zigaboo Modeliste
Leo Nocentelli
George Porter, Jr. | ||
"Cissy Strut" is a 1969 funk instrumental by The Meters. Released as a single from their eponymous debut album, it reached No. 4 on the R&B chart and No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Meters recorded a follow-up, "Sophisticated Cissy", which was included on the same album. The song was also featured in the 1997 film Jackie Brown. The A.V. Club called the song a classic deeply rooted in New Orleans music tradition.
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Covers
According to a compilation set by WRTC-FM Digital Archive Project the song has been covered by Los Holy's, Johnny Lewis Quartet, Sunny & the Sunliners, KVHW, Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Robert Randolph, Dennis Chambers with John Scofield, U.S. Army Band with Steve Gadd, Los Masters, The Butch Cassidy Sound System, Joe Bravo, Earl Van Dyke, Willard Posey Reunion, Derek Trucks Band, King Herbert & The Knights, Lotus, Zero, and Steve Kimock Band. Other bands that have covered the song are Hypnotic Willie and Slightly Stoopid.
Cissy Strut album
Cissy Strut is a compilation album of thirteen songs released by Island Records in 1974. All songs were originally released by Josie Records on The Meters' first three albums from 1969 to 1970. Robert Christgau had a positive review and called Ziggy Modeliste's drumming "The secret" adding "it's almost as if he's the lead."