Sweet honey dripper (The Neville Brothers) (LP 4453 - 4454)

Neville Brothers  Fiyo on the Bayou (CD, A&M Records, 1981) ****  

The Neville Brothers  Family Groove (CD, A&M Records, 1981) ****  

Genre: Funk, soul, R&B

Places I remember: The Hope collection

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Fiyo on the Bayou

Gear costume: Let Me People Go (Family Groove)

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7

Active compensatory factors: These are not albums I'd buy if left to my own devices. New Orleans style rock and soul has never been my go-to. That said, I'm happy to have these albums in my collection.

The Neville Brothers are pretty famous but I'm struggling to name any of the brothers apart from the honey-voiced Aaron, who had a successful solo career. Research tells me that the four brothers include Art, Cyril and Charles.

Fiyo on the Bayou was their second album and it's got that funky New Orleans combo of Cajun rock and reggae down. The title track is an instant classic with those massed Chamber Brothers style vocals to the fore.

Family Groove is a lot rockier by comparison but it still has that funky beat and the same distinctive Neville Brothers sound. As AllMusic sums up - All the usual Neville elements are here: Charles Neville on the saxophone, Cyril Neville on the drums, Art Neville on piano, and the inimitable voice of Aaron Neville.

Where do they all belong? That will do me for The Neville Brothers.