6 min. | Documentary | 2017

CINEMATOGRAPHER

The first family of New Orleans music, The Neville Brothers have been world ambassadors for their city’s distinctive style of funk, soul, and R&B for four decades. The family band made its recorded debut in 1978 and has been unstoppable ever since, amassing a catalog of classic, rumpshaking albums like Fiyo On the Bayou and Yellow Moon and hits “Brother John/Iko Iko,” “Yellow Moon” and their inimitable take on Leonard Cohen’s “Bird On a Wire.” A mainstay of New Orleans stages and a huge influence on the musicians who followed them, the beloved band took its party around the world. The Nevilles’ three appearances on Austin City Limits in 1979, 1986, and 1995 continued to get groovier, greasier, and more funky with age.