George Porter Jr. and His Runnin’ Pardners played the historic and intimate Shepherdstown Opera House in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, on Wednesday, June 18. The 105 year old, New Orleans friendly ...

With Halloween fast approaching, George Porter Jr. is issuing a celebratory reminder that he and the Runnin’ Pardners will “funk you to death” on Friday, ...

George Porter Jr. has confirmed the details for his annual hometown birthday show. The Meters bassist will hold court at New Orleans’ famed Maple Leaf, where he hosts a Monday residency as well, ...

George Porter Jr. and the musicians he tours with tend to eat well when they’re out on the road, the bassist and New Orleans funk icon says with a laugh. Looking through the song titles on his ...

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Throughout a career spanning more than four decades, bassist George Porter Jr. is best for his work in the Meters. Formed in 1965, the band pioneered what we now know as funk. Since then, the New ...

This Sunday, the spirit of the “Piano Prince of New Orleans” will take over Preservation Hall with a visual and musical telling of his story at a James Booker tribute event. The day will start with a ...

A DEADLY WEAPON AND TRANSPORTING DRUGS. RIGHT NOW, NASHUA POLICE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP FINDING THIS MAN. THEY SAY 36 YEAR OLD GEORGE PORTER HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE JUNE. POLICE BELIEVE HE COULD HAVE ...

LEGENDARY: The North Star Theatre presents celebrated bassist George Porter Jr. and his Runnin' Pardners band in concert Sept. 26 at the North Star Theatre at 347 Girod St. in Mandeville. Porter was ...