Cissy Strut

"Cissy Strut"
Single by The Meters
from the album The Meters
B-side	"Here Comes the Meter Man"
Released	1969
Genre	Funk
Length	2:59
Label	Josie
Writer(s)	Art Neville Zigaboo Modeliste Leo Nocentelli George Porter, Jr.
Producer(s)	Allen Toussaint Marshall E. Sehorn

"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.^[1] 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.^[2] The A.V. Club called the song a classic deeply rooted in New Orleans music tradition.^[3]

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, Steve Kimock Band, and others.^[4]

Cissy Strut album

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Robert Christgau	A–[6]

Cissy Strut is a compilation album of thirteen songs released by Island Records in 1974.^[5] 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."^[6]

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Look-Ka Py Py"	3:20
2.	"Tippi-Toes"	2:29
3.	"Darlin' Darlin'"	2:54
4.	"9 'Til 5"	2:51
5.	"Thinking"	1:45
6.	"Funky Miracle"	2:28
7.	"Cissy Strut"	3:04
8.	"Chicken Strut"	3:14
9.	"Live Wire"	2:38
10.	"Here Comes the Meter Man"	2:54
11.	"Ease Back"	3:13
12.	"Ride Your Pony"	3:22
13.	"Sophisticated Cissy"	2:55

References

1. "AllMusic – The Meters album – awards". Allmusic.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
2. "IMDb – Jackie Brown (1997) – Soundtracks". IMDb.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
3. "The Meters remain the measure of New Orleans funk". A.V. Club. March 5, 2014. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
4. "WRTC Digital Archive Project – All sorts of versions of 'Cissy Strut'". wrtc.streamrewind.com. September 12, 2015. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
5. "AllMusic – The Meters – Cissy Strut". Allmusic.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
6. "Robert Christgau – The Meters". robertchristgau.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2015.