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The band played an influential role as backing musicians for other artists, including Lee Dorsey and Dr John.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile The Meters rarely enjoyed significant mainstream success, they are considered, along with artists like James Brown, one of the progenitors of funk music and their work is highly influential on many other bands, both their contemporaries and modern musicians working in the funk idiom.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Meters' sound is defined by an earthy combination of tight melodic grooves and highly syncopated New Orleans \"second-line\" rhythms under highly charged guitar and keyboard riffing. 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