Dave Bartholomew, Dr. John, Art Neville, too many losses in such a short time for the heart of New Orleans music. No one else like Art to epitomize the concept of funk emanated from the swamps of Louisiana, Proffesor Longhair, Slim Harpo or Guitar Slim. In the seventies was with The Meters, seminal band with the no less transcendent Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr. and Zigaboo Modeliste, and from the eighties with the rest of the family in The Neville Brothers. Art Neville should go into the history of American music as one of the greats among the greats.