The Neville Brothers is an American R&B/soul/funk group,
started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art, Charles (1938),
Aaron, and Cyril got together to take part in the recording session of The Wild
Tchoupitoulas, a Mardi Gras Indian group led by their uncle, George Landry
("Big Chief Jolly").
In 1988, the group released Uptown from EMI featuring guests
including Branford Marsalis, Keith Richards, and Carlos Santana. The following
year saw the release of Yellow Moon from A&M Records produced by Daniel
Lanois. The track "Healing Chant" from that album won best pop
instrumental performance of the Grammy Awards.
In 1990, the Neville Brothers contributed "In the Still
of the Night" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Blue produced by the Red
Hot Organization. Also in 1990, they appeared on the bill at that year's
Glastonbury Festival. This also was the year they recorded "Sons and
Daughters" on their Brother's Keeper album.
Their version of "Bird on a Wire" was played over
the closing credits of the 1990 film, Bird on a Wire.
The group formally disbanded in 2012 but reunited in 2015
for a farewell concert in New Orleans.
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