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George Porter Jr. On This Month’s Groove – The No Treble Podcast

George Porter Jr. is this month’s conversation on Groove – The No Treble Podcast.

You can listen the new episode right here: Groove – The No Treble Podcast – Episode #76 – George Porter Jr.

Who is George Porter Jr.?

George Porter Jr. is the legendary bassist (and singer) of the famed band, The Meters. This band, along with Art Neville, was formed in the mid 1960s, and truly pushed forward the genre of funk. While the band disbanded in the late seventies (but reformed in 1989), George Porter Jr. pushed on with his own group, Runnin’ Pardners, The Trio, New Orleans Social Club, and many more. Along with that, he has performed and recorded with such an incredible array of artists from Paul McCartney, Robbie Robertson, Robert Palmer to Patti Labelle, David Byrne, Earl King, Tori Amos and beyond. As if this were not enough, in 2018, Porter sat in with Dead & Company and continues to push the limits with his latest album, Crying For Hope. You name it, Porter can crush it as he mixes rock, funk, R&B and more to become one of the industry’s most elite bass players. There’s nothing stopping George Porter Jr. Just take a listen to his new album, and enjoy the conversation….

What is Groove – The No Treble Podcast?

This is an ambitious effort. This will be a fascinating conversation. Our goal at Groove is to build the largest oral history of bass players. Why Groove? Most of the content about the bass revolves around gear, playing techniques, and more technical chatter. For us, bassists are creative artists with stories to tell. They are a force to be reckon with. These are the stories and conversation that we will capture. To create this oral history of why these artists chose the bass, what their creative lives are like, and where inspiration can be found.

Listen in: Groove – The No Treble Podcast – Episode #76 – George Porter Jr.

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Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.