BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:158240@kingstonhappenings.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260912T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260912T180000 DTSTAMP:20260907T225943Z URL:https://kingstonhappenings.org/events/cyril-neville-plays-the-dead-in- the-garden/ SUMMARY:Cyril Neville - Plays the Dead *IN THE GARDEN* DESCRIPTION:CYRIL NEVILLE\, the Uptown Ruler\, brings a lifetime of dreams come true. This two-time grammy winning icon is brilliant and beautiful on stage and in his recorded work. In this new chapter of his creative life\ , Cyril levels up even more with new songs\, a fresh perspective on his de cares of performance worldwide and a determined eye on the future. As Quin t Davis\, fonder and head of the new Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival wa tching Mr. Neville perform at the 2025 Jazz Fest Congo Square Stage said\, ” He’s still got it.”\nCyril Neville is one of the founding fathers of the New Orleans signature funky soul\, rock jazz sound that has influen ced countless artists and entertained millions of fans over his 5- decade career. Mr. Neville is a vocalist\, songwriter\, percussionist\, painter\, cultural icon and activist who richly deserves his Grammy Lifetime Achiev ement Award.\nBorn in 1948 in New Orleans\, the youngest of the Neville Br others was raised in a musical household\, with his brothers Aaron\, Art a nd Charles all making waves on the local musical scene. Their uncle George Landry was Big Chief Jolly of the Wild Tchoupitoulas Mardi Gras Indian Tr ibe\, and young Cyril cut his teeth singing and playing percussion with th e group. At 19\, he joined his brother’s band\, Art Neville and the Nevi lle Sounds\, and released his first single a year later.\nArt’s band soo n merged into the seminal group\, The Meters\, with Cyril\, guitarist Leo Nocentelli\, bassist George Porter\, Jr. and drummer Zigaboo Modeliste. Th eir early releases – the singles “Sissy Strut\, “Look-A-Py-Py” and “Sophisticated Sissy\,” as well as the Cabbage Alley and the Neville Brothers Fire on the Bayou have become classics\, and their funky grooves built a foundation for a large swath of today’s American popular music. The Meter’s reputation was cemented when the Rolling Stones offered them an opening spot on their 1975 world tour.\nArt and Cyril left The Meters in 1977\, and with Aaron and Charles formed the Neville Brothers. For 35 y ears the group rocked audiences from Tipitinas in New Orleans to Taipei pl aying venues all over the world with their imminently danceable funk rock. Their recordings such as the Grammy-winning Yellow Moon and equally succe ssful follow-up Brother’s Keeper have entered the canon of classic Ameri can Music. The Neville Brothers have received four nominations to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and hopefully one day will receive their long overd ue flowers there.\nOne of Cyril’s current projects includes touring with his son’s band\, Omari Neville and the Fuel\, but he can also be heard performing with fellow Meter Goerge Porter\, Jr\, Trombone Shorty and his nephew Ivan Neville’s band Dumpstafunk.\nMr. Neville has had a number of other musical projects over the years\, including The Endangered Species Band\, and the Uptown All Stars as well as Swamp Funk. After Hurricane Kat rina\, bluesman Tab Benoit formed the supergroup Voice of the Wetlands to advocate for coastal protections with Cyril Neville front and center stage . Mr. Neville has also has also toured singing with the funk powerhouse Ga lactic. In 2011 Mr. Neville formed his own supergroup\, Royal Southern Bro therhood\, with Devon Allman\, Mike Zito\, Charlie Wooten and Yonrico Scot t.\nMr. Neville has recorded with a Who’s Who of the rock world includin g Bob Dylan\, Jimmy Buffett\, Dr. John\, Willie Nelson\, Branford Marsalis \, and Carlos Santana. He is a prolific writer\, co-authoring songs with B ono\, Allen Toussant\, Trombone Shortyand Taj Mahal among many. Mr. Nevill e has made a number of television appearances including Saturday Night Liv e\, NCIS: New Orleans and HBO’s Treme. For many hears he also operated h is own Endangered Species record label. Now he works closely with senior m anager Lara Lavi and her production company Dreaming In Color Entertainmen t to release new music including his latest single “Lemonade\,” co-wri tten with and produced by renowned trumpet player Shamarr Allen releasing in July 2025.\nCyril Neville has collected many accolades over the course of his 50 years plus career\, including a Grammy award for the song\, “H ealing Chant” from the 1989 album\, Yellow Moon produced by Daniel Lanoi s. In 2017\, The Neville Brothers received the Austin City Limits Lifetime Achievement Award and a year later\, The Meters were honored with a Gramm y Lifetime Achievement Award.\nPerhaps Mr. Neville’s greatest joy is sin ging\, recording and performing with his son Omari Neville whose band Omar i Neville and the Fuel tours as Omari’s backup band. With refreshed mana gement and talent agency\, Cyril Neville is highly prolific and unstoppabl e in this next phase of his career with new music releasing monthly for th e army of fans of the Wild Tchoupitoulas\, Meters\, Uptown Ruler\, Neville Brothers and fans of New Orleans music and culture.\nhttp://www.cyrilnevi llemusic.com/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kingstonhappenings.org/wp-content/upload s/2026/09/761779737_1714237813835107_592540756390070130_n.jpg CATEGORIES:@Featured,@Newsletter,Music,Nightlife and entertainment LOCATION:Colony Woodstock NY\, 22 Rock City Rd\, Woodstock\, New York\, Uni ted States GEO:42.0424924;-74.11799489999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=22 Rock City Rd\, Woodstock \, New York\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Colony Woodstock NY :geo:42.0424924,-74.11799489999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR