{"id":10159,"date":"2025-02-23T14:45:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T20:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/?p=10159"},"modified":"2025-02-23T14:54:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T20:54:54","slug":"george-porter-pocket-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/george-porter-pocket-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the Influence of Music: A Conversation with George Porter, Jr. (Part Two)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the second half of our conversation with George Porter, Jr. we get deeper into the Meters, Earl King, Professor Longhair, The Wild Tchoupitoulas, sampling, and more. Part one is available here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PostGenre: Of course, with the Meters, you played bass and built most of your career around that instrument. Do you ever wish you had focused more on the guitar? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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George Porter, Jr.: No, no. I could have divided my time more equally between the two instruments, but I never really stopped playing guitar. I have three or four of them. Anders Osborne [recently] gave me a beautiful acoustic guitar. I told him I wanted to start playing again and needed a guitar that allows for a big-handed bass player to fit his hands on the guitar neck, and he thought he had a Yamaha that was perfect for that. It is a very beautiful instrument, sounds great, and fits my fingers. But, yeah, I’ve never really stopped playing guitar. I just didn’t spend as much time with it as the bass. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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PG: Earlier, you mentioned how the Blues changed your musical trajectory. You have recorded with many Blues musicians throughout your career – Albert King, Walter \u201cWolfman\u201d Washington, Taj Mahal\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GP: Earl King [laughing]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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