The Meters guitarist recorded an album of exquisite unreleased solo songs in 1971 – and thought
Hurricane Katrina had claimed them. Rediscovered at last, they cap a storied and sublime career
You can’t pin Leo Nocentelli down. When I ask the legendary funk guitarist how his extraordinary solo album Another Side has come to be released after 50 years in oblivion, he tells the whole story in a seven-minute monologue, but when I try to confirm his age, no dice.
“It’s not important,” he says in a river-deep Louisiana accent. “I could say I’m 20, I could say I’m 85. Look at me. How old do you think I am?”