Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste needs no introduction to anyone interested in funk; as the original drummer for the legendary Meters, his place in musical history is secure. Yet the breakup of the group in the mid-’70s and his absence from the new version, called the funky Meters, left a lot of folks wondering. How could the world’s greatest funk drummer not play for the world’s greatest funk band? The answer, as Ziggy himself relates here, is complex, but it’s something he obviously felt was nece...