Drummer Rickey and keyboardist Norman Caesar were born and raised in New Orleans’ notorious Uptown funk neighborhood. Related to the Nevilles by marriage—Cyril’s wife, Gaynielle Neville, is their aunt—they grew up in the 13th Ward on Valence and Chestnut Streets. That’s deep in the heart of Neville territory. “Caesar territory also,” Rickey quickly pipes in.

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