Leo Nocentelli will play a guest-heavy Welcome Back Home Party at New Orleans’ Tiptina’s on Thursday, December 17. The Meters guitarist recently relocated back to The Big Easy after spending just over three decades in the greater Los Angeles, CA area. A mix of guests will join Nocentelli at his New Orleans homecoming show, including Irma Thomas, The Soul Rebels, Donald Harrison,Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Deacon John, Big Chief Alfred Doucette, James Andrews, Michael “Soulman” Baptiste and Bernie Worrell, among others. Channel 4 TV’s Eric Paulsen will serve as the night’s MC.

Looking ahead, Nocentelli will bring his The Meters Experience to Mill Valley, CA’s Sweetwater Music Hall for a gig on Friday, January 15. Worrell, who has been on the road with the guitarist recently, will perform as part of his band.