"We're the brothers/We're the funky four/funk to the Valence/from the Calliope/like to sing and dance/in the neighborhood/we're bad as lightning/and we're loud as thunder/When you hear the Brothers/your body got to move"--The Neville Brothers, "Real Funk"

The Neville Brothers' familial bonds have kept them together as the Funky Four, even as each Brother has nurtured successful solo careers and side projects. Cyril leads his own "second-line reggae" ...