Just Kissed My Baby

Recorded at Sea-Saint Studios in New Orleans for the 1974 album Rejuvenation, Just Kissed My Baby featured Art Neville on keyboards, Leo Nocentelli on guitar, George Porter Jr. on bass and Zigaboo Modeliste on drums, with guest slide guitar from Little Feat's Lowell George. The recording was produced by Allen Toussaint and The Meters, with Ken Laxton engineering. Just Kissed My Baby was a standout track on The Meters' fifth studio album, demonstrating the group's tightly interlocking rhythms, distinctive guitar patterns and increasingly sophisticated production. The recording helped establish Rejuvenation as a defining release in the band's catalogue, with critic Robert Christgau specifically identifying the song as an album highlight. Just Kissed My Baby remains one of The Meters' best-known recordings and an influential example of New Orleans rhythm-section interplay. Its enduring appeal extends through DJ culture, subsequent covers and performances by groups including Widespread Panic, while Rejuvenation has appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.