Fats Domino did appear at Saturday night's Domino Effect Benefit Concert at the New Orleans Arena, however, he did not perform. Instead the crowd was treated to five hours of quality music with sets from Taj Mahal, Ozomatli, Keb Mo, Junior Brown, blues legend BB King, and Rock 'N Roll legends Chuck Berry and Little [...]
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Posted by Keith Spera November 09, 2007 6:52AMMusic writer Keith Spera was in New York City with Fats Domino last week. This is his fourth report from the road.Fats Domino is Santa Claus: Short, stout, generally jovial. And just by being in the room, he makes people happy.At 8:15 p.m. Thursday, he arrives at a cavernous dance club adjacent to the tony Pink Elephant in a tough swath of lower Man...
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On Monday, Fats Domino became the second recipient of the Recording Industry Association of America's "American Music Legend" award. The late Johnny Cash is the only other musician to be honored with the award recognizing a musician's imprint on American music as undeniable and invaluable.Last night in New Orleans friends and family of Domino gathered to present the 79 year-old Rock and Roll Ha...
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Fats Domino's gold records, will have his sales awards replaced during a ceremony next week, according to LiveDaily.As "previously reported":CH, even after having to be rescued via boat and reportedly losing everything, Fats drew testament to the old saying you can't keep a good man down. Apparently standing tall as a beacon of hope for the community, the 79 year old Fats reportedly is back in ...
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You know you've made a mark on the world when artists regarded as all time greats flock to re-record your songs in tribute. A double disc entitled "Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino" is coming our way Sept. 25 via Vanguard Records. Elton John, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Robert Plant and Willie Nelson have all remade their own versions of select Fat Domino classics, reports Billboard. Procee...
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Fats Domino did appear at Saturday night's Domino Effect Benefit Concert at the New Orleans Arena, however, he did not perform. Instead the crowd was treated to five hours of quality music with sets from Taj Mahal, Ozomatli, Keb Mo, Junior Brown, blues legend BB King, and Rock 'N Roll legends Chuck Berry and Little [...]
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Posted by Keith Spera November 09, 2007 6:52AMMusic writer Keith Spera was in New York City with Fats Domino last week. This is his fourth report from the road.Fats Domino is Santa Claus: Short, stout, generally jovial. And just by being in the room, he makes people happy.At 8:15 p.m. Thursday, he arrives at a cavernous dance club adjacent to the tony Pink Elephant in a tough swath of lower Man...
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Well, good morning world. So to start my Sunday Mornings Under the Covers, I give you my favorite version of this oft-covered song. Fats Domino gives this song such a nice, gently funky groove, I find it irresistable.I believe though that Christmas Music in general should be restricted to Christmas Week.
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I expect to be on my feet a lot in New Orleans next weekend during my annual early-Carnival weekend visit. Trekking through the French Quarter and the Marigny; strolling by the mighty Mississippi; scampering alongside parades; dancing in clubs and all-night parties; and doing a joyful second-line strut wherever I happen to be standing at any given moment. But, with all due respect to the immort...
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This is one of my favorite Fats Domino songs ever, about dealing with a no-account girlfriend. Fats even has to brush her teeth for her, and when he comes home she's lying in bed with a rag tied 'round her head. Fats shares the authorship with Dave Bartholomew and Chris Kenner. The song reached #22 on the pop charts in 1958.The members of Moby Grape, with the exception of drummer Don Stevenson,...
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One of the founding fathers of rock'n'roll, drummer Earl Palmer, famed for his work in both New Orleans and Los Angeles, died on Friday 19th September, five weeks short of his 84th birthday. Joining Dave Bartholomew's Band in 1947, he allowed the young Antoine "Fats" Domino to sit in with the band, and was the drummer on "The Fat Man" in 1950 - a jump blues tune that has some claims to be the f...
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You just have to love Fats. I first heard a cover of this tune by Dave Edmunds and, after hearing another oldie by Fats on the radio, finally broke down and got to buy and hear the original. For all of you heading off to, at, or returning from work this Monday...
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| 2 Ain't That a Shame |
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| 3 I'm Walkin' |
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| 4 Whole Lotta Lovin' |
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| 5 My Girl Josephine |
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