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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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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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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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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Today's Black History Month artist is the great Fats Domino. This song seemed appropo considering Mondays are usually blue for me. Monday is the day I have to begin a week of getting up at 6 a.m. (and I'm no morning person) and going to a mindless job with a boss I'm none too fond of, plus I've been treated to below zero weather for most of last week and it looks like it will be hanging around ...
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