Details of Fats’ Second Line
Reported here. Dave BartholomewFats Dominonew orleans
Tag Archive Browsing Tag: Fats Domino
Browse by:
The Fats Domino Story
As one might expect there will be a plethora of shallow obituaries and a flurry of mediocre books but the best sources and likely to remain so are Rick Coleman’s Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock ‘n’ Roll and Joseph Lauro’s The Big Beat: The Story of Fats Domino and His Band (available on…
Fats + Dave + Cosimo
boogie woogieCosimo MatassaDave BartholomewFats Dominorock ‘n roll
Fats
WWOZ and OffBeat report. boogie woogieFats Dominomusicnew orleans
A Closer Walk
WWOZ have just launched a website A Closer Walk to “highlight, contextualize and advocate” for the future of these locales. It’s a bit late in the day for this: such a damn shame that so much has already been destroyed. Here are some of the locales that are meaningful to me. Cosimo MatassaErnie K-DoeFats DominoJazzkarnofskyLouis…
Happy Birthday Fats
What Fats Domino Means To New Orleans boogie boogieFats Dominonew orleanspianorock ‘n roll
Fats’ website
Surprisingly, only now has an official website for Fats been launched. Let’s hope it actually becomes content rich and not just another naff and crass exercise in merchandizing. The best source for the Fats story remains Rick Coleman’s Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock ‘n’ Roll. boogie boogieFats Dominomusicnew orleansrick coleman
Herb Hardesty
Best known as Fats Domino’s saxophonist, Herb Hardesty, has died. See WWOZ and OffBeat. Dave BartholomewFats DominoHerb Hardestymusicnew orleanssaxophone
Little Richard
Born on this day — a most radical and brave pioneer. Little Richard told Blackwell he preferred the sound of Fats Domino. As a result, Little Richard began recording at Cosimo Matassa’s J&M Studios in New Orleans that September, recording there with several of Domino’s session musicians, including drummer Earl Palmer and saxophonist Lee Allen.[39]…
Bayou Maharajah: James Booker Story
I’ve been anticipating seeing this for quite some time now and today was the day. The DVD packaging is superb and of course features a “who’s who” of the NOLA music scene. Two of my favorite clips include the 1973 Don Kirshner Rock Concert with Mac, the Harry Connick Sr. (and 12 y.o. Jr.) segments, and the Scott Billington segment featuring…
