Tipitina’s Record Club has signed a contract with WLAE-TV (New Orleans Public Televison) to produce a traditional vinyl LP album called “Fats Domino: Live at Tipitina’s”. This album is from the live May 2007 concert at the uptown New Orleans Tipitina’s music club which was the basis for the award-winning documentary Fats Domino—Walkin’ Back to New Orleans. The documentary debuted in November 2008 on WLAE-TV and throughout the country, showcasing the concert that what would become Fats’ final public performance.
The Fats Domino—Walkin’ Back to New Orleans one-hour documentary garnered numerous local, regional and national awards including first place in the Entertainment Category of The New Orleans Press Club Awards and a national Telly Award among others. These awards prompted station managers and music industry leaders to launch discussions on preserving the larger than life legacy of publishing this special LP album. The release date is set for mid November 2022, on the Tipitina’s Record Club label, available on their online subscription service and to a limited number of retail stores in Southeast Louisiana.
The original documentary “Walkin’ Back to New Orleans”
Fats’ new album will be a deluxe, 180g custom-colored 33 RPM vinyl record, containing all his performances from the Tipitina’s documentary concert show including “Blueberry Hill,” “Hello Josephine,” “Ain’t That a Shame,” “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” and “Jambalaya.” His concert recording in 2007 was held as the City of New Orleans was slowly emerging from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in which Fats tragically lost his home and all his music memorabilia. The concert was the centerpiece of the WLAE-TV documentary which aired on more than 300 PBS stations nationally. Narrated by actor John Goodman, the show was produced by Sean O’Malley under Executive Producers Jim Dotson and Ron Yager.
“Fats Domino: Live at Tipitina’s” is the 11th album produced and released by Tipitina’s Record Club since its inception in November 2020. The Fats album is a multi-tracked recording and has been professionally remixed so the listener feels like they are there at his final performance. Fats and his nine-piece band demonstrate why he is considered a pioneer in the rock ‘n’ roll world.
With several top Billboard songs over the past 60 years, Fats Domino received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987, the OffBeat Best of The Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music in 2007 and played an integral role in popularizing rock ‘n’ roll. Fats died in October 2017 at 89 years old.
