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YouTube du Jour: Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bquioOYRlUI&feature=related[/youtube] From November 8-13, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will honor Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew with an installment of their American Music Masters series that they call […]
Various Artists, Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Vanguard)
Tribute albums are often a cruel taunt. The typically impressive talent roster covering a legendary artist promises musical thrills a-plenty, but too often they underwhelm. Performances are too faithful […]
Fats Domino, Greatest Hits: Walking to New Orleans (Capitol/EMI)
Sixteen songs have become a part of our musical language and are instantly recognizable, and only 21 of those songs appear on Greatest Hits: Walking to New Orleans, another […]
Fats Domino Is Back…Almost
As inconceivable as it seemed 19 months ago, Antoine “Fats” Domino is moving back into his Ninth Ward home. He had to escape his Caffin Avenue residence after it flooded […]
Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music: Fats Domino
Everybody knows Antoine “Fats” Domino. He is the celebrity’s celebrity, a walking trademark, known and loved throughout the world. Unlike all the other larger than life figures who’ve emerged from […]
Fats Domino, Alive and Kickin’ (Tipitina’s Foundation)
First of all, Fats Domino will never surpass the majesty of his 1950s recordings, so don’t pick this up expecting him to. Secondly, the presence of electric keyboards, synthesizers, vibraphones, […]
BackTalk: Fats Domino (Interview)
If the late New Orleans R&B singer Ernie K-Doe is remembered for anything besides his music, it’s without a doubt his repartee. “I’m not sure,” K-Doe was fond of saying, […]
