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This week in New Orleans, we noted the passage of Antoine "Fats" Domino, one of our native sons with a distinctive voice and piano style. When interviewed, he said that he didn't know if he actually started Rock-N-Roll as a music style, but that when he started, nobody else was doing it like he did.
He passed away at age 89, survived by many children and grandchildren. He lived through the horror of Hurricane Katrina, which hit his Lower 9th Ward home very hard, destroying his favorite old piano.
In a world where people threaten others with war, he offered music. He was not a perfect human being, but when people think of "Fats", they smile because they remember his music. When you come down to it, not a bad legacy.
http://www.newsweek.com/fats-domino-dies-new-orleans-rock-and-roll-692843?yptr=yahoo
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/new...roll-pioneer-dead-at-89/ar-AAu2dEn?li=BBnbfcL
https://www.yahoo.com/music/fats-domino-rock-n-roll-143733048.html
I never met him but as it happens, I did meet a couple of people who were close to him. His band toured Europe every other year during the years before 2005 (and Katrina). Where he played, it was always sold out.
Now you're gone, "Fats." Ain't that a shame?
He passed away at age 89, survived by many children and grandchildren. He lived through the horror of Hurricane Katrina, which hit his Lower 9th Ward home very hard, destroying his favorite old piano.
In a world where people threaten others with war, he offered music. He was not a perfect human being, but when people think of "Fats", they smile because they remember his music. When you come down to it, not a bad legacy.
http://www.newsweek.com/fats-domino-dies-new-orleans-rock-and-roll-692843?yptr=yahoo
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/new...roll-pioneer-dead-at-89/ar-AAu2dEn?li=BBnbfcL
https://www.yahoo.com/music/fats-domino-rock-n-roll-143733048.html
I never met him but as it happens, I did meet a couple of people who were close to him. His band toured Europe every other year during the years before 2005 (and Katrina). Where he played, it was always sold out.
Now you're gone, "Fats." Ain't that a shame?
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