Everyone loves the fat man
I saw Antoine “Fats” Domino play at JazzFest in 1990 and have always loved his music. He was a king there at the piano, big rings on his fingers, flashy suit. I think I read he lost everything in the flood. Here’s a sweet single courtesy of Fred. Great liner notes on this mid- fifties collection and a nice illustration on the cover. Fat’s early classics are all on the Imperial label. This four song e.p. features his eponymous first hit “The Fat Man”.
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May 10th, 2007 at 4:15 am
The Fat Man is the True King of Rock’n’Roll.All his album sleeves are good.
Fats was unusual in that he was bringing some degree of morality back into R & B-none of that sort of threatening stuff of Howlin Wolf or the inane bragging of Bo Diddley or countless blues singers.He never left his own turf thankfully never attempted to become a soul singer.
This is why the Fat Man is the greatest black star of all