Ye Olde Green Wave Forum

Sad but not surprising news. Towering figure in the history of New Orleans music and rock and roll. Bless his memory.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/o ... rQwQ?amp=1

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You want experience running the entire show? You got it. You want someone young and energetic? You got it. You wanted someone with absolutely no ties to Cowen/Dickson? You got it. - TU23

Loved the 2006 Jazz Fest poster ... RIP Fats.

RIP Fats

He was a big contributor to the soundtrack of my youth.
I wonder if he'll like Heaven as much as he loved New Orleans.

I hope his Blueberry Hill is as good as it gets!

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Tulane Class of 1978 | NROTC Tulane - Submariner | Slow learner

Hey man, let's keep it clean...

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You want experience running the entire show? You got it. You want someone young and energetic? You got it. You wanted someone with absolutely no ties to Cowen/Dickson? You got it. - TU23

As summed up best in NYT obit, His music "is the kind of good that never wears out." RIP

The world is a good bit darker today

Half a century and his sound still seems fresh. Sad day

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“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.” --Troy Dannen 11.5.16

Twelve essential Fats Domino songs (per the RS)

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/fats-domino-12-essential-songs-w510144

For me it’ll always be Blue Monday followed by Walking to New Orleans

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“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.” --Troy Dannen 11.5.16

I remember seeing him at Jazz fest several decades ago; what an amazing performer! RIP Fats!

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What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?

When I was a kid and had my driver's license we would drive by this house hoping he was outside so we could tell him Hi. Just to see him was special. His music was with my generation growing up in New Orleans every day from grammar school through college. As Roller said - he was the was a 'big contributor'. And as the Beatles said their major early influence was Fats.

2nd line Wednesday at 5

I usually avoid such because it’s hipster paradise. But Fats means that much to me. Good weather = I’m there

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“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.” --Troy Dannen 11.5.16

I went. And I'm glad I did: Fats means/meant that much to me. But man oh man, celebrity death second lines are, or at least have become, the sole possession of hipsters and air-b-n-b tourists.

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“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.” --Troy Dannen 11.5.16