The Skinny on FATS

It seems Fats Domino, 77, refused to leave his three story home in New Orleans and was unaccounted for for a while in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. His daughter, who lives in NewJersey, was able to identify him in the photo below which was taken Monday night as he was being helped out of a rescue boat. He lived in the 9th Ward, which is said to be littered with dead bodies now. No one knows where he has been taken, nor do they know what became of the other family members who were supposedly with him. This man is a national treasure! And he needs to be cared for in that fashion! I remember listening to my mothers old 45's of Fats singing "Boll Weevil",...man his music is infectious! The image on the cover of my parents' old Fats Domino LP is etched on my brain too,...a color rendering of a more svelt Fats(really flattering image) in a nice suit strolling off the LP jacket. The colors muted purple and gold. Definitely colors for royalty(Wow! I was right! I found a photo of the jacket after I had written the discription of it! Thank goodness my memory is not just a mess of cobwebs and I still remember the important things in life!). All I can say is that he is more than welcome to stay at my house. I have an extra bedroom/bathroom and an old piano and a piano playing son who could richly benefit from a month or two with a rock n' roll hall of famelegend. The good news is, we know Fats is safe, but the bad news is we still don't know where he is. "Ain't That a Shame!"