Fats Domino's first public performance since Katrina

Welcome back, Fats! - a little much-needed resurrection magic for New Orleans.

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Fats Domino performs in public for first time since Katrina
CBC Arts   May 20, 2007
Blues icon Fats Domino took the stage at a New Orleans club Saturday night, in his first public performance since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in August 2005. When the hurricane ripped through New Orleans, the musician was stuck for three days in his flooded home in the Ninth Ward before being rescued. The storm destroyed the house as well as his gold and platinum albums and his pianos.
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VIDEO CLIPS:  Shot at the Storyville nightclub in New Orleans, Fats & Friends features Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles - each a member of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame - strutting their stuff, individually and collectively. Also onstage are musical director/host Paul Shaffer, Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood and drummer extraordinaire Steve Jordan.

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[JN]

Today (Aug.14/07) the BBC reports:
"Legendary blues singer Fats Domino has been presented with gold discs that were lost or destroyed in Hurricane Katrina at a ceremony in New Orleans."
Full story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6945453.stm