Fats Domino @ Pink Elephant, Today Show - New York City

Keith Spera of my hometown New Orleans Times Picayune followed Fats Domino to New York City and wrote a multi-part story of the experience that is humorous and enlightening.

Fats was supposed to be on the David Letterman Show last night, but the writer’s strike cancelled those plans.  He then played at the Pink Elephant for a show promoting the Tipitina’s Foundation and the new album Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino.

Keith’s series of articles: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4

• Update - Part 5 of the story and Fat’s playing "Blueberry Hill" on the NBC Today Show with Leo Nocentelli, Ivan Neville, Donald Harrison, Jr., Adam Deitch, Toots Hibbert, Eric Krasno and Nick Daniels… Now that is an All-Star band…..
• Update II - Part 6 as Fats heads home to New Orleans

I should have burned some of those AAdvantage miles and headed up north…….

I ran across this video while doing a little YouTube surfing.  Obviously shot quite a few years ago, it features Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles along with Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones and Paul Schaffer of the Letterman Show.  Very Good….