Join Fats Domino in Saving New Orleans' Music Culture
We were all worried during Hurricane Katrina that New Orleans legend Fats Domino was among those lost in that devastated city. But Fats, we later learned, is alive and kicking, and doing his part to revitalize what was a major center of the Jazz Universe.
This is from the Tipitina's Foundation website:
The Tipitinas Foundation has announced that legendary R&B and rock n roll singer, songwriter and pianist, Antoine Dominique Fats Domino Jr., is donating proceeds from his new album Alive and Kickin to the Tipitinas Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to music education, music business development, and preserving Louisianas unique musical cultures.
Alive and Kickin is Fats Dominos first new release since Christmas Gumbo in 1993. Fats was looking for a meaningful way to give back to his hometown after Hurricane Katrina, said Tipitinas Foundation co-founder Roland von Kurnatowski. He made it very clear that he was making this donation to us because he felt it was important to support the Foundation in its efforts to rebuild the New Orleans music community.
In a scene that played out on television screens around the world, on September 1, 2005, the 77-year-old Domino was rescued from the roof of his flooded home in New Orleans Lower 9th Ward by a Coast Guard helicopter. After spending time in a shelter and apartments in Baton Rouge, the Domino family returned to New Orleans in October to begin rebuilding their home.
This album is a soulful musical message from Fats to his millions of fans around the world that he, the people of his beloved city of New Orleans, and its vibrant musical community are ‘Alive and Kickin said Bill Taylor, Director of the Tipitinas Foundation. Eleven of the albums 13 tracks were recorded over the decade prior to Hurricane Katrina, but the effort took on a renewed sense of urgency for Fats as his hometown has pulled together to rebuild.
Fats Dominos Alive and Kickin is only available online at tipitinasfoundation.org. A CD can be obtained by making a donation to the Tipitinas Foundation. All Foundation proceeds will go toward helping save and rebuild the New Orleans music community. By supporting musicians who have suffered devastating losses from displacement, homelessness, and a lack of jobs and instruments, Fats Domino and the Tipitinas Foundation are ensuring that New Orleans unique musical heritage will be preserved.
Go. Donate. And enjoy the music.
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