My Blue Heaven The Best Of Fats Domino Music Cd

Fats Domino - My Blue Heaven The Best Of Fats Domino

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My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino      Artist : Fats Domino      List Price : $11.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1990-07-16      Studio : Capitol      Label : Capitol      Avg. Customer Rating : (14 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for My Blue Heaven The Best Of Fats Domino      THAT'S WHY I'M WALKIN' TO NEW ORLEANS      Rating:      C'MON, EVERYBODY LOVES LISTENING TO THE FAT MAN. ALL OF HIS GREATEST HITS ARE HERE. FATS DOMINO WAS THE ARTIST WHO EPITOMIZED THE SOUND OF NEW ORLEANS R&B, AND EARLY ROCK AND ROLL. HE WAS AN ORIGINAL.     Customer Reviews for My Blue Heaven The Best Of Fats Domino Cd      "They call me the fat man..."      Rating:      It's hard to find fault with the music of Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino. He was a great performer bar none, a man who dripped entertainment and emotion from every pore. He was a great singer, blessed with a hypnotic rumble of a voice. His vocals rang with soul and charisma and enthusiasm. He was a gifted pianist too, with an obvious knack for rolling, spacious melodies that packed a healthy dose of r&b grit and raw soul. If you're trying to fill in a stylistic timeline, jot him down in some euphoric niche between New Orleans r&b and early rock `n' roll. He excelled at combining the melody of the former with the rhythms of the latter (inasmuch as the two could be said to have differing melodies or rhythms). All of which is to say, if you care at all about good, gutsy music, you should have some Fats in your collection. This disc is a damn good place to start. It features a lot of his best and most beloved songs, form the gritty majesty of the tile track to the gospel stomp of "Blue Monday" to the rolling grace of "Blueberry Hill" to the seductive party stomp of "The Big Beat" to the funky awesomeness of "Let The Four Winds Blow." Excellent sound quality, too, crisp and clear. You'll want to get other stuff, too. Maybe a few of the twofer reissues of his proper LPs. But that's for later. Right now, just get this disc and enjoy. It's easy.