Museum Officials Trying to Save Musical Treasures From Fats Domino's Home

[UpInArms]

http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/jensen031606.html

NEW ORLEANS -- Fats Domino's Katrina-flooded house sat gutted and full of treasures this week as a crew from the Louisiana State Museum arrived in the Lower 9th Ward to salvage the beloved musician's two Steinway grand pianos and a smaller electric Wurlitzer piano that sat at the foot of his big bed, next to a huge jar of pickled pigs feet.

The museum is negotiating with the Domino family to save the pianos from further deterioration and include them in a planned national touring exhibit about the August hurricane and subsequent flooding, said Greg Lambousy, director of collections for the museum. Domino was rescued by boat Aug. 29 as the floodwaters rose in his neighborhood.

Domino's blond brick house near the corner of Caffin and St. Claude avenues is a rock 'n' roll shrine.

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Its windows sealed with hurricane shutters, the house was as dark as a tomb. State museum officials and a work crew wearing white uniforms entered the home with the solemn demeanor of archaeologists.

Their first discovery was an overturned and legless white Steinway, beside a muck-filled fish tank. The rest of the large room was empty. Its walls were wrapped with a 10-foot-high water mark.



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[SoulDrift]

1. Thanks for the post!

9th ward lives on!

[Lefty48197]

2. "This time I'm walkin' to New Orleans..."

"New Orleans is my home..."

There's no way in hell Fats won't move back to New Orleans. I love his music. It was scary when he was reported missing.

[Nashvilliberal]

3. Fats is still in New Orleans...

... he bought a house on the West Bank in the subdivision in which my parents live. Nice area, but I'm pretty sure he's the only one with a Rolls Royce. B-)