The Once and Future King

Fats Domino passed last October, but he remains an animate force in New Orleans life through his music. Domino’s spirit is not just the sound of Mardi Gras, it’s what New Orleans feels like 24/7/365. It’s the fickle finger of ivory-tickling fate that makes every five-year-old kid with an ear for the sound of joy a likely practitioner of his music. It’s the call of the professors ringing out of th...