....On the day in 1948 the unlikely paths of Antoine "Fats" Domino and Dave Bartholomew collided at a small Lower Ninth Ward New Orleans night club neither men would have suspected that their collaboration would result in one of the longest ( 65 years and running) and most successful in American Music history. A collaboration that, by 1962, would sell over 60 million records.
THE BIG BEAT: THE STORY OF FATS DOMINO AND HIS BAND is also the story of how Fats and Dave's music BECAME Rock N' Roll and how it effectively broke down the color barriers that paved the way for racial integration through music. We will use recent interviews with Dave, Fats and with surviving band members and rare previously unseen full length vintage performances of the Fats Domino Band ( with Dave Bartholomew on Trumpet) performing their early hits to illustrate the story of these two men and the other musicians who made their band among the greatest in Rock N' roll history...
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23 окт 2024
