Fats Domino found OK
A bit of good news from Katrina -- from
Earth Times:
LSU player gives Fats Domino shelter from the storm
Popular Rhythm & Blues musician Fats Domino, who decided to stay back in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck and was missing after that, is in good health, his agent Al Embry said.
"We've lost everything. I'm worried about all the people of New Orleans. Tell them I love them, and I wish I were home with them. I hope we'll see them soon," the singer said through his agent.
Fats Domino, legally Antoine Domino, is a popular singer and pianist with 110 million records, including Blueberry Hill and Ain't That A Shame and 20 US Top 20 singles between 1955 and 1960, to his credit. He is 77 years old.
He is now resting at LSU quarterback JaMarcus Russell’s home in Baton Rouge after being saved by rescue workers in New Orleans and being sent to LSU basketball arena.
Russell, who knows Domino through some friends, found Domino and his family there and took them to his two-bedroom hall apartment, which was housing around 20 people.
"I’m not sure where they are headed, but I just feel better knowing that they are okay," Russell said, adding, "Fats just stayed at my apartment, rested, watched the news. I've had people sleeping on the floor, the couch, everywhere. It's been pretty crazy."
Earlier, Embry tried persuading Domino to leave New Orleans but the singer was not ready to abandon the city to which he paid a tribute in a song earlier. "Antoine said he had a boat and a generator if he needed it. He told me he wasn't going to leave New Orleans and that I should wait and pray for him. I hung up the phone and started to cry. I honestly never thought I'd talk to him again," Embry said.
Posted by DaveH at September 4, 2005 12:54 PM