New Orleans Music: Fats Domino

Video Transcript

"In this clip we're going to discuss Fats Domino, who I'm sure most everybody has heard at least one or two of his songs. Now, Fats Domino was not the greatest piano player per se. In actuality, most of his piano recordings were done by an artist named James Booker. However, Fats Domino did change the course of music, being one of the first nationally mainstream pop musicians to emerge from New Orleans. And he did a lot of the same things that we saw Professor Longhair doing with his left hand, as far as bass lines go using the 1, 3, and the 5. (Demo) The one thing that Fats did do though, was incorporate more 12, 8, or 3 feel to the music. So instead of your, you know Professor Longhair (Demo) One, two, three, four. We had more of a sing-songy dance feel like (Demo). Nothing too complex but it's something that everybody can feel the rhythm of."