Fats Domino
Rolling With the Rhythm
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Fats Domino: Rolling With the Rhythm is a lively, deeply researched, and rhythmically told portrait of one of America’s most quietly influential musical pioneers. Born Antoine Domino Jr. in the heart of New Orleans’ Ninth Ward, Fats Domino became the sound of an era – rolling out hit after hit from a piano bench with nothing more than a smile, a groove, and a handful of perfect chords.
This biography traces Domino’s journey from the backstreet barrooms of Louisiana to the top of the national charts, where his easygoing voice and signature triplet piano style helped shape the birth of rock and roll. More than a hitmaker, Domino was a cultural bridge – a Creole-speaking son of the South whose music crossed racial boundaries in deeply segregated times. Hits like “Blueberry Hill,” “Ain’t That a Shame,” and “I’m Walkin’” not only defined a musical generation but carved out a space for rhythm and blues to live on radios, jukeboxes, and dance floors across America.
With wit and warmth, the book explores his lifelong partnership with producer and arranger Dave Bartholomew, the unsung bandmates who crafted his signature sound, and his quiet resistance to fame’s flashier demands. It also follows his retreat from the spotlight, his dramatic post-Katrina survival, and the second-line celebrations that followed his death in 2017 – proof that in New Orleans, legends never fade quietly.
Drawing on interviews, archival research, and a keen understanding of musical context, Fats Domino: Rolling With the Rhythm is not just the story of one man’s music – it’s a tribute to humility, to rhythm, and to the enduring beat of a life well played.
For fans of rock and roll history, New Orleans culture, and anyone who believes music should make you move and smile, this book is a joyful, heartfelt read.