Fats Domino in NYC on Today Show (Video)

Fats Domino in New York in support of upcoming album Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino

Following a great tribute to Fats Domino which included NYC Mayor Bloomberg presenting the Key To The City, this morning the New Orleans legendary musician, one of the original inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, performed “Blueberry Hill” in the Today Show studio.

click for VIDEO: Fats Domino sings on TODAY

RELATED VIDEO: The making of the album (windows media)

RELATED ALBUM:

Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino

Hey New York City: Light up the Empire State Building in Mardi Gras colors - Purple, Green and Gold

Empire State Building - February 28, 2006

Last year our efforts to encourage the group who manages the lighting of the Empire State Building started a little too late. Lets get organized, send in official requests and convince the ESB to light up in Purple Green and Gold on Fat Tuesday - February 5, 2008, and hopefully every year.

Remember that the Empire State Building receives tons of requests each year to become Lighting Partners. So the earlier, the better. Download the questionnaire, complete it and FAX it back.

Thanks for helping, and spreading the message to NY fans of New Orleans and NOLA in New York :) There is a lot of clean up to do in the Gulf Coast, and this is the perfect time to remind the world we're still recovering.

UPDATE February 1, 2008:  The Empire State Building has a conflict which prevents lighting in Purple, Green and Gold on Fat Tuesday. Please do not send in requests for Feb'08. See ya next year. Thanks!

Louisiana Festivals in September

There are some great festivals coming up ...

• Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival http://www.shrimp-petrofest.org/Labor Day Weekend, August 30 - September 3, 2007
• Zydeco Festival 2007 http://www.zydeco.org/Friday August 31 & Saturday September 1, 2007
• Rayne Frog Festival http://www.rayne.org/frog_fest.htmlSeptember 7, 8 & 9, 2007
• Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival http://www.meatpiefestival.com/September 14-15, 2007

...and coming in October, the Voice of the Wetlands Festival; October 12, 13 & 14 at Southdown Plantation in Houma, Louisiana. featuring Tab Benoit, Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone, Waylon Thibodeaux, Louisiana's LeRoux http://voiceofthewetlands.com/

Jazz Fest video from 2005

This morning while talking about video editing with a few co-workers I remembered a clip from the 2005 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival I cut with Windows Movie Maker. Here it is, up on my MySpace page...

VIDEO :: Jazz Fest 2005 collage — Mickey Hart, Particle & Hydra

Jazz Fest webcast Archives are online

Audio/Video archives from the 2007 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival are up on AT&T blue room website! http://blueroom.att.com/mainstage/index.php

MORE VIDEOS JUST ADDED! Here's the updated list:

Allen Toussaint
Bonnie Raitt
Brad Paisley
Buckwheat Zydeco
Franklin Avenue
Galactic
Henry Butler
Irma Thomas
Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
Luther Kent
Marcia Ball
New Orleans Social Club
Subdudes
Theresa Andersson
Zachary Richard
Check back for more artists.

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New Orleans interactive map with directions

I was messing around with the new custom Google maps and created an interactive map of New Orleans bars and beyond.

http://tinyurl.com/2688x4

I placed the markers as close as possible to actual locations, make sure venues are open or at the same location before heading out.

It always amuses me when automated directions take me 30 miles out of the way for a 10 minute drive :)