Fats Domino is a blue performer and artist of the 1900's. He was born on February 26,1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana and started performing at the age of 14. He was also called Antoine Domino, but his real name is Antoine Domino Jr. and his first language was actually Creole. His music combines "boogie woogie" piano with a New Orleans beat. Some of his famous music is: Blueberry Hill, Walkin' to New Orleans, Blue Monday, and The Fat Man. He actually started to get national fame with the song The Fat Man in 1950. Though he was born and lived during the Blues period of music he is mostly known as a rock n' roll artist and performer. Now to answer some of the questions that Mrs. Brinkman had for our Blue's artist. Though Fats Domino was born and lived during the Blues period he is more famous as a rock'n'roll artist. His Song "The Fat Man" is upbeat and the lyrics talk about how everyone loves him and calls him the fat man because he knows all the places to hang out and have a good time. I think that this song shows that not all the blues and people in this period were sad or depressed; some of them were finding places to have a good time and partying. Whenever Fats is playing he is dancing and moving with the music even on his piano seat. I believe that Mr. Domino valued his life on Earth and tried to make the best of it by sharing his music and energy with a lot of audiences. I think he sang about the Fat Man because that was who he was and it was easy for him to sing about himself because he knew the guy sooooo well.
Many Spirituals were designed or composed to be used as both a song for work and also to send messages about when to escape, how to escape, and where to go. The Spiritual No More Auction Block For Me was written as a marching song for African American soldiers during the Civil War and was later used by other slaves after the war. Most of the lyrics are just the slaves or soldiers expressing their desire to never get whipped, sold, or hurt ever again. The main chorus "no more auction block for me" is the plea to never get sold on an auction block again which is where the slaves were "auctioned" off to new slave owners. Here are the rest of the lyrics. . .
No more auction block for me No more, no more No more auction block for me Many thousands gone No more driver's lash for me No more, no more No more driver's lash for me Many thousands gone No more whip lash for me No more, no more No more pint of salt for me Many thousands gone No more auction block for me No more, no more No more auction block for me Many thousands gone Personally I love gospel and "Black" music because of how well almost everyone can sing them. I also like the rhythms and the great beat that they have in all their music. I also think that a lot of their music is very repetitive and that's probably because they were either marching continuously or constantly doing the same job over and over again. |
Ben Black
I was born on May 4th 1997, I am attending Mountain Lake High School. I am on the Football, Basketball, and Baseball teams and I attend choir and band. Archives
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