I am mystified by the fact that I have to visit the site of a British newspaper to get this kind of information. I suppose Honey-boo-boo, the latest celebrity bitch fights, Lindsey Lohan, and the marathon bomber's wife are more important than salvaging one of America's Music Treasures. From the Daily Mail:A white Steinway grand piano salvaged from musician Fats Domino's home after Hurricane Katrina has had its classic looks restored and will be the centerpiece of an exhibit in New Orleans' French Quarter.The piano was damaged after water poured through a broken levee during the August 2005 storm, flooding Domino's home in the Lower 9th Ward. Its restoration came through $30,000 donated to the Louisiana Museum Foundation.There are great pics at the link HERE, including a great shot of Fats in his prime, sitting at this very piano. Check it out.
The largest gift of $18,000 came from Allan Slaight, a retired music producer in Miami. Other donations came from Sir Paul McCartney, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Tipitina's Foundation.Greg Lambousy, director of collections for the Louisiana State Museum, described the restoration of Domino's piano as "painstaking" and a years-long process.‘It was in really bad shape,’ he said. ‘It had been submerged in water for weeks.’
And so it goes.
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yeah, who gives a fat rat's ass about the pigs/trash you mentioned? not I, said the little red hen.
ReplyDeleteThey spent $30,000 restoring the piano, and it is NOT EVEN PLAYABLE???
ReplyDeleteWTF???
My unscrambled word is betravo! Is that bravo, betrayed? Appropriate!
Had Steinway & Sons chosen to help things would have been different, from what I hear. But, as a friend pointed out, no one would have been allowed to pay it anyway.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visit, you guys.
That ought to have been "PLAY", OK?
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