Fats Kaplin

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 5 Sep 2011 5:40 am

Have any of you run across Fats lately? Just wondering if he is playing any live performances these days, or sticking to the studio.

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 5 Sep 2011 8:36 am

Last I heard was that he was touring with Pure Prairie League, but that was at least a year ago.

Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 5 Sep 2011 9:07 am

I talk to Fats all the time. He was working on the road with Karen Elson and is picking up some very cool recording work with Jack Black. He has a band with his wife, Kristi Rose. They stay pretty busy.

http://www.pulpcountry.com/

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 5 Sep 2011 3:25 pm

He will be here the first weekend of October with his good buddies Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch for their annual appearance at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, and I make sure to never miss their set!

Nick Reed · Post by **Nick Reed** » 8 Sep 2011 11:50 am

I met FATS one day about 15 years ago at Seymour's. He came in and bought an old Sho-Bud Professional. At that time he told me was playing with The Manhattan Transfer.

Nick

Brett Robinson · Post by **Brett Robinson** » 13 Sep 2011 10:08 pm

Met Fats while touring Sweden and Norway this summer. We backed Chip Taylor and talked backline gear. Fats and Kristi were really great.

Frode Bjoernstad · Post by **Frode Bjoernstad** » 4 Oct 2011 7:11 am

Bob Hoffnar wrote:I talk to Fats all the time. He was working on the road with Karen Elson and is picking up some very cool recording work with Jack Black. He has a band with his wife, Kristi Rose. They stay pretty busy.

http://www.pulpcountry.com/

Bob: I think that should be Jack White ?

I have met Fats ( & Kristi) a couple of times in Nashville, and I really love his pedal steel playing. He still got that Sho Bud Professional, and an old Emmons Push/Pull.

Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 4 Oct 2011 11:32 am

Jack White it is !