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Okay people it's time to burn the midnight oil again.I have a Warner Bros. 45 RPM of Fats Domino singing a song titled "Whiskey Heaven" that is real down to earth honky tonk, pauses for the causes, and covorting around country music.To me Fats could do wicked Rock and Roll, plus Blues but I never thought he could do hard core country until I found this record. He may have put out a whole album, I don't know.My question is, does anyone know who may have done the Steel work on this record???? It's awesome!!

Frank "Whiskey Heaven" was a release off the sound track of Clint Eastwoods""any which way you can".I agree on Fat's .At one time I had every song the man put out.

Fats Domino what a recognizable sound etc.

As for Any Which Way You Can and Every Which Way But Loose, Clint Eastwood was starting to show that he was a Country fan old and new.

My favorete though is Honkeytonk Man where he features Johnny Gimble as Bob Wills and Ray Price singing San Antonio Rose. Eastwood
even names a charecter Derwood Amstringer (?). It's also the last movie performence for Marty Robbins.

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Janice "Busgal" Brooks
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Fats could rock and his old records still sound great today.
But there was something disturbing about his stage show. I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

An "Oldies" radio station, here in Reno, once had a contest question about Fats Domino: "How many #1 hits did Fats have? Answer: None!

Very surprising.. and sad.. if that is true.

Growing up in the 50's, I recall "pretty white boy singers", like Pat Boone, recording songs that were originally done by Fats and Little Richard.

Some of them were "bumped" off the charts before they could reach the top.

I'm walkin by Fats reached #4 While Ricky Nelson only made it to #6. Wasn't Blueberry Hill originaly done by Gene Autry?

I'm not sure Gene Autry was the first to cut Blueberry Hill.
I did know that no number 1 statistic and it's amazing.
Blueberry hill was the only cut from the Imperial days done in Los Angeles insted of New Orleans.

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Janice "Busgal" Brooks
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Today I was ina supermarket and I was totally grooving to 'Blueberry Hill.'

People were walking around doing there thing and Fats was just killing me. I thought if I had a tiny bit of that groove in my soul then I would be twice as funky and not such a whitey. I guess one thing I love about Fats and all his guys (Dave Bartholomew, Earl Palmer, etc) is that it's such a simple groove, but try and replicate it!
Those guys, even where they leave space, there is so much atmosphere.

I did a country album,in '95,w/ Chubby Checker called,"Texas Twist",on the Sun label. His "people"signed an exclusive distributorship w/ Blockbuster Music".Never got off the "pad" 'cause "Blockbuster Music" (same people that own the video) went under. It may turn out to be a "collectable".

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Smiley, I have a promo single from that session from Dennis Payne, the production and sound is sensational.
It's a real gutsy sound and the best thing I've ever heard from Checker, who else played on it!
It's gotta come out!

Well,I can tell you this much. Dennis,not only co-produced it (along w/ Alan Rush on bass),he played ALL the rhythm & lead guitar work on it. My part was put in after the basic tracks were "layed down".

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