Dave Bartholomew, RIP

Dave Bartholomew, rock 'n' roll pioneer and trumpeter, dies at age 100

 

Sad news, sorry to hear this. One of the most influential New Orleans musicians/bandleaders/producers.

The link in the first post apparently is subscription-only, I can't access it.

 

R.I.P.
He Join Fats in Heaven

 

Not long had his 100th birthday, what a legend that man was.

 

Another New Orleans icon gone. Saw him and Fats play Jazzfest a number of years. I knew that was special. It’s been a brutal time for New Orleans artists recently. RIP sir.

 

One of the true kings of the Big Easy, RIP.

 

RIP

 

RIP to a great New Orleans legend. 100 is a great accomplishment.

Almost got a chance to see him..........he was supposed to be part of the Ponderosa Stomp in 2011, but too ill to attend..

 

Recently I checked to see if he was still around and was amazed at the fact. One hundred years... Having seen so many cultural shifts, experienced so many different forms of music and societal changes... In addition to having written so many great songs. I still play this regularly:



With Fats Domino and Dr. John having recently passed on as well, somewhere tonight there is a New Orleans street party. That one city could produce so much good music that has stood the test of time quite well is incredible.

 

Another unsung hero of great influence.

100 years old! Impressive!

 

Was lucky enough to fly down to the 2007 Ponderosa Stomp and among the personal interior freak out moments that i've ever had was seeing Bartholomew, Quezerque and Allen Toussaint up there on the House of Blues stage taking a bow. I so wanted to grab someone and hug them in understanding of how MUCH HISTORY was right there on stage...whew..still gives me big chills (but alas, no hugs i'm afraid) R.I. P. and thanks for all the music.

 

Greatest beer commercial ever written:

 

Dave Bartholomew, New Orleans composer who helped create rock ‘n’ roll, dies at 100

One of the greats.

R.I.P. Dave

 

Legend. R.I.P.

 

right on that a Legend, RIP Dave Bartholomew!

 

Only the good die young, according to Billy Joel. Mr. Bartholomew was a deserved exception. R.I.P.

 

Just saw this thread, so I'll deep six mine

But here's the NYT obit to the great man:

Dave Bartholomew, Mainstay of New Orleans R&B, Dies at 100

 

RIP sir. Reunited with the great Fats Domino.

 

Dave Bartholomew + RIP

 

About 25 years ago, my friend Rick Coleman asked me to record the interviews he was doing with Dave for Rick's bio of Fats Domino, Blue Monday. I ended up spending a lot of time listening to Dave tell his stories, everything from being taught beginning trumpet by Peter Davis (the man who started Louis Armstrong on trumpet), to cutting sugarcane in Edgard, LA, to playing on riverboats, to forming his first band in the 40s and then, gradually, how he put the sound together that would define New Orleans R&B and then finally rock and roll. I was just a baby musicologist then with only a scant idea of what I was witness to, but it dawned on me pretty quickly.

Dave was a real force, though his legacy is so woven into the fabric of 20th century music that it's easy to overlook. But without his work with Fats Domino and the other musicians at the time, music would be very different. He had a great life.

 

Was lucky enough to catch the great Dave with the Fat Man at a show in Baltimore years ago with aces like Herb Hardesty and Alvin Tyler. Let’s just say we were sand-blasted by the experience.

All you need to do is listen once to his supreme take on “The Monkey Speaks His Mind” and you’ll understand everything from Chuck Berry to T-Rex.

Yeahhhhhhhh...the Monkey speaks his mind!

 

RIP, sir.

 

When I first moved to Austin as a youngster, there was a popular R&B blues band in town called the Fabulous Thunderbirds. At one point in the late 80s, they slicked up their records a bit and flirted with mainstream popularity but prior to their success, they played mostly down and dirty blues like this great Dave Bartholomew song:


RIP Mr. Bartholomew.