I read on a local music board that he wouldn't leave his house. He allegedly got into a fist fight with a friend or friends over it, gave them the keys to his truck. They came back to look for him in an area that is now devastated and could not find him.
Has anyone else heard or read anything about this too? It would be bad news with a new Big Star release coming out soon.

i heard fats domino is missing as well

Fats and 3 generations of his family are all missing.

I feel a poll coming on, tasteless as it may be. Bigger musical loss: Fats Domino or Alex Chilton

hey cool, now i've got that replacements song stuck in my head instead of that Heart atrocity.

There will probably be dozens of well-known people missing, possibly dead, considering how large an area was pummeled and how important New Orleans has been to so many musicians.

I thought this said Alex Cintron at first.

Y'know, I really hope he's okay - but going missing on the eve of the Big Star revival would 100% typify his entire life.

If he turns up, can we trade him in and get Burnside back?

I've read rumors Irma Thomas is missing.

NEW YORK - Fats Domino was missing Thursday, days after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, said his longtime agent, Al Embry.

Embry told The Associated Press that he hadn't been able to contact Domino since talking to him Sunday evening by phone.

The 77-year-old R&B legend, whose real name is Antoine Domino, told Embry that he planned to stay at his New Orleans house with his wife, Rosemary, and their daughter.

"I hope somebody turns him up, but as of right now, we haven't got anybody that knows where he's at," said Embry, who has worked with Domino for 28 years. "I would think he might be safe because somebody said he was on top of the balcony."

Checquoline Davis, Domino's niece, posted a message on Craigslist.com Thursday pleading for information. Davis wrote that Domino, his wife, their children and grandchildren "didn't get out" of the second floor.

Domino, who has rarely appeared in public in recent years, has a home in the 9th ward, a low-lying area of the flooded city.

Getting information on possible missing persons has been nearly impossible as phone lines for hospitals and police haven't been working.

Domino has sold more than 110 million records in his long career, including the legendary singles "Blueberry Hill" and "Ain't That a Shame."

His 1950 recording of "The Fat Man" is sometimes called the first real rock 'n' roll record. He was among the first honorees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Maybe Anne Rice will go missing!

*crosses fingers and dreams about a universe that properly punishes hack novelists*

Fats Domino Found in New Orleans

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Fats Domino, who had been unaccounted for in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, was plucked from the flooded city by a helicopter late Thursday. He was reported to be in good condition.

An APB went out for the musician and his family earlier in the day.

The musician's niece, Checquoline Davis, posted a plea on Craigslist.com for information on her missing relatives, writing that Domino and his wife, Rosemary, and their children and grandchildren "didn't get out" of their New Orleans home. Her plea was one of thousands seeking information on missing friends and family on the site.

The R&B legend had last been heard from on Sunday night, a day before the storm struck. During a phone call with longtime agent Al Embry, the 77-year-old performer insisted he would ride out the hurricane in his three-story home.

It is not immediately known if Domino's family made it to safety.

Domino's house was located in the city's 9th Ward, an area that is heavily flooded and littered with dead bodies.

Oh don't be a jerk. Some of her best books had nothing to do with the Vampire chronicles.

Oh, snap!

I like both Anne Rice and The Vampire Chronicles. Nernee Nernee.

they found fats domino this morning.

Last night actually, see above.

Checquoline?

What about those Royal Fingerbowl dudes?

Alex MacMurray.... is that the guy's name?

what about huey lewis? i haven't heard anything from him in a while. someone should check on him.

And what about Archie Manning? If he died drowning, I want to hear the ATL Crew's jesting about it... But I won't if we don't find out if it happened.

What about Lucinda Williams? (Or is she living out some Anita Pallenberg-in-Jamaican-prison fantasy down at the civic center?)

Someone who knows Alex piped up in this thread at GloNo-

http://www.gloriousnoise.com/bb/viewtop ... sc&start=0