New Orleans music icon, Dave Bartholomew, will be laid to rest Monday, July 8, with a "Blue Monday" funeral at St. Gabriel the Archangel Church.
Family members announced the funeral arrangements for the rock-and-roll pioneer and music legend Thursday.
The church is located at 4700 Pineda Street in New Orleans.
A visitation, open to the public, will be held from 9 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. A Mass will follow at noon and will also be open to the public. A private burial will follow.
In a statement released Thursday, the Bartholomew family thanked friends and fans across the world for its outpouring of condolences following the music legend's death.
Bartholomew, a giant of New Orleans music and a rock n' roll pioneer who, with Fats Domino, co-wrote and produced such classics as "Ain't That a Shame," ''I'm Walkin'" and "Let the Four Winds Blow," died Sunday. He was 100.
Bartholomew is survived by his wife, eight children, and 25 grandchildren, said his son Ron.
