Legends play on Fats Domino 2007-06-28 by samthebassman | 4 Comments | Elton John, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Robert Plant and Willie Nelson have put their own spin on Fats Domino hits for an upcoming charity tribute album, due Sept. 25 via Vanguard. The double-disc "Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino" includes tracks like "I Want to Walk You Home," "Blueberry Hill," "Ain't That a Shame" and "I'm Walkin'," with proceeds to be donated to New Orleans public school music programs and to rebuilding Domino's Hurricane Katrina-ravaged home.
Additionally, B.B. King, Tom Petty, Lenny Kravitz, Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams, Ben Harper (with the Skatalites), Toots and the Maytals, Taj Mahal, Herbie Hancock, Corinne Bailey Rae and Bonnie Raitt contributed tracks. John can be heard on "Blueberry Hill," while McCartney tackles "I Want To Walk You Home" and Petty sings "I'm Walkin'." The album also includes John Lennon's previously released version of "Ain't That a Shame."
Domino, 79, donated a portion of proceeds from his last album, 2006's "Alive and Kickin'," to New Orleans musician non-profit Tipitina's Foundation. Organizers at Tipitina's, in turn, organized "Goin' Home" in his honor. "The idea came to me last September when I was trying to come up with a way to thank Fats for donating. I also wanted to create a project that could shine the spotlight on our city's unique music culture," says Tipitina's Foundation executive director Bill Taylor.
Here is a list of confirmed contributions to "Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino":
"Ain't That a Shame," John Lennon
"Don't Leave Me This Way," Dr. John
"I Want To Walk You Home," Paul McCartney
"I'm Walkin'," Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"Blueberry Hill," Elton John
"Blue Monday," Randy Newman
"Don't Leave Me This Way," Dr. John
"Let the Four Winds Blow," Toots and the Maytals
"When I See You," Olu Dara with Donald Harrison
"Trombone Shorty," Lenny Kravitz with the Rebirth Brass Band, Troy
"Whole Lotta Lovin'," Andrews, Fred Wesley, Pee Wee Ellis and Maceo Parker
"I'm in Love Again & All by Myself," Bonnie Raitt & John Cleary
"It Keeps Rainin'," Robert Plant with the Lil' Band O' Gold
"Goin' Home," BB King with Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
"My Girl Josephine," Taj Mahal with The New Orleans Social Club
"Please Don't Leave Me," Art Neville
"I Hear You Knockin'," Willie Nelson
"I Just Can't Get New Orleans Off My Mind," Irma Thomas and Marcia Ball
"I'm Gonna Be a Wheel," Herbie Hancock with George Porter Jr., Zigaboo Modeliste and Renard Poche
"One Night (Of Sin)," Corinne Bailey Rae
"Don't Blame It on Me," Bruce Hornsby
"I Live My Life," Lucinda Williams
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Finally, Fats will get what he deserves. The Skatalites, and Bonnie Raitt.
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"Ain't That a Shame," John Lennon
What?
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^ can't you read, my good man? you have never heard that? what kind of music critic are you! :confused:
fats was a true blue cat back in the day. love his piano work.
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Not much of a Lennon solo work enthusiast..
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