McCartney, Lennon, Petty, Norah Jones Join All-Star Tribute to Fats Domino
Let’s hope I get a lot of money for my birthday in September, because this Fats Domino tribute album is going to have to be in my collection when it arrives in stores Sept. 25.
Going Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino will be a 2-CD set and features some of the biggest names in music covering songs by the legendary artist whose name will now forever be tied to post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.
Going Home was conceived by Bill Taylor, director of the non-profit Tipitina’s Foundation. Domino made a record last year and donated a portion of his proceeds to the foundation, and Taylor helped organize this tribute to Domino to again raise funds for the charity.
Some of these songs will be new recordings while others like John Lennon’s cover of “Ain’t That a Shame” will have already been released.
Among the cuts I’m most excited to hear from this set are Tom Petty’s cover of “I’m Walkin’” and Norah Jones’ “My Blue Heaven.” That one might cause me to set every building between Huntsville and New Orleans ablaze. I’m also excited about hearing Irma Thomas and Macia Ball’s “I Just Can’t Get New Orleans Off My Mind.” I wasn’t familiar with Thomas until hearing her BMA-winning album After The Rain.
Here is the complete tracklisting:
- Dr. John- Don’t Leave Me This Way
- Paul McCartney and Allen Toussaint - I Want to Walk You Home
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers- I’m Walkin’
- Randy Newman- Blue Monday
- Toots and the Maytals- Let the Four Winds Blow
- John Lennon- Ain’t That A Shame
- Olu Dara and the Natchessippi band with Donald Harrison - When I See You
- Elton John- Blueberry Hill
- Lenny Kravitz with the Rebirth Brass Band, Troy “Trombone Shorty†Andrews, Fred Wesley, Pee
- Wee Ellis and Maceo Parker- Whole Lotta Lovin’
- Bonnie Raitt with Jon Cleary and Johnny Vidacovich- I’m in Love Again & All by Myself
- Robert Plant with the Lil’ Band O’ Gold- It Keeps Rainin’
- BB King with Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk - Goin’ Home
- Robbie Robertson w/ Galactic - Going to the River
- Taj Mahal with The New Orleans Social Club- My Girl Josephine
- Art Neville- Please Don’t Leave Me
- Willie Nelson- I Hear You Knockin’
- Irma Thomas and Marcia Ball- I Just Can’t Get New Orleans Off My Mind
- Herbie Hancock with George Porter Jr., Zigaboo Modeliste and Renard Poche- I’m Gonna Be A Wheel
- Corinne Bailey Rae- One Night (Of Sin)
- Bruce Hornsby- Don’t Blame it on Me
- Ben Harper with the Skatalites- Be My Guest
- Norah Jones- My Blue Heaven
- Neil Young- Wakin’ to New Orleans
- Robert Plant with The Soweto Gospel Choir - Valley of Tears
- Dirty Dozen Brass Band w Joss Stone and Buddy Guy -Every Night About This Time
- Marc Broussard featuring Sam Bush- Rising Sun
- Allen Toussaint- Go Fats Domino
- Lucinda Williams-Honey Chile’
- Preservation Hall w/ Walter Wolfman Washington & Theresa Andersson - When The Saints Go Marching In
- Galactic with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux- So Long
Filed under: Tags: Musical Musings and Random Ramblings, Norah Jones, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty
holy crap this looks good. I can think of a couple people already who would love this.
I like the Tipitina Foundation. Last Christmas we donated $ in the names of our kids’ music teachers. They thought that was awesome.