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    09/25/2007 | Vanguard Records 

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    All Music Guide Review

    Fats Domino's decision to stay in his home in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward during Hurricane Katrina nearly cost him his life. The home was flooded and sustained major damage and the rock & roll pioneer had to be airlifted by helicopter from his roof. Age 77 when the storm hit, Domino was no longer performing as often as he once did, but he emerged proud and resolute and even recorded a new album, whose proceeds he donated to an organization aiding musicians hurt by the disaster. Just how loved Fats Domino is by the music community is borne out by the A-list names who've contributed to one of the more remarkable tribute albums to surface in recent years. Spanning the worlds of rock (Neil Young, Elton John, Los Lobos, Tom Petty), blues (B.B. King), country (Willie Nelson), jazz (Herbie Hancock), and even reggae (Toots & the Maytals, who just nail "Let the Four Winds Blow"), 30 artists are represented on the two discs, along with -- of course -- a healthy sampling of New Orleans artists of various grooves, among them Irma Thomas, Dr. John, Art Neville, and others. It's a celebratory affair, for sure, and it would have to be, as Domino's music has always tilted toward the upbeat, and you can bet he wouldn't want it any other way. The project gets moving with one pulled up from the past, no less than the late John Lennon, who cut Fats' "Ain't That a Shame" for his 1975 Rock 'n' Roll album. Lennon's former bandmate Paul McCartney teams up with NOLA mainstay Allen Toussaint for a duet on the jaunty "I Want to Walk You Home," one of a number of inspired pairings of seemingly mismatched artists who find common ground in the Fat Man. Both Joss Stone and Buddy Guy hook up with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band for an electric "Every Night About This Time," Ben Harper meets the Skatalites for -- what else? -- a zippy ska version of "Be My Guest," and, in one of the album's most surprising and satisfying moments, Robert Plant and the Soweto Gospel Choir collaborate on a stunning and haunting a cappella "Valley of Tears." Of the individual performers, Randy Newman presents "Blue Monday" faithfully, Norah Jones applies her signature quasi-jazzy style to "My Blue Heaven," and Corinne Bailey Rae's live "One Night of Sin" -- penned by Domino's writing partner Dave Bartholomew, as are so many of these classics -- returns to the song the danger removed by Elvis Presley when he cut a cleaned-up version and had a smash hit with it. There really are no clunkers here -- these artists have done Fats Domino proud. And it's a blessed thing that he stuck around to hear it. ~ Jeff Tamarkin, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • 1
  • Ain't That a Shame
  • Lennon, John
  • 2:30

  • 2
  • I'm Walking'
  • Petty, Tom & The Heartbreakers
  • 2:46

  • 3
  • Goin' Home
  • 2:17

  • 4
  • Blueberry Hill
  • John, Elton
  • 3:17

  • 5
  • My Girl Josephine
  • 4:09

  • 6
  • Every Night About This Time
  • 3:33

  • 7
  • I Want to Walk You Home
  • 2:41

  • 8
  • Whole Lotta Loving
  • 4:20

  • 9
  • Don't Leave Me This Way
  • Doctor John
  • 3:27

  • 10
  • I'm in Love Again/All by Myself
  • 3:23

  • 11
  • Please Don't Leave Me
  • Neville, Art
  • 3:09

  • 12
  • Going to the River
  • 4:48

  • 13
  • Blue Monday
  • Newman, Randy
  • 2:22

  • 14
  • It Keeps Rainin'
  • 3:09
  • 15
  • One Night (Of Sin) (Live)
  • Rae, Corinne Bailey
  • 3:43
  • 16 (2)
  • Walking to New Orleans
  • Young, Neil
  • 3:15
  • 17 (2)
  • Valley of Tears
  • 2:12
  • 18 (2)
  • My Blue Heaven
  • Jones, Norah
  • 2:20
  • 19 (2)
  • Honey Chile
  • Williams, Lucinda
  • 2:19
  • 20 (2)
  • Rising Sun
  • 3:26
  • 21 (2)
  • When I See You
  • 3:50
  • 22 (2)
  • Be My Guest
  • 3:16
  • 23 (2)
  • Let the Four Winds Blow
  • Toots & The Maytals
  • 3:34
  • 24 (2)
  • I Hear You Knockin'
  • Nelson, Willie
  • 2:54
  • 25 (2)
  • I Just Can't Get New Orleans off My Mind
  • 3:29
  • 26 (2)
  • Don't Blame It on Me
  • Hornsby, Bruce
  • 3:41
  • 27 (2)
  • I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday
  • 4:12
  • 28 (2)
  • The Fat Man
  • Lobos [1]
  • 4:13
  • 29 (2)
  • So Long
  • 2:16
  • 30 (2)
  • When the Saints Go Marching In
  • 4:01

  • Credits

    • Ben Ellman
    • Harmonica, Sax (Baritone), Engineer, Saxophone
    • Adam Shipley
    • Executive Producer, Assistant Producer, Assistant Executive Producer
    • Chris Finney
    • Producer, Mixing, Vocal Engineer, Editing, Coordination, Engineer
    • Calvin Turner
    • Bass, Fender Rhodes, Producer, Vocals (Background), Celeste, Percussion
    • Mike Dorsey
    • Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant, Assistant
    • Jon Cleary
    • Piano, Vocals, Arranger, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
    • Jim Horn
    • Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor), Handclapping

    Notes

    Icons from the world of rock, blues, reggae, pop and country music have joined together to salute the genius of legendary piano man FATS DOMINO for this double CD set, Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino, a benefit for the Tipitina's Foundation.

    This stellar tribute will help raise desperately needed funds specifically earmarked for instruments to be donated to New Orleans' public school children as well as creating a community center in the still ravaged Lower 9th Ward.

    Performers include: John Lennon, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, B.B. King with Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Elton John, Taj Mahal and The New Orleans Social Club, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Joss Stone and Buddy Guy, Paul McCartney featuring Allen Toussaint, Lenny Kravitz with Rebirth Brass Band, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, Fred Wesley, Pee Wee Ellis and Maceo Parker, Dr. John, Bonnie Raitt and Jon Cleary, Art Neville, Robbie Robertson with Galactic, Randy Newman, Robert Plant with Lil' Band o' Gold, Corinne Bailey Rae, Neil Young, Robert Plant and The Soweto Gospel Choir, Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams, Marc Broussard featuring Sam Bush, Olu Dara and The Natchezippi Band featuring Donald Harrison, Jr, Ben Harper with The Skatalites, Toots & The Maytals, Willie Nelson, Irma Thomas and Marcia Ball, Bruce Hornsby, Herbie Hancock with George Porter, Jr., Zigaboo Modeliste and Renard Poche, Los Lobos, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux with Galactic, Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Walter "Wolfman" Washington and Theresa Andersson



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