As far as charity discs are concerned, Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino is a rather generous helping of good will. For one, the roster of artists who contributed recordings to this collection is a fantastic cross-section of top rock, blues, jazz and roots talent: Tom Petty, B.B. King, Randy Newman, Willie Nelson, Herbie Hancock, and Toots & the Maytals are all there, among many others. There’s even an old John Lennon recording of “Ain’t That a Shame,” which would be a nice bonus if it wasn’t already available elsewhere and if it was even a tenth as good as Cheap Trick’s version (or Fats’ own original). But it’s John Lennon, and if he were alive he’d probably have contributed something new. Since he’s not, this is what we get.

I was listening to some samples through the iTunes music store (though I won't purchase DRM'd music and try to buy used whenever possible) and I really want this CD.