50s rock ‘n’ roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis has a new album on the way featuring a slew of collaborations.
The album will be called 'Mean Old Man' and like his last studio album, 2006's 'Last Man Standing', Lewis has recruited a whole bunch of friends including Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Ringo Starr, John Mayer, Slash, Kid Rock, Eric Clapton and Willie Nelson to name a few.This time around Keith Richards plays the Stones' 'Sweet Virginia', Mick Jagger sings on 'Dead Flowers', also by the Stones and John Fogerty sings on the Credence track 'Bad Moon Rising'.
The record will come in two forms, a ten track standard release and an eighteen track deluxe version and fans who buy the record through itunes get a bonus track, 'Here Comes That Rainbow' with Shelby Lynn.
The record will be out on September 7 through Verve/Universal.
The full track listing is:
Standard edition
Mean Old Man (with Ronnie Wood)
You Can Have Her (with Eric Clapton, James Burton)
Sweet Virginia (with Keith Richards)
Rockin' My Life Away (with Kid Rock, Slash)
Roll Over Beethoven (with Ringo Starr, John Mayer, Jon Brion)
Bad Moon Rising (with John Fogerty)
Dead Flowers (with Mick Jagger)
You Are My Sunshine (with Sheryl Crow, Jon Brion)
Whiskey River (with Willie Nelson)
Middle Age Crazy (with Tim McGraw, Jon Brion)
Deluxe edition
Mean Old Man (with Ronnie Wood)
You Can Have Her (with Eric Clapton, James Burton)
Dead Flowers (with Mick Jagger)
Middle Age Crazy (with Tim McGraw, Jon Brion)
Rockin' My Life Away (with Kid Rock, Slash)
You Are My Sunshine (with Sheryl Crow, Jon Brion)
Swinging Doors (with Merle Haggard, James Burton)
Hold You In My Heart (with Shelby Lynn)
I Really Don't Want To Know (with Gillian Welch)
Railroad To Heaven (with Solomon Burke)
Sweet Virginia (with Keith Richards)
Roll Over Beethoven (with Ringo Starr, John Mayer, Jon Brion)
Bad Moon Rising (with John Fogerty)
Please Release Me (with Gillian Welch)
Whiskey River (with Willie Nelson)
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Will The Circle Be Unbroken (with Mavis Staples, Robbie Robertson, Nils Lofgrin)
Miss the Mississippi and You
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