Good Rockin' Tonight Sun Records 2001

1.Paul McCartney: That’s All Right
2.Jeff Beck & Chrissie Hynde: Mystery Train
3.Jimmy Page & Robert Plant: My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It
4.Johnny Hallyday: Blue Suede Shoes
5.Elton John: Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On
6.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Blue Moon of Kentucky
7.Van Morrison & Carl Perkins: Sittin’ on Top of the World
8.Bryan Ferry: Don’t Be Cruel
9.Bob Dylan: Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache
10.Eric Clapton and the Impressions: Just Walkin’ in the Rain
11.Matchbox Twenty: Lonely Weekend
12.Sheryl Crow: Who Will the Next Fool Be?
13.Chris Isaak: It Wouldn’t Be the Same Without You
14.LIVE: I Walk the Line
15.Howling Diablos and Kid Rock: Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
16.Mandy Barnett and the Jordanaires: You Win Again

Everyone that loves Rock understands the link to Country Music. Sun Records was one of the early labels that helped bridge the gap and became the birthplace of rock'n'roll. This tribute is star studded and why not? All the musicians have a deep respect for the founding fathers that laid the ground work. Unlike some other tributes this one done for Public Televisions American Masters is fun, loose, and rolls on with very little bumps in the road. Everything is all right when Paul McCartney says so. Jeff Becks recording with Chrissie Hynde makes one hopeful that there are more tracks together somewhere. Plant is so into the nostalgia that you can hardly pick-up his English accent. Elton John has been playing "Whole Lotta Shakin Going On" since the 70's. Using it as the encore on the live two disk First Visit 1971. Could you make a tribute of any music from the south without Tom Petty? "Sittin' On Top of the World" a great song with two great performers Morrison and Perkins. Next Bryan Ferry sounds toned down, solid and crisp on "Don't Be Cruel." Dylan and Clapton both do love songs. Then Matchbot Twenty sounds like an alt-country band with "Lonely Weekend." Sheryl Crow always impresses when doing covers. Live hardens "Walk the Line," and Kid Rock gives a hip-hop feel to "Drinkin Wine." These where the only two to put a modern spin on the classic songs. Everyone wins with this CD, the listener, Sun Records, and of course Public Television.

Best Song: Mystery Train-Jeff Beck & Chrissie Hynde
Worst Song: Walk The Line-Live
Weired Stand Out: Lonely Weekend-Matchbot Twenty