Jerry Lee Lewis and friends on 'Mean Old Man'

Jerry Lee Lewis certainly enlists a killer bunch of guests on "Mean Old Man" (Verve).

There's Mick and Keef on "Dead Flowers" and "Sweet Virginia," respectively. There's John Fogerty on "Bad Moon Rising." There's relative young 'uns Kid Rock - sounding like Steven Tyler - and Slash on "Rockin' My Life Away."

Hey, the stellar guest list worked well on Lewis' 2006 album, "Last Man Standing," with Jimmy Page, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young among more than a dozen others.

The Killer handles all lead vocals and piano, and this time he also duets with a few lady friends, including Sheryl Crow ("You Are My Sunshine") and Shelby Lynne ("Hold You in My Heart"), but when Mavis Staples joins him for "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," the church bells ring and you'll have tears in your eyes.

Jerry Lee Lewis

"Mean Old Man"

GRADE

B+

BOTTOM LINE

With a little help from his friends