Rock-and-roll patriarch Jerry Lee Lewis [ tickets ] has obviously paid attention while all-star albums by Santana and Ray Charles have sold millions of copies and won boatloads of Grammy Awards.

Hoping for similar success, "The Killer" is set to release his own celebrity-fueled CD in February.

The new disc, entitled "The Pilgrim," features what surely must rank as one of the most impressive casts of big-name musicians ever assembled for a single studio affair. The A-list includes B.B. King [ tickets ], Bruce Springsteen [ tickets ], Mick Jagger [ tickets ], Neil Young [ tickets ], Toby Keith, Merle Haggard, Kid Rock, Rod Stewart, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. In all, the album features 21 guest artists performing on 21 tracks.

"It was 21 of the easiest phone calls I ever had to make," producer Jimmy Rip said on Lewis' website in regards to pulling together the talented group of players for "The Pilgrim." "Everyone wanted to play with 'The Killer.'"

Rip also played guitar with the backing band featured on most of the CD. The rest of the house band included guitarist Kenny Lovelace, bassist Hutch Hutchinson and drummer Jim Keltner on drums.

In other news, Lewis joined Norah Jones, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Bright Eyes, Los Lobos, Good Charlotte, Emmylou Harris and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Oct. 29-30 at Neil Young's 19th annual Bridge School Benefit at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA. The 70-year-old vocalist/pianist performed such golden oldies as "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire" during this fundraiser for the Bridge School, the San Francisco Bay Area-based school that serves students with severe speech and physical impairments.