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William Shatner has another record coming out:
- William Shatner is set to release a new album.
Guest musicians on the new disc, which was produced by Ben Folds of the Ben Folds Five, include former Black Flag lead singer Henry Rollins and country star Brad Paisley.
The new album isn’t the first foray into recording for the Montreal-born actor best known for playing James T. Kirk, the captain of the starship Enterprise on the original Star Trek series.
In 1968, Shatner released his first album The Transformed Man, which includes spoken-word cover versions of the Beatles’ Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds and Bob Dylan’s Mr. Tambourine Man.
Although Shatner intended The Transformed Man to be taken seriously, it’s become something of a camp classic.
The Hip Surgery Music Guide, an internet guide that celebrates offbeat musical genres, says the songs can be taken as examples of “either impassioned intensity or pompous overacting.” [CBC]
Can he help it if he articulates well and with gusto?
