Shatner: Searching For Major Tom

[Vic 17]

The song line-up for William Shatner‘s Searching for Major Tom album has been released.

 

 

Fans of Shatner’s music will soon have nineteen new space-related songs to listen to when Searching for Major Tom is released, including a remake of a Shatner classic, Rocket Man.

 

 

 

 

 

The list of songs including guest performers is listed below in the following format: Name of song, original artist, new guest performers:

 

 

• Space Trucking, Deep Purple, Deep Purple‘s Ian Paice on drums, Guitar: Johnny Winter.
  
• She Blinded Me With Science, Thomas Dolby, Bassist: Bootsy Collins, Keyboards/Synth. Patrick Moraz (Ex-Yes, Moody Blues).
  
• In a Little While, U2, Guitar: Manuel Gottsching (Ash Ra Tempel).
  
• Empty Glass, The Tea Party, Guitar: Michael Schenker (UFO/Scorpions).
  
• Lost in the Stars, Frank Sinatra, Saxophone: Ernie Watts.
  
• Twilight Zone, Golden Earring, Guitar: Warren Haynes (Gov’t Mule/Allman Brothers).
  
• Space Cowboy, Steve Miller, Guitar/Vocals: Brad Paisley.
  
• Rocket Man, Elton John, Guitar: Steve Hillage (ex-Gong, Techno Rock Duo System 7).
  
• Space Oddity, David Bowie, Guitar: Ritchie Blackmore (ex-Deep Purple), Keyboards: Alan Parsons.
  
• Spirit in the Sky, Norman Greenbaum, Guitar: Peter Frampton.
  
• Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen, Bass/Vocal: John Wetton (Asia).
  
• Silver Machine, Hawkwind, Guitar: Wayne Kramer (MC5), Drum: Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Rod Stewart).
  
• Major Tom, Peter Shilling, Guitar: Nick Valensi (The Strokes), Contributed to track: Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society), Mike Inez (Alice in Chains).
  
• Learning to Fly, Pink Floyd, Guitar/Keyboards: Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream).
  
• Mr. Spaceman, The Byrds, Guitar: Dave Davies (The Kinks).
  
• Iron Man, Black Sabbath, Guitar/Vocal: Zakk Wylde (ex-Ozzy Osbourne)
  
• Planet Earth; Duran, Duran; Guitar: Steve Howe (Yes)
  
• Walking on the Moon, The Police, Vocal: Toots (Toots & the Maytals).
  
• Mrs. Major Tom (to be announced.)
  

Searching for Major Tom will be released later this year.

 

 

 

 

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[BakulaBabe 2]

WOOHOO!!! I love the original Rocket Man (available on YouTube), and I'm looking forwqard to his new album. I don't have any others by him, although I did have some by Leonard Nimoy.

[Bethlehem 7]

Is Shatner singing these songs or just putting them on a album?

[oldfan1 0]

Is Shatner singing these songs or just putting them on a album?

 

If this is going to be Shatner singing they will probably be selling it in the comedy section.