{"id":11770,"date":"2011-04-13T12:32:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T19:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=11770"},"modified":"2011-04-13T12:32:28","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T19:32:28","slug":"shatner-searching-for-major-tom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2011\/04\/shatner-searching-for-major-tom\/","title":{"rendered":"Shatner: Searching For Major Tom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The song line-up for <strong>William Shatner<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>Searching for Major Tom<\/em> album has been released.<\/p>\n<p>Fans of Shatner&#8217;s music will soon have nineteen new space-related songs to listen to when <em>Searching for Major Tom<\/em> is released, including a remake of a Shatner classic, <em>Rocket Man<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ShatnerStock.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11772\" title=\"ShatnerStock\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ShatnerStock.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The list of songs including guest performers is listed below in the following format: Name of song, original artist, new guest performers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Space Trucking<\/em>, <em>Deep Purple, Deep Purple<\/em>&#8216;s <strong>Ian Paice<\/strong> on drums, Guitar: <strong>Johnny Winter<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><em>She Blinded Me With Science<\/em>, <strong>Thomas Dolby<\/strong>, Bassist: <strong>Bootsy Collins<\/strong>, Keyboards\/Synth. <strong>Patrick Moraz<\/strong> (Ex-<em>Yes, Moody Blues<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li><em>In a Little While<\/em>, <em>U2<\/em>, Guitar: <strong>Manuel Gottsching<\/strong> (<em>Ash Ra Tempel<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li><em>Empty Glass<\/em>, <em>The Tea Party<\/em>, Guitar: <strong>Michael Schenker<\/strong> (<em>UFO\/Scorpions<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li><em>Lost in the Stars<\/em>, <strong>Frank Sinatra<\/strong>, Saxophone: <strong>Ernie Watts<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Twilight Zone<\/em>, <em>Golden Earring<\/em>, Guitar: <strong>Warren Haynes<\/strong> (<em>Gov&#8217;t Mule\/Allman Brothers<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li><em>Space Cowboy<\/em>, <strong>Steve Miller<\/strong>, Guitar\/Vocals: <strong>Brad Paisle<\/strong>y.<\/li>\n<li><em>Rocket Man<\/em>,<strong> Elton John<\/strong>, Guitar: <strong>Steve Hillage<\/strong> (ex-<em>Gong, Techno Rock Duo System 7<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li><em>Space Oddity<\/em>, <strong>David Bowie<\/strong>, Guitar: <strong>Ritchie Blackmore<\/strong> (ex-<em>Deep Purple<\/em>), Keyboards: <strong>Alan Parsons<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Spirit in the Sky<\/em>, <strong>Norman Greenbaum<\/strong>, Guitar: <strong>Peter Frampton<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen<\/em>, Bass\/Vocal: <strong>John Wetton <\/strong>(<em>Asia<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li><em>Silver Machine, Hawkwind<\/em>, Guitar: <strong>Wayne Kramer<\/strong> (<em>MC5<\/em>), Drum: <strong>Carmine Appice<\/strong> (<em>Vanilla Fudge<\/em>, <strong>Rod Stewart<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li><em>Major Tom<\/em>, <strong>Peter Shilling,<\/strong> Guitar: <strong>Nick Valensi <\/strong>(<em>The Strokes<\/em>), Contributed to track: <strong>Zakk Wylde <\/strong>(<strong>Ozzy Osbourne<\/strong>, <em>Black Label Society<\/em>), <strong>Mike Inez<\/strong> (<em>Alice in Chains<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li><em>Learning to Fly, Pink Floyd<\/em>, Guitar\/Keyboards: <strong>Edgar Froese<\/strong> (<em>Tangerine Dream<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li><em>Mr. Spaceman, The Byrds<\/em>, Guitar:<strong> Dave Davies<\/strong> (<em>The Kinks<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li><em>Iron Man, Black Sabbath<\/em>, Guitar\/Vocal: <strong>Zakk Wylde<\/strong> (ex-Ozzy Osbourne)<\/li>\n<li><em>Planet Earth; Duran, Duran<\/em>; Guitar: <strong>Steve Howe<\/strong> (<em>Yes<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><em>Walking on the Moon, The Police<\/em>, Vocal: <em>Toots<\/em> (<em>Toots &amp; the Maytals<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li><em>Mrs. Major Tom<\/em> (to be announced.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Searching for Major Tom will be released later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The song line-up for William Shatner&#8216;s Searching for Major Tom album has been released. 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