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Captain Kirk , as with his Star Trek Roll and his spoken word album, William Shatner Boldly goes where few thought  he, or anyone for that matter should go, and have not before! 

                   Produced And Co-Written By Ben Folds, 
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GUEST PERFORMERS INCLUDE AIMEE MANN, JOE JACKSON, BRAD PAISLEY, HENRY ROLLINS and MORE

William Shatner
              Ben Folds
                    -  Has Been
     with Aimee Mann
             Henry Rollins
                Brad Paisley
                    And more..........

LOS ANGELES, CA -- More than 35 years after the release of his debut solo album, William Shatner teams up with Ben Folds to create Has Been, a surprisingly pop-driven, lyrically potent collection of songs written by the duo.  With the exception of “Trying,” co-written by Ben Folds and novelist Nick Hornby (High Fidelity, About A Boy), “Real” by Brad Paisley, and Pulp’s “Common People,” William Shatner proves to be a witty and self-deprecating poet, while Ben Folds’ talent for crafting the perfect pop melody has never been more evident.  Has Been will be released on October 5^th by Shout! Factory.

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Although it may sound like an odd coupling, the two ( William Shatner and Ben Folds) have actually collaborated before, once on Ben Fold’s solo album, Fear Of Pop, Volume 1, and when Ben repaid the favor by appearing in some of William Shatner’s popular Priceline.com commercials.  Earlier this year, when Shout! Factory executives Richard and Garson Foos approached Shatner with the idea of recording a new album, the actor casually mentioned that his friend Ben Folds had been trying to get him to do the same thing.  Everybody agreed and everybody signed on, and William Shatner began writing.  “These are thoughts and experiences of mine that very few people have heard before,” Shatner explains.  “I wanted to share them with my loved ones.”

William Shatner’s performances are stunning.  His rendition of “Trying” is downright heartbreaking, as he depicts an absent father’s desperate attempt at building a relationship with his daughter long after it’s too late.  His own droll way with prose makes a splash on “Common People,” in what could be an ode to a certain girl with a famous last name.  And the album’s title track is a playful romp -- a spaghetti western score with Shatner embracing the lyrics, “Has Been.” 

Ben Folds remarks on the Has Been recording experience, “If I thought that there were heaps of artists who were willing to be as honest, vulnerable, creative and as trusting with their producer as William Shatner has been with me, I’d just be a producer.”

Not only did William Shatner's lyrics surpass everyone’s expectations, but friends and fans were more than willing to be a part of the recordings.  Folds brought in Aimee Mann, Brad Paisley (who wrote a song specifically for William Shatner), and Grammy winners Joe Jackson and Henry Rollins to contribute vocals, while Adrian Belew adds guitars and the U.K. ambient duo Lemon Jelly weighs in on “Together.”  Nearly the entire album was recorded at Folds’ Nashville studio, with Matt Chamberlain on drums (Tori Amos, Fiona Apple), Sebastian Steinberg on bass (Soul Coughing), Jon Auer on guitars (The Posies), Ben Folds on piano and bass, and with Folds’ longtime engineers John Painter and Joe Costa manning the controls.

In 1968, William Shatner released a spoken word album that was clearly ahead of its time.  The Transformed Man was a collection of contemporary pop songs paired with excerpts from classic literature that were thematically alike. Written-off by many as “camp,” later generations grew to see his true poetic soul and delivery, and finally understood the conceptual goal of the album.  William Shatner reprised his musical beginnings with the series of commercials for Priceline.com several years ago, sparking renewed interest in his musical career and demonstrating his knack for never taking himself too seriously.

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Track Listing

1.         "Common People" (with Joe Jackson)

2.        “It Hasn't Happened Yet”

3.        “You'll Have Time”

4.        “Trying” (with Ben Folds and Aimee Mann)

5.        “What Have You Done”

6.        “Together” (with Lemon Jelly)

7.    “Familiar Love”

8.        “Ideal Woman”

9.        “Has Been “

10.     “I Can't Get Behind That” (with Henry Rollins) 

11.     “Real” (with Brad Paisley)

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