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The Trill Is Gone
Here’s something that you don’t hear every day — cover of a blues standard performed by William Shatner and Ritchie Blackmore.
Apparently this is from Shatner’s upcoming album of blues covers The Blues. The whole thing can be preordered through the label or bandcamp.
Thanks to Mike Whiteley for this little gem.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Thank God i don’t hear it every day
August 26th, 2020 at 17:03Who keeps paying this guy to record albums??
August 26th, 2020 at 17:20Frank David King shatner is cool you dont have to buy it. Anyway this song is ways better than wooosh😉
August 26th, 2020 at 17:23Felix Gauloises no… BB King is ashamed by this… Shit… If not for Blackmore it would be… A total one shit. And Ritchie is playing… Bad.. I expected more from him for a blues even now he got serious problems to her left hand
August 26th, 2020 at 17:30I need a bucket.
August 26th, 2020 at 17:54You ruined my day………….
August 26th, 2020 at 18:00Well … sorry but: …. brrrrrrrrrrr …… No offence intended … I hope at least they had fun …
August 26th, 2020 at 18:21Please no
August 26th, 2020 at 18:51You ruined my day…
August 26th, 2020 at 18:54Felix Gauloises jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaajj!….. wait…………….JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJAJ!!
August 26th, 2020 at 18:55Ritchie sounds good. Relaxed and playful.
August 26th, 2020 at 19:01Give shatner triangle and make it an instrumental album and It would be great… At least there is an attempt toward the melody with this song… Blackmore – blues-electric guitar.
August 26th, 2020 at 19:02This is really bad. Can we hear it with the vocals subtracted.
August 26th, 2020 at 19:02The vocals are not quite up to scratch, but I will always love the sound of Ritchie’s guitar.
August 26th, 2020 at 19:20Kind of like how I feel about AC/DC…everything was great till someone started singing…
August 26th, 2020 at 19:23My wife will get the extended version of this song. I hope she gets the message.
August 26th, 2020 at 19:32Hey Captain Kirk, Enough is enough with this foray into muzak! The record I bought with Steve Howe aboard was quickly sent to a bud of mine who promptly gasped himself!
Beam me up Scotty, there’s bedlam down here!!
Peace,
August 26th, 2020 at 19:55Ted
I was going to say they caught Ricardo on a good day. But yes, delete the Shat. And a white LA dude singing the blues is obscene. Although he is Canajun so I can forgive that.
August 26th, 2020 at 20:09Sigh. There is a reason why BB King never played Captain Kirk on Star Trek. Such restraint obviously doesn’t work both ways.
Blackmore’s playing is actually quite apt and tasteful for the song. He’s an underrated blues player.
August 26th, 2020 at 20:34I think Shatner should stick to acting… he’s ruining Ritchies blues
August 26th, 2020 at 21:09Nope… to both, sorry!
August 26th, 2020 at 21:14Thanks for posting this classic Blackmore guitar ditty, nice to hear. Being critical of Shatner’s ‘vocal’, some people should keep it in perspective a little. He doesn’t allude to being a vocalist as such, it is all an enjoyment journey, a bit of fun me thinks, just like Christopher Lee when he did those ‘metal’ songs & albums a while ago. Why not?
August 26th, 2020 at 23:31Beam me up Scotty. Cheers.
What’s that? 😡 Why Ritchie, why?
August 27th, 2020 at 05:53Bit of fun but a shame Ritchie wasn’t allowed to really let rip, just plodded along :/
August 27th, 2020 at 06:58People complaining about Shatner’s vocals, it’s called spoken word. Nice subtle playing by Ritchie.
Shatner’s version of “Space Oddity” with Ritchie on “Seeking Major Tom” is quite brilliant.
August 27th, 2020 at 09:57Absolutely dreadful!
August 27th, 2020 at 10:31Ritchie played on his Space Oddisy album…….and shatner covered space truckin.
August 27th, 2020 at 12:20How Blackmore got roped into doing this leaves me perplexed. Blackmore’s playing is up to snuff but Shatner’s vocals are that of where no man has gone before & never should have.
August 27th, 2020 at 14:26@28 Jon- Ritchie probably did this for a case of Canadian beer. It may have taken him 10-15 minutes.
August 27th, 2020 at 20:16I doubt there was any rope involved. 😉
Ritchie’s playing is horrible in these days, actually it has been miserable for years. There’s dozens of players everyday in any music shop playing this kind of childish, easy licks. Maybe Ritchie were one of the best in his prime but it was 45 years ago.
August 28th, 2020 at 05:53File this under “Blackmore – the practical joker”. Shatner’s musical forays are a subject of cult appreciation, but in my ears they tend to overstay their novelty welcome with WARP-speed.
August 28th, 2020 at 11:55Two years ago in Berlin I’ve seen Ritchie with Rainbow: lot’s of beer and some magical guitar-moments.
August 28th, 2020 at 16:10Now 2020 I must say “Indeed the thrill is completely gone”. The master is getting (very) lazy. Come on Ritchie, make one more good record with rock and blues tunes. On the recent Rainbow remakes Black Sheep and the remake of BN song The Storm, there was some good guitar-work.
But this is No Thrill at all.
I like it, but I guess I’m not afraid to say so.
August 29th, 2020 at 03:47It was great until Bill started vocaling.
August 29th, 2020 at 04:45Miserable? Blackmore sounds great; best new blues-rock music from him in decades. Shatner’s a ham, but it’s done somewhat tongue-in-cheek.
August 29th, 2020 at 09:44A bit of fun.
I m still awaiting that series of albums he promised to do one day.
1. Full of Weis Heim instrumentals
2. A instrumental blues album
I suppose he was just pulling my leg again…..
August 31st, 2020 at 12:12who would buy this shit?
August 31st, 2020 at 12:19War of the wigs.
September 3rd, 2020 at 01:54