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“They said, ‘Uh, okay!’ They didn’t know what I was talking about – and in a way, neither did I”: How William Shatner learned to love prog and make an all-star album with all the humanity of classic Star Trek

William Shatner, Billy Sherwood, Tony Kaye and Circa.

Star Trek hero William Shatner had never listened to prog before he started work on 2013 album Ponder The Mystery (which he revisited a decade later). Inspired by Billy Sherwood (before his full-time return to Yes) the pair created an album dripping with heavyweight guest talent. It led to the actor’s discovery of a connection between progressive music and science fiction, and a record that moved him to tears.


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