Sir Patrick Stewart…Country Singer?

When one hears the name Patrick Stewart, what is the first thought that comes to mind? X-Men, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Excalibur, or even Pagemaster? How about country music classic singer??? Hmm…. Yup I would never have thought this either, but here he is, singing country music. And not just any type of country music, old classics…. Um ok…

First off, what is it with the cast of Star Trek singing? I mean you have William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and now Patrick Stewart. What is the link that causes these actors to be singers as well? Is there some unspoken or unknown covenant of the trekkies that states, “once you have filmed, you must sing”??? Well, whatever it is, it seems to be contagious because they have infected our beloved Patrick. And to unfortunately, he is singing country music. (I’m sorry to those who like this stuff, but for me… I just can’t handle it.)

                              

There is a pretty funny infomercial that advertises these musical workings of Sir Patrick Stewart, he sings songs such as El Paso, Rawhide, Buttons and Bows, and others… Plus he is wearing major cowboy-up clothing!! AAAHHHH… sorry freaked out for a moment. OK OK OK… back to reality.

I will admit, he has a really good voice, and when he is singing these songs (though I may not like the idea of it) he does deliver the essence that is the country classics. And I may also admit, that one of them might have stuck in my head for an annoying 24 hours, unfortunately. But I did enjoy watching the infomercial. I mean come on, this is Patrick Stewart, singing country western, dressed as a cowboy. How freaking adorable right?

I also had a giggle when they promoted the country Christmas CD as well. LOL!

                                      

They advertise that he duets with other country singers such as Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, and Sunny Ozell (who ever that is)…And guess what I did, I looked for these songs that he sings with the two ladies I do know, (Swift and Underwood) but found no songs. (but I did however find something about Sir Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen reciting Taylor Swift’s song Bad Blood, it was something on twitter so I am not sure what was going on. If you know please enlighten me!)

                                                 

OK all kidding aside, there is a website you can visit called PSTewSings.com where you can download 5 of the sample songs and all proceeds go to International Rescue Committee. So I guess he may have done this for fun and a good cause.

What did we learn from this? One: being on Star Trek means there is some singing career in there for you. Two: Sir Patrick Stewart looks cute in country clothing. Three, you don’t have to be from Texas to sing the classics… in fact anyone can sing country music, you don’t need talent for that ^_^  (just kidding)