Taylor will be on Fox and Friends this a.m. around 7:50 a.m. CST.
He then makes a dash to CBS's The Early Show for taping of tomorrow's showing.
The show I received notice of several days previous in an e.mail, but am not able to attend. Why couldn't I have been born rich instead of so beauti- or wait, why couldn't something intervene, the Divine, Powers That Be, Anyone and make me that offer for that high paying writer's gig?
One Fine Day - The Chiffons
One fine day
You'll look at me
And you will know
Our love was meant to be
One fine day
You're gonna want me for your girl
The arms I long for
Will open wide
And you'll be proud
To have me by your side
One fine day
You're gonna want me for your girl
(Bridge:)
Though I know you're the kind of boy
Who only wants to run around
I'll keep waiting and someday, darling
You'll come to me
When you want to settle down, oh
One fine day
We'll meet once more
And then you'll want
The love you threw away before
One fine day
You're gonna want me for your girl
shoobie do wah, shoobie do wah...
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006
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CBS, The Early Show invitation to see Taylor!
I received an e.mail extending an invitaion to all the Soul Patrollers to come see Taylor live. He is performing for their morning show here are the details:
Hi,
My name is Brian Bagley I work for CBS 's The Early Show. On Wednesday May 31st, Taylor Hicks will be performing on our Plaza located on the corner of 59th and 5 Ave. This is FREE and would love for all members of The Soul Patrol to be there. He will go on about 9 a.m. but would also like for you to be outside while we film The Early Show at 7:30. For more questions please feel free to email me at BagleyB@CBSnews.com. I wanted to know if you could post this on your page for all of the Soul Patrol to attend.
Thanks,
Brian Bagley
Audience Coordinator
CBS The Early Show
212-975-2890
BagleyB@CBSnews.com
Now if he'd just have thrown in the airfare and hotel accommodations, I'd be there poster in hand screaming my very best WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! But alas, my little blog stature doesn't earn me that elite treatment. If only there really was a Santa Claus...and he came to visit in May...or let's see, magic fairy dust...I could sprinkle it on myself with the help of Tinker Bell and poof! I'd be in Taylor Heaven but life doesn't work that way. The reality is I just can't afford this great opportunity.
Starving artists and all of that. But one day when my great American Novel sells, and it becomes a top grossing movie...
(OK, I slapped myself, back to reality.)
Great opportunity for all of you fortunate folks to go cheer on our guy. Wish I could be there. sigh. Somebody send me a postcard and pic. Think of Sunny as you cheer on the Soulman! *wiping a tear*
Groove on Soulman!
Hi,
My name is Brian Bagley I work for CBS 's The Early Show. On Wednesday May 31st, Taylor Hicks will be performing on our Plaza located on the corner of 59th and 5 Ave. This is FREE and would love for all members of The Soul Patrol to be there. He will go on about 9 a.m. but would also like for you to be outside while we film The Early Show at 7:30. For more questions please feel free to email me at BagleyB@CBSnews.com. I wanted to know if you could post this on your page for all of the Soul Patrol to attend.
Thanks,
Brian Bagley
Audience Coordinator
CBS The Early Show
212-975-2890
BagleyB@CBSnews.com
Now if he'd just have thrown in the airfare and hotel accommodations, I'd be there poster in hand screaming my very best WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! But alas, my little blog stature doesn't earn me that elite treatment. If only there really was a Santa Claus...and he came to visit in May...or let's see, magic fairy dust...I could sprinkle it on myself with the help of Tinker Bell and poof! I'd be in Taylor Heaven but life doesn't work that way. The reality is I just can't afford this great opportunity.
Starving artists and all of that. But one day when my great American Novel sells, and it becomes a top grossing movie...
(OK, I slapped myself, back to reality.)
Great opportunity for all of you fortunate folks to go cheer on our guy. Wish I could be there. sigh. Somebody send me a postcard and pic. Think of Sunny as you cheer on the Soulman! *wiping a tear*
Groove on Soulman!
Alabama Alive! Taylor Hicks issue!
Alabama’s exclusive lifestyle publication, will feature Season 5 American Idol Taylor Hicks, of Hoover, Alabama, in an upcoming issue. The issue is expected to be published by Aug. 1. Last year, Alabama ALIVE! featured American Idol Season 4 finalist, Bo Bice, on the cover. This was a hard to get issue and folks experienced many delays in receiving it with some still complaining they never did get their issue. This year Alabama ALIVE! is improving how we can order the magazine to ensure delivery. You can order the magazine on-line. Cuurently it appears a yearly subscription is the only offering but closer to release time they may offer the one issue. Yearly rates, though, are only $18.00 and each issue features information on the beautiful state and things to do, famous people. Anyone who like to travel may want this to see if they would like to include Alabama as a travel destination.
Besides Taylor HIcks the August 2006 issue will include updates on the other Alabama Idols--Ruben Studdard, Bo Bice and Diana DeGarmo. This is one American Idol fan keepsake that everyone will be wanting to own!
They also offer in the "Gift Ideas" extra special issues including a Bo Bice program which costs $7.00. Over 20 pages of Bo and never seen photos, in depth looks at Suagar Money and Donny Acton and insights to Bo that will make you proud to own this program. Price includes shipping in the US First class mail. This is a real deal for Bo Bice fans. I can see later down the road, that one similar to this will be created for Taylor Hicks.
Click the title link to visit their site.
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Soul Patrol Push Hicks to Idol 2006
Quoting Taylor Hicks, "The Soul Patrol rides on"! 
Individualism was rewarded on American Idol, this season. The 'regular Joe' morphed into an American hero. The whole small town guy makes good by beating the system fantasy that many of us love and hold to our hearts came true. Taylor's appeal is spanning from the true music aficianados, to the against-the-mainstream misfits, to the retro music fans, to the baby boomers desiring a return to a time where real American idols were born, not churned out pre-fabricated, dressed and dyed and plasticized.
Talent was rewarded this season on American Idol. This reality talent show surpassed being about just pop pipes, to a show premiering true talent with real stage presence and high decible charisma and charm.
Drive was rewarded this season on American Idol. From the beginning I have said Mr. Hicks is not a stupid man. It was evident to me, from Taylor's initial audition that he was a man with the desire, the drive and the intelligence to make this happen. He had that fire in his eyes. He projected a definite sense of self, independence and originality. Taylor Hicks has played this Idol game with the savvy and know-how he ripped from the streets, derived from honest to good, blue collar On-the-Job training. Performing at regional honky tonks and clubs helped to hone his sensibilities on music delivery and reading his audience. There are many aspiring artists wanting to enter the music business that should take to school the precedence Mr. Hicks' has set on this talent show.
Taylor began shaping an image from the beginning of this season. Mr. Hicks came in with a dream, with a vision, with a plan. The acoustic performance of Sam Cooke's classic, "A Change is Gonna Come". His enthusiasm, his trademark, "WOOOOO!". The much discussed 'harp walk', Hicks' enters the judges' quarters, harmonica playing, working that stiff-legged bluesman walk where he discovers he is indeed moving on to Hollywood. His attire. The blazers representative of several things, communicating he was taking the show seriously, the fact he was more mature than his counterparts, but most importantly the blazers helped create that old soul vibe. Researching some of Hicks' heroes whom he patterns his music after; Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke you see these men as careful with their appearance as they were with staying true to their music.
Song choice always holds an ultimate role of importance on this show. Hicks weekly demonstrated what he's about and for the most part successfully chose songs to match up with his style. "Levon" by Elton John garnered him praise, "Taking It to the Streets" by The Doobie Brothers brought out Taylor's fierce intensity as a performer. That energy translated into his real ability to communicate mind, body and soul to the audience. This performance generated tons of mixed media attention for Taylor and made him a household name. His sense of humor emerged in the pre-performance clip about his days as a shopping mall Easter Bunny.
He made a few mistakes, but learned from them. "Easy" by Lionel Richie, lesson learned from that song, to lay off a little on the "Woo's", concentrate more on the singing. "Country Roads", and "Just Once", were his two weakest performances of the competition. With the performance of "Just Once", an inkling of doubt, a slight lessening of confidence became a ghost shadow in his eyes. Taylor had endured week after week of poundings from Cowell, mixed reviews from Jackson and Paula. Realistically, there's just so many times a guy can be compared to 'someone's drunk Dad at a wedding' and not let it affect him somewhat. I found myself comparing Idol to a football game. Your team's been playing the first quarter pretty well, not too many penalties, a fumble, but not much yardage lost, then into the second quarter the penalty flags begin to fly fast and furious, the other team scores a lead breaking touchdown, 2 minutes before the second quarter ends.
The half-time whistle blows.
Third quarter, Taylor exploded on the Idol field in a wild hot paisley shirt and blue suede shoes with pink laces. He belted out "Play that Funky Music White Boy!" by Wild Cherry, it was an in-your-face, 'up-yours-Cowell' moment. Great move, it enthused his fans who applauded his seemingly flip-off to Cowell criticisms and negative critiques. Pairing that song with "Something" by George Harrison was brilliant. "Something" gave weight to Taylor's real vocal abilities, he sung it masterfully, beautifully. The game had turned tide. "Jailhouse Rock" had been a popular on-line request for Elvis Week. I had a request out that he sing "In the Ghetto". Elvis week scored that comeback touchdown for Taylor. May. 16 brought Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" and Joe Cockers'"You are So Beautiful" Score another for Team Soul Patrol! Last competition, the Finale, Taylor brought back previous favorite "Levon", considered by some fans an anthem, "Levon wears his war wound like a crown" a tribute to the challenges overcame weekly on this show, and the song is important to Hicks for the family values it represents. "Living for the City", a 1974 hit by Stevie Wonder had previously brought Taylor accolades from his fans. The topper of the Finale was his performance of the American Idol song created to be his first released single. Titled, "Do I Make You Proud". This title and the song are incredibly appropriate for Taylor for a couple of reasons; one, when he had originally talked to his father, Brad Hicks, about trying out for Idol his father had commented he just might as well just go out and buy a lottery ticket, two, Taylor had been feeling the pressure of timing, and the need to make something out of himself, have real success. He did not want to have his years playing honky tonks to be a waste, he didn't want to let Daddy down. I hope that Mr. Brad Hicks is a happy man today, knowing his son wasn't wasting his time. Confident now that music was a true calling for Taylor, not just a young man's pipedream.
Persistance was rewarded on American Idol this season. Team Soul Patrol never gave up on Taylor Hicks. Through thick, through thin (even through the occasional fumbled ball, the "Country Roads" penalty flag). Let's reflect upon Taylor's journey through Idol and re-live some highlights in an fitting montage created with Tay's band's music playing. (Thank you Comrade631.)
Individualism was rewarded on American Idol, this season. The 'regular Joe' morphed into an American hero. The whole small town guy makes good by beating the system fantasy that many of us love and hold to our hearts came true. Taylor's appeal is spanning from the true music aficianados, to the against-the-mainstream misfits, to the retro music fans, to the baby boomers desiring a return to a time where real American idols were born, not churned out pre-fabricated, dressed and dyed and plasticized.
Talent was rewarded this season on American Idol. This reality talent show surpassed being about just pop pipes, to a show premiering true talent with real stage presence and high decible charisma and charm.
Drive was rewarded this season on American Idol. From the beginning I have said Mr. Hicks is not a stupid man. It was evident to me, from Taylor's initial audition that he was a man with the desire, the drive and the intelligence to make this happen. He had that fire in his eyes. He projected a definite sense of self, independence and originality. Taylor Hicks has played this Idol game with the savvy and know-how he ripped from the streets, derived from honest to good, blue collar On-the-Job training. Performing at regional honky tonks and clubs helped to hone his sensibilities on music delivery and reading his audience. There are many aspiring artists wanting to enter the music business that should take to school the precedence Mr. Hicks' has set on this talent show.
Taylor began shaping an image from the beginning of this season. Mr. Hicks came in with a dream, with a vision, with a plan. The acoustic performance of Sam Cooke's classic, "A Change is Gonna Come". His enthusiasm, his trademark, "WOOOOO!". The much discussed 'harp walk', Hicks' enters the judges' quarters, harmonica playing, working that stiff-legged bluesman walk where he discovers he is indeed moving on to Hollywood. His attire. The blazers representative of several things, communicating he was taking the show seriously, the fact he was more mature than his counterparts, but most importantly the blazers helped create that old soul vibe. Researching some of Hicks' heroes whom he patterns his music after; Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke you see these men as careful with their appearance as they were with staying true to their music.
Song choice always holds an ultimate role of importance on this show. Hicks weekly demonstrated what he's about and for the most part successfully chose songs to match up with his style. "Levon" by Elton John garnered him praise, "Taking It to the Streets" by The Doobie Brothers brought out Taylor's fierce intensity as a performer. That energy translated into his real ability to communicate mind, body and soul to the audience. This performance generated tons of mixed media attention for Taylor and made him a household name. His sense of humor emerged in the pre-performance clip about his days as a shopping mall Easter Bunny.
He made a few mistakes, but learned from them. "Easy" by Lionel Richie, lesson learned from that song, to lay off a little on the "Woo's", concentrate more on the singing. "Country Roads", and "Just Once", were his two weakest performances of the competition. With the performance of "Just Once", an inkling of doubt, a slight lessening of confidence became a ghost shadow in his eyes. Taylor had endured week after week of poundings from Cowell, mixed reviews from Jackson and Paula. Realistically, there's just so many times a guy can be compared to 'someone's drunk Dad at a wedding' and not let it affect him somewhat. I found myself comparing Idol to a football game. Your team's been playing the first quarter pretty well, not too many penalties, a fumble, but not much yardage lost, then into the second quarter the penalty flags begin to fly fast and furious, the other team scores a lead breaking touchdown, 2 minutes before the second quarter ends.
The half-time whistle blows.
Third quarter, Taylor exploded on the Idol field in a wild hot paisley shirt and blue suede shoes with pink laces. He belted out "Play that Funky Music White Boy!" by Wild Cherry, it was an in-your-face, 'up-yours-Cowell' moment. Great move, it enthused his fans who applauded his seemingly flip-off to Cowell criticisms and negative critiques. Pairing that song with "Something" by George Harrison was brilliant. "Something" gave weight to Taylor's real vocal abilities, he sung it masterfully, beautifully. The game had turned tide. "Jailhouse Rock" had been a popular on-line request for Elvis Week. I had a request out that he sing "In the Ghetto". Elvis week scored that comeback touchdown for Taylor. May. 16 brought Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" and Joe Cockers'"You are So Beautiful" Score another for Team Soul Patrol! Last competition, the Finale, Taylor brought back previous favorite "Levon", considered by some fans an anthem, "Levon wears his war wound like a crown" a tribute to the challenges overcame weekly on this show, and the song is important to Hicks for the family values it represents. "Living for the City", a 1974 hit by Stevie Wonder had previously brought Taylor accolades from his fans. The topper of the Finale was his performance of the American Idol song created to be his first released single. Titled, "Do I Make You Proud". This title and the song are incredibly appropriate for Taylor for a couple of reasons; one, when he had originally talked to his father, Brad Hicks, about trying out for Idol his father had commented he just might as well just go out and buy a lottery ticket, two, Taylor had been feeling the pressure of timing, and the need to make something out of himself, have real success. He did not want to have his years playing honky tonks to be a waste, he didn't want to let Daddy down. I hope that Mr. Brad Hicks is a happy man today, knowing his son wasn't wasting his time. Confident now that music was a true calling for Taylor, not just a young man's pipedream.
Persistance was rewarded on American Idol this season. Team Soul Patrol never gave up on Taylor Hicks. Through thick, through thin (even through the occasional fumbled ball, the "Country Roads" penalty flag). Let's reflect upon Taylor's journey through Idol and re-live some highlights in an fitting montage created with Tay's band's music playing. (Thank you Comrade631.)
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