Taylor Themed Weekend

Today is The Day! Birmingham Alabama is having lots and lots of The Soul Patrol in the area this weekend. Several events involving or inspired by Taylor Hicks are taking place. Harmony for the Soul is hosting the first National Soul Patrol Convention today which starts at 12:00pm The SP Convention is at the Double Tree Hotel South Side they will be doing such activities as Taylor Trivia, Taylor Holdem,
Taylorokkee (In the Style of don't forget the lyrics) and much more. This all goes on until 5 PM. From 6:30pm - 7:30pm is the SP Dinner at the Open Door Café. 8:00 pm until 11:00pm is "A Night of Soul" Silent Auction at the Open Door Café. Then tomorrow the music begins.

May 10th at 9:00 AM is the start of a great day when the SP will meet for Breakfast at the Pancake House.
12:00 - 7:30 pm "A Soul Affair" @ SLOSS Furnaces

Artists include
Ricky Carden 12:00-12:20 Performance, Andrew Tyler 12:40-1:00 Performance, Adam Guthrie 1:20-1:50 Performance, Clay Connor and the Criminals, 2:10-2:40 Performance, Frankie Velvet and the Mighty Veltons, 3:00-4:00 Performance, Erin Mitchell (Acoustic) 4:15 - 4:30 Performance, Spoonful James Spoonful 4:45 - 5:45 Performance, LiMBO6:00 - 7:30 Performance and For Soul Patrol Package holders
11:30- 2am WWTG (Where Would Taylor GO!!!) "Crawling for Soul" Pub Crawl at Metro Bistro, Oasis, Marty's Bar, ONA's Music Room, 2am Until Marty's Bar/event after party!

Also going on this weekend is an appearance by The Soul Man Taylor Hicks himself.

Boots, Blues, & BBQ Saturday, May 10th

Governor and Mrs.
Bob Riley Present a Benefit for Hannah Home Shelby
Saturday, May 10th 7:00 p.m.


At a private horse farm in the Hwy 119/280 area
Taylor Hicks will be in concert

BBQ Buffet by award-winning Chef Clayton Sherrod,
Delicious Dessert Bar by Jefferson State
Culinary and Hospitality Institute,
Live Auction of diamond earrings, rounds of golf, beach trip, dinner with Governor and Mrs. Riley at the mansion, and more....
Dancing and Entertainment By Chris Porter & The Back Row Baptists.



Tickets are $100 per person-A limited number of tickets are available.

Tickets are available by calling 205-975-ARTS (205-975-2787)

Taylor will be going on around 8:30 and will do a "soulful acoustic set". They will make "will call" arrangements to pick up tickets if you're traveling from far away. The exact location of event is private, and will be on the tickets. The will call window will be open for later arrivals. Sloss is about 45 minutes away from the location.

Another event going this weekend is Harmonica Jam session

The Alabama Music Hall of Fame is holding a harmonica jam session for kids. Come in on Saturday and you can hang with Bluzkat.. There is also going to be a Taylor Hicks American Idol unveiling going on and you can see Taylor’s famous purple jacket. This all happens Saturday.

As you can see Birmingham Alabama is going to be host to a Taylorized weekend.





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Spread the Love

We all love to use Myspace and Facebook to help spread the world about Taylor Hicks. Using communities like those are great to keep in contact with each and to spread news and happenings about Taylor. I have been looking for other places to try and share Taylor’s music with others. One such site I have found is the 3gb Community. You can create and join groups, post photo album listen to mp3s and much more. I just joined and plan to be starting to share Taylor Information. Hope to see lots of The SP there. It is great to find another place that we can all gather and talk about Taylor or anything else we choose. It is great to meet new people who are also fans of Taylor but haven’t followed the news so I hope to meet some at this site. Go here to join 3gb community www.3gb.biz

New Kid on the (Sunscreen) Block

My daughter as fair skin, she tans pretty easily but I know the sun can be dangerous and a teenager’s skin needs to be protected. The sunscreen I bought last year she always complained it felt greasy and yucky as she says. I started looking online for sunscreen that may be better than what we have been using.

I found a site that sells sunscreen and two Moms launched a facial sunscreen for a teenager’s skin. I love getting products from other Moms because I know from experience we need all the extra money we can get. If I am going to buy a product I would much rather support a Mom than a corporation.

Their sunscreen focuses on the area of the neck and up. Their sunscreens are non-greasy, non- irritating and dermatologist approved. The sunscreens feel great on your skin, my daughter loves the feel. You can find out more and see their other sunscreen products by visiting their site at https://www.screenrountine.com

Blogging Makes Me Happy!

I have always loved to write. Some people write and keep their writings to themselves. I have always been the opposite. I have always loved to share my writings with everyone. I wanted their opinions good or bad. Now of course the good is what I have always thrived for but I also know that constructive criticism builds a better writer it also builds a tougher skin.

My writings, for most of life, well until my twenties at least, were always in tablets and diaries. Then I discovered the internet. I started sharing my poetry on forums at first. Then after a few years and actually after I discovered singer/musician Taylor Hicks I discovered the joy of blogging.

Blogging makes me happy because I can share my thoughts and opinions with millions through the World Wide Web. I have made a lot of great friends because of blogging, friends who share the same taste in music and other things as I do.

After a while I discovered I could also make a little bit of money with my blogs. I love writing, making friends and then discovering ways to make money doing what I love to do anyway this makes paid blogging one of the best ideas ever. Sure there are some places that are a joke and you need to avoid, but there are others that truly are worth any bloggers time to check out I mean gee we write all the time anyway about what is going on in our life or the life of the subject of the blog in my case. Might as well make a few bucks doing it.

I have read others opinions about how paid blogging is so bad. That isn’t so if you just watch the company you get in with. I love to write and I love to make money. Paid blogging is a win-win for me.

Blogging makes me happy because I can write about anything I choose, just so happens for this blog I choose Taylor Hicks. Paid blogging makes me happy because I can pay a bill or two, buy groceries or just have some fun with the extra income coming in.

Some ask will I ever stop blogging. The answer is no. Now if you ask if the subject matter will always be the same that I do not know. We never know what may spark our interest in the future but I know one thing I will always be blogging about something or another. Because blogging makes me happy and paid blogging is an extra plus as it pays the bills and gives me some extra money for fun and relaxation.


Please watch my video below Blogging Makes me Happy and let me know what you think.

A Taylor Hicks Themed Weekend Packed with Music and Fun

May 9th and 10th this coming weekend will be one of great fun for the Soul Patrol. Harmony for The Soul is hosting the first National Soul Patrol Convention and A Soul Affair Music Festival. There will be lots of great music and activities to do to fill both days. If you haven’t yet purchased tickets they can be purchased here http://www.harmonyforthesoul.org/EventTickets.html

Also on May 10th another event will be happening just happening 45 minutes away from where the Soul Affair is scheduled at Sloss Furnaces.

Governor and Mrs. Bob Riley Present a
Benefit for Hannah Home Shelby
Saturday, May 10th 7:00 p.m.


At a private horse farm in the Hwy 119/280 area
Taylor Hicks will be in concert

BBQ Buffet by award-winning Chef Clayton Sherrod,
Delicious Dessert Bar by Jefferson State
Culinary and Hospitality Institute,
Live Auction of diamond earrings, rounds of golf, beach trip, dinner with Governor and Mrs. Riley at the mansion, and more....
Dancing and Entertainment By Chris Porter & The Back Row Baptists.



Tickets are $100 per person-A limited number of tickets are available.

Tickets are available by calling 205-975-ARTS (205-975-2787)

Taylor will be going on around 8:30 and will do a "soulful acoustic set". They will make "will call" arrangements to pick up tickets if you're traveling from far away. The exact location of event is private, and will be on the tickets. If you are picking tickets up there, they will give you more info when you purchase the ticket. Dress code is "decent casual" (nice jeans okay, nothing ripped or cut off shirts, etc.). Cameras will be allowed. The will call window will be open for later arrivals.

The weekend is going to be filled with lots of Taylor related fun a perfect weekend for any Taylor Hicks or just a fan of great Soul music. So if you want to get away for awhile and have a blast check into these events now.

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Whomp at the Warfield

I hate not having HD Net offered through my cable company. I so much want to see Whomp at The Warfield. It is airing again. It was on earlier tonight and will be on again at 2:00 AM ET. I envy everyone who has been able to see the concert and those who were there in person for the actual concert. I keep patiently waiting hoping it will surface so I can buy it soon but so far no luck.



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Taylor Hicks Postage Stamps

Most American Idol fans by now have heard that you can now get postage stamps with your favorite American Idol on them. They started being released 4 weeks ago. This week starting Tuesday May 6th you can get your very own Taylor Hicks Postage stamps. There are 4 different poses on a sheet of stamps. Next weeks Jordin Sparks stamp will be released and the week after this year’s winner will be on sale. There is a limit of 2000 sheets per state. I will be getting my set but my dilemma is whether to use them to spread the word about Taylor or to save them with my other collectables. I imagine I’ll do some of both. Click above to get your stamps.





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Taylor Hicks on American Idol - Let's hope it isn't just a rumor

We all have all been craving to see Taylor Hicks again. We need our Tay fix and we aren’t afraid to admit we need that fix. Taylor has been here and there from singing the National Anthem to being in Kentucky for the Kentucky Derby. There are events coming up this weekend but we crave more and more.

It is rumored that Taylor may be appearing in American Idol wither this week or next and the fan boards are all excited at the chance to see Taylor perform once on again on the American Idol stage. I have not been watching AI this season but I will tune in if Taylor is on.

Hopefully Taylor will sing a new song from his upcoming CD and announce a date for it to be released. For all of you nay sayers or say Taylor can not sing or looks goofy please get a hearing aid and eyeglasses. If you already have these than please get to the doctor quick, because they messed up your prescription.