Happy Birthday Taylor Hicks and The Soul Patrol

Lets get this party Started!!



Today brought some great news that the Soul Patrol has been waiting for. What a great day for the news to break as it is Taylor’s 32nd birthday. The below release was just released today.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ — He’s “Takin’ It to the Streets” on “American Idol” — now Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks will be takin’ it more directly to the people. Celebrating his birthday today, Hicks has tapped the independent artist services company Artist To Market (A2M) to release his much-buzzed-about new album, due in stores on February 10, 2009. The platinum-selling singer-songwriter will be releasing the new title with complete control of direction and ownership of his masters on his solely owned and operated, Modern Whomp Records label. Hicks is currently in the studio with producer Simon Climie (Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Faith Hill).
“In this digital age, when artists can connect more directly with audiences, this is a partnership that makes a lot of sense,” says Hicks. “I’m very much enjoying being in the studio with Simon working on the new album and look forward to releasing it through A2M early next year.”

“We at A2M are very excited to be working with the team at Modern Whomp Records on this release,” said Paul Ignasinski, General Manager of A2M. “As the industry continues to evolve, it’s exciting to see significant artists approach the marketplace in a new way, and truly take control over their own destiny. This is exactly why A2M was built in the first place — to provide a service platform for these artists to prosper on their own terms.”

During the last two years, Taylor Hicks has seen his self-titled Arista debut album certified platinum, performed with the likes of Willie Nelson, Widespread Panic, The Allman Brothers and Jackson Browne, toured through Asia, penned the brisk-selling Random House memoir Heart Full of Soul, spent time in NY this past summer for his three-month Broadway debut as “Teen Angel” in Grease, and will take Grease on a national tour beginning December 1.

In August Hicks’ Modern Whomp Records released Early Works (a reissue compilation of his two independent albums, In Your Time and Under the Radar) through the Welk Music Group. Hicks is also planning the release of Whomp at the Warfield, a DVD showcasing a live performance by Hicks and his band at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco.

About Artist To Market Distribution:

Launched in 2005, Artist To Market Distribution (A2M) is an independent music distributor and artist services company designed to work directly with artists, labels, and content owners to streamline the supply chain, provide flexible service solutions, and deliver new product to the marketplace at a lower cost. Over the past two years A2M has partnered with a diverse group of platinum and multi-platinum artists including Dolly Parton, Tracy Lawrence, Tommy Lee, John Michael Montgomery, Sinead O’Connor, Unwritten Law, and Tracy Byrd, in addition to critically-acclaimed newcomers, The Cool Kids. More information can be found at http://www.artist2market.com.

SOURCE Taylor Hicks

Published Oct. 7, 2008
It is time to start getting excited agin. Not only will Taylor be traveling around the country as Teen Angel in Grease. (Which I will be seeing) we will also have a new CD to listen to and talk about on February 10th. Things keep getting better and better for Taylor.


With the News today below you will find a video that I feel fits for the new CD deal

Taylor Hicks The Deal Video by PayTheDevil






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Soldiers Angels

Most everyone in the Soul Patrol has heard of the Proud of our Troop Drives. CDs of Taylor Hicks music are gathered from kind and caring people who donate these and they are sent to the soldiers who are risking their lives. What you may not know is how they get to the soldiers. Soldier’s Angels takes care of getting these CDs to the troops.

Soldier’s Angels sends many care packages to the troops. You can donate at the site or adopt a soldier and send them letters and care packages to brighten their days. Right now Squidoo is going to give away up to $80,000 to charity by October 15, 2008. You can go vote for the charity of your choice and for each vote the charity gets $2. Soldier’s Angels is on the list.


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Radio IO

I was surfing around the internet and stumbled onto a site I had forgotten about. Radio IO. There are so many Taylor Hicks websites and sites with video and music to listen to and somewhere along the line I lost track of Radio IO and stopped listening.

Greg from Radio IO is a very nice man who does all he can to support Taylor and other artists. If you haven’t yet read his Welcome to the Soul Patrol you should head over and read it. Also give a listen to the great music that is played at IO Idols. Here is an excerpt from Greggs welcome that I think is very touching and goes a long way in showing the dedication of Taylor’s fans.

How many of you know how the Idols channel even came about? That's right; it's all because of Taylor Hicks. Because the Soul Patrol was so dedicated to their cause, Radio IO received sloughs of emails from you guys asking us to play, "Just To Feel That Way" when the single was released. So, we thought it would be a great idea to help support the Idols of the world with a channel that played only their material. What this channel does is help bring exposure to these artists whenever they have a release. Some, you are quite familiar with like Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Daughtry, but what about artists like Mandisa, RJ Helton or Jasmine Trias? And then there are the artists from similar competitions throughout the world like Leona Lewis, Will Young and Shannon Noll. Oh, and then there are other competitions like Nashville Star, Popstars, Rock Star Supernova and America's Got Talent? It is just never ending. So, to help out all of these artists and to showcase their music, IO Idols was born in 2007, thanks to Taylor Hicks and the massive power of the Soul Patrol.

So, because of your heart and dedication, I want to extend my very sincere appreciation to each and every one of you guys for all the amazing emails of sincere thanks for representing Taylor's music and just being here with IO Idols. I have never seen so much gratitude for representing one artist. It's amazing.

As we already know the Soul Patrol is a huge fan base and when we put our heart and soul into something we can get anything done, when done in the right way.


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Taylor Hicks.com Gets Updated

Taylor Hicks.com has been updated and improved.
If you have not visited Taylor Hicks.com lately you should head over and check out the new and improved site now. Not only are you greeted by a gorgeous picture of Taylor, there are also links to many sites with videos, music and info related to Taylor Hicks. Signup over at the Soul Lounge and join fellow fans of Taylor Hicks to chat about any Taylor news and happenings.




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Thanksgiving

I usually get into the holiday seasons earlier than needed. However I love the time of year from the Halloween Season until the Christmas Season is over. Today I started looking for new Thanksgiving Recipes so I get a start on some new dishes to make with dinner this year. I found a few named for Alabama such as Alabama Sweet Potato Pie. Maybe we will have an Alabama themed dinner this year in honor of Taylor. That I am only joking about, I am sure my husband would not eat dinner if that happened.

Heart Full Of Soul Downloadable Audio

I have Taylor’s book Heart Full of Soul and the audio CD of the book. Today I was searching online for downloadable audio books. I didn’t even realize you could download the audio of book online. But I stumbled onto it today. For those of you who have not read Taylor’s book if you like to listen to a book reading then you can now download the audio of Heart Full of Soul and listen to Taylor Hicks reading you his story. Go here to download the Abridged Audiobook Download for $12.50

Taylor Hicks Grease Videos

I stumbled across some videos at YouTube of Taylor singing Beauty School Dropout that I had seen before. Since I missed these I am sure others have. I saw a couple videos but these are up close and great shots. So below you will find a Clip Of Beauty School Drop Out and The Curtain call.

Beauty School Drop Out



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Taylor Starts The Christmas Season Off with Grease

A great start to the Christmas season will start soon for The Soul Patrol. Taylor Hicks is going to be on a national tour with the Grease show and it starts December 2nd in Providence, Rhode Island. I am planning to attend at least the Columbus Ohio show at Palace Theater which starts December 16th to the 21st and I hope to go again for the show in Cincinnati Ohio and the one in Maryland if my Aunt still wants to travel there to see her sister. My husband asked if I wanted some tire chains on my car so no snow, sleet or ice can stop me. Of course I knew better than to say yes. He would think I had lost my mind for sure. But umm maybe it’s a good idea.
To make Christmas even better for The Soul Patrol we could also use a New CD and some TV time. A Christmas song single or CD would be great to. Ok that is too much work to put on someone during the Christmas season everyone including Taylor Hicks deserves a break at Christmas to enjoy the season.

Pet Peeve - Nope Just Pissed Off

I think I am going to start posting my Pet Peeves now and again. Today my Pet Peeve is people who make up rumors just to have something to say. I got a email from a friend (that I haven’t heard from in at least 6 months) saying that I should know that she heard on the radio that Taylor spent the last few months in a drug treatment program and that is why he hadn’t been doing any concerts.

I did not email her back I called her. I asked what station she heard this on. She could not remember. So I said well when did you hear this she replied I don’t know for sure a few days ago. I then asked when he was supposed to have been there she said I’m not sure I think they said he was there for the last 4 months. I said well that is funny. She said why is it funny? I informed her it was funny because if he was in a treatment program then they must have let him out twice a day. She said no they don’t do that. I said well he has been doing Grease on Broadway for the last few months. She hung up and wouldn’t answer when I called back. Guess I caught her in her lie and she couldn’t think of what to say.

I will never understand people who have to make up lies and expect others to believe them.

Taylor Hicks 2006 American Idol Tour –

Taylor Hicks won American Idol Season Five in 2006. I got a Google alert today and USA Today reported that the 2006 tour led by Taylor Hicks brought in $35.2 million and seats were filled at 96.1% capacity. The seasons since have not been as successful. The 2008 American Idol tour, led by David Cook, was more successful than the 2007 tour but neither sold what the 2006 tour did. The 2008 tour pulled in $29.3 million, reports Billboard Boxscore, compared with 2007’s $20.9 million and the 2008 tour seast were filled at 85.4% average rate; in 2007, that figure was 68.4%.
American Idol has been trying to brainwash American viewers to forget about Taylor. Why else would the show not have Taylor in the opening credits and so many other instances in which Simon blatantly found ways to diss Taylor. Maybe now they will show some respect.
I am not saying Taylor is the only reason that the tour did so well. Season Five was filled with many talented people. I am a huge fan of Bucky Covington also and we also like Kellie Pickler. However there can be no denying that Taylor was a HUGE drawl for the tour. It is nice to finally see some reports acknowledging that fact.



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Taylor Hicks in Grease Coming To Ohio

I got a alert today letting me know Taylor Hicks would be in Columbus Ohio December 16-21st. He will be on the road with the Grease tour. I wanted to go to New York and see Taylor as Teen Angel but the cost of such a trip was just not possible. Now I will get to see Taylor as Teen Angel. Grease has always been my favorite musical. I have never seen the play but I cannot wait to see it. Even if Taylor was not in it I would still love to see it, Taylor playing Teen Angel is an added plus for me.

I have seen a few people post about how Taylor shouldn’t do this because he won’t be able to release a new CD and tour it until later. It just drives me crazy how people say what he should or shouldn’t do with “HIS” career. Sure I want a new CD and to see Taylor in a concert but it will all come in Taylor’s time. He knows what is best for his career and he is the only one who has the right to decide when, where and what he will do. All we can do as fans is either support his choices or move on. We have no right to tell him how he should handle his career.

The internet is a good thing at times but at other times it can be very bad. Before electronics became so advanced and before the internet we listened to music and we bought CDS when they were in stores but we didn’t know the inner workings and we didn’t know everything going in some careers until an appearance was announced on TV or radio. Now that everything is so far advanced we get so much more information about the celebrities we like and maybe in a way it isn’t such a good thing because we can post what we think all over the met and that celebrity can read what is being said. I don’t know maybe it is just me but I would hate to go on the internet and see my every move monitored and to read that I am making wrong decisions or I change my mind too much or I don’t do what I say. My life and my career is my business and the choices I make are my own. I know how they will benefit me and no one has a right to tell me I am wrong and the same holds true with Taylor Hicks and all celebrities.

Car Wreck and Tays Harp

It has been a long week. Well long since Wednesday. A car turned right in the path of my car and I wrecked me car. Got hurt a little not a lot but still feel crappy. I am feeling crappy now don’t feel much like blogging but I wanted to share with you all how Taylor figured in the wreck well not the wreck. After the wreck. I am just going to copy and paste my blog from MySpace here.
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Car Wreck ... Scary!!!
Current mood: grateful
Yesterday I was going into town to pick up some groceries and I was heading down the hill right past my house. As I got the bottom I saw a car in other lane and right as I got to the driveway area they turned right in the path of my car. It was so close I knew there was no way my brakes were going to stop me in time. I tried to steer away in the the other direction to get away from them but there was just not enough space between us.
The next thing I knew I wa screaming because I knew we were going to crash. Sure enough we did. Thank God I tried to get my car in other lane or we would have hit directly head on. Instead my passenger side landed in the middle of her grill. It knocked me so hard I was flying forwards and sideways thank god my seat belt kept jerking me back in place. My rear view mirror came flying towards me hit me in the head I thought my windshield had came in on me. When My car finally stopped I was so shocked and scared it took a few to register what happened. I tried to get out of my door but my drivers door wouldn’t open so I crawled over to passenger door to get out as I opened the door the woman in the other vehicle was walking to me carrying her little girl about 2.
Than god the child was in a car seat and wasn't hurt. The woman’s air bag busted in her face she had blood pouring from her face. it scared me to death when i saw her. Thank god it just cut her face a little and knocked some teeth loose.
I didn’t go with the squad because I wanted to get the legal stuff done first and get my car home. As the day went on my chest and back started hurting real bad and my arm was numb. Thankfully it is just a badly bruised chest and back from seat belt and being thrown back and forth.
But this morning I woke up with swollen and numb face. i dont recall hitting anything with my face. If it still swollen tomorrow I am going back to doc.
It was the scariest thing I have experienced. I was so scared I was gonna die or have something go through my body. My car is totaled. Looking from outside u think on some new fender hood bumper and it be ok but the frame is twisted that is why driver door wont open even though i was hit in passenger side. My motor mounts are twisted. But I am just thankful no one was badly hurt or killed.
I was driving a Chevy Lumina Euro Sport Coupe. She was driving A ford escape. i think that what its called. Like a big jeep van thing or at least to my little car its huge.
Ok a couple silly little things about the accident well in a way and related to music. Bucky Covingtons CD was in my CD player. When the crash happened I heard it skipping like crazy. Then all the sudden when car stopped the switch wasnt off and the the cd took off playing again and the song was I'll Walk. That kinda of spooked me at the time cause my head hadn't registered completely yet if I was ok so I shut it off, but after I got out and thought about it, how appropriate for that song to play. Thank God I did walk. it could have been so much different. I think this song will have a much different meaning for me now.
Ok another my rear view mirror has lights on it so when it flew off it was dangling by the cords. A guy at the scene helping looked in saw my mirror hanging. And said boy it knocked that mirror right off without breaking windshield. then he said your little harmonica is just dangling there to. ( The little harp we were sent from Taylor Hicks fanclub was hanging from mirror) I said yea that is Taylor Hicks Harmonica.lol he laughed and said well it isnt a good luck charm. i said well yes it is. he said oh do you figure? I said well I aint dead he laughed and said ok I see your point. I took that harp off mirror and put in pocket just incase they towed my car off.
When my husband got there I remembered Bucky’s CD was in player I had him get it out. They may have towed my car but they weren’t getting Bucky’s CD or Tays harp lol Yea I'm silly about that stuff.
And one more so the cop has me sit in cruiser to fill out report. His cell starts to ring and the song was Sweet Home Alabama.
I just had to share those silly little things.
I'll say one thing when something like that happens it makes you realize just how quick something bad can happen. We never know how much we have on earth. I am just thankful God saw fit it wasnt my time. I got to come home and see my babies (well they are 13 and 17) but still I was able to see my babies get off the school bus.
I have to try and get over the fright. i love to drive I always have. Today i tried to go to town in my sons car to get my meds and I had to turn around and come back home. i was shaking like a leaf and scared to death. i made my self later go and get the meds and groceries but it took willpower and saying to myself I can do to be able to. But I still wasn’t trusting myself much. i sure watched driveways all the way there and cars on the other side of the road.

Turns out my face is swollen because of the dye used in the cat scan it is allergic reaction. Also turns out my lungs and heart are inflamed. They have me on steroids pain pills and inflammation meds 2 of them.



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Shinedowns Sound of Madness

As fans of Taylor Hicks we know how happy we are that Taylor was American Idol. Most of us had no clue who Taylor was and if it was not for AI we would have never gotten to enjoy Taylor. Because of that I have started paying attention to music much different than I did before Taylor. I now listen to friends when they say to check out someone and I go to websites and myspace pages a lot of different artists. I have discovered a lot more music that I enjoy that otherwise I would have never heard.

A friend alerted me to some new music by Shinedown. I went to the site and checked them out. Some of you may also be interested in the music by them. The Sound of Madness is the group’s third album. Their first album in 2003 “Leave a Whisper” went platinum and their second “Us and Them”went Gold. The rockers say this is their boldest effort yet.

The song Devour is a political song inspired the groups visit to Iraq and the writer Smiths feelings towards ending George W. Bush’s presidency. Got to Shinedowns website to see shinedown photos and find shinedown concerts near you.

Things that Tick me off

I am the type of person that tries to ignore blogs and websites that speak badly of Taylor. Most times it is simply someone who does not like Taylor and instead of just not liking him they have to jump on everything that is printed about Taylor and give there unwanted and uneducated two cents.

Today I got a google alert and once again you could tell some blogger looking for a way to get their page seen by the masses uses Taylor’s name and his fans to do this. The title If She would have been on sooner Taylor Hicks would have never won.

I guess this guy is not only a blogger about politics he is also psychic. Not very smart either. Taylor won because we the viewing public voted him to win. The judges did not make him win. Taylor’s talent and fan base did. The “she” he is talking about is Kara DioGuardi, the newly-installed fourth judge on "American Idol. However in a Interview with Kara she said "What makes an artist is somebody who's unique," she said. "That when their song comes on the radio, I know exactly who it is. ... It's not about vocal acrobatics." Oh yea she co-wrote "Give Me Tonight" for Taylors debut CD.

So let’s see she likes a unique voice. Umm yep Taylor has that. When he is singing whether TV, radio, CD or on my PC , my kids know the voice right away. So do most people. Course he also has some vocal aerobics.

So today my post is about things that tick me off. This includes people who speak when not spoken to or when they don’t know what the hell they are talking about.




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Taylor Hicks, Surround Sound, Big Screen

We recently purchased a home theater system. It is cool. The surround sound is awesome. It sounds just like you are seating in a theater. So I decided that I will have a Taylor Hicks viewing party this weekend. A couple of our family members that are always on me over Taylor (they haven’t even heard him) are coming over and I have several of Taylor's videos on DVDs that I made. Hopefully they will walk away fans. If not I give up, I guess they just don’t know good music.

I hope they enjoy my home theater seating. Love seat, couch, recliner and some kitchen chairs. I didn’t promise them a rose garden only good music.

Virtual Taylor Hicks Tour

I don’t know about the rest of you but when I am bored I like to just type random things into search engines and see what comes up. I have taken virtual tours online of museums, vacation destinations and much more. So today I decided to type in “take a virtual tour of Taylor Hicks.” Yea I know silly but oh well. So anyway what came up wasn’t virtual Taylor Hicks tours of course. But I found a link that did relate to me in a way. Here is what u will see with those keywords. http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=take+a+virtual+tour+of+taylor+hicks&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8

How it related back to me is by clicking on the link Take a virtual tour to the unique colonial town of Santa Domingo Dominic Republic. It is a link that goes to Associated Content where I also write at. What was interesting to me was the links under other useful results. My article “Taylor Hicks Tour Experience Part 1” is listed there. That link isn’t useful to someone interested in Santa Domingo but it is cool that all those who see the video will also see a link to a Taylor Hicks article. Hey there is all kinds of ways to get new fans.

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What do the Olympics and Tim Morehouse have to do with Taylor Hicks... Not Much... BUT....

I don’t follow the Olympics. I never have been interested in sports. However, I just remembered about a Tim Morehouse who had blogged about meeting Taylor Hicks at The July 4th celebration A Capital Fourth. He blogged about how nice Taylor was. I decided to check up on Tim and see how he is doing in the Olympics; I wanted to see if he won any trophies. Yea now I know they win medals, I told you I don’t know anything about the Olympics. So anyway here is what I found.

The 2008 USA Olympic fencing Team, US Men's Saber Team consisting of Tim Morehouse, Jason Rogers, Keith Smart and James Williams finished with the silver medal after a dramatic series of extremely close 45-44 bouts propelled Team USA to the championship bout. The US lost to France 45-37 in the championship bout, but this was still the first American medal in men's fencing since the 1984 Olympics.
Congrats Tim!!

Taylor Hicks Early Works Remastered

It hit Target stores today. Taylor Hicks newest CD is his Early Works. It is a Target exclusive. Fans of Taylor Hicks are already familiar with the songs on his newest CD has they are from his pre-idol CDS, In Your Time and Under the Radar. The songs have been re-mastered and reports from those who have the CD already is that the songs are crisp and clear and the music is softer making Taylor’s voice much more clear. That is a good thing.

Other news is the album is from Taylor’s independent label, Modern Whomp Records it was distributed through the Welk Music Group.

Songs on the CD include “Soul Thing,” “The Fall,” “Hold On to Your Love,” “The Deal,” “Heart and Soul,” “In Your Time,” “West Texas Sky,” “Somehow,” “Tighten Up,” “Son of a Carpenter,” “My Friend” and “Georgia. Georgia is a cover of a beautiful Ray Charles and Taylor’s version is just as beautiful. I love all the songs on the previous CDs and cannot wait to get my copy of the re-mastered music. Just my luck that my area does not have a Target close. Maybe this weekend I can find a Target.
By the way, a FYI, Early Works is on sale this week for $9.98 so go out and get yours today.



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Concerts, Fans, Luke Bryan, Taylor Hicks, Bucky Covington

I went to a Luke Bryan concert last night and I also had a meet and greet. It was a pleasure to meet Luke. He is a real sweetheart. I talked my sister and her hubby into going even though the only thing knew about Luke is they had heard the song All My Friends Say. They left complete fans and stood in line after the show to get his autograph.

Last summer I got my sister in law and niece into Bucky Covington and this summer my brother climbed on board the Bucky train. I have managed to meet Bucky twice and Luke once so far and get them some new fans along the way.

One thing I have found out is attending the concerts works best to get people to check someone out that you recommend better than just telling them about a song. Each person that I have gotten to finally give Luke and Bucky a chance is solely because I talked them into going to a concert and they walked away fans.

All my friends and family still argue with me about Taylor Hicks. I know if on his next tour he comes near enough to get them to attend a show they will become fans of his as well. I have yet to meet Taylor. I attended a show April 2007 but I did not go back to the bus to meet him. I chickened out I guess. I still regret not doing it but if I make it to another show I will wait as long as it takes to meet Taylor. I have so enjoyed my meet and greets with Bucky and Luke and cannot wait to meet Taylor. It will happen some day.

For now my stereo cabinet is starting to hold a nice collection of autographed CDS from Bucky Covington, Luke Bryan, Kellie Pickler, Chubby Checker and Judd Starr. I can’t wait to add Taylor’s top the collection. Some say go on e-bay and buy one. I will wait until the day I can have Taylor sign it with me there watching. By then thought I’ll have quite a few to get signed. I have the Do I Make You Proud CD and 45 record, Taylor Hicks debut CD, Heart Full of Soul Book and will be adding the Early Works CD and his new album due out this fall. I do have a autographed poster that was mailed to me after I interviewed him though.

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