Taylor Hicks's Blog – March 2012 Archive (4)

Taylor's latest YouTube Pick of the Week is My Home's in Alabama:



This is one of the most nostalgic moments on the first solo tour post Idol. The great Alabama Theater in Birmingham, AL. It was a dream come true for me to be able to come back and perform this for my hometown crowd. I love the group Alabama, and it makes us Alabamians proud when something really great happens to our state. The super group Alabama is one of those great things. I am very blessed…

Taylor's next YouTube Pick of the Week is the Maceo Parker Super Jam from Jam Cruise 9!



This is one of those experiences as a musician that you just have to take it all in. Maceo Parker is one of those heroes that you grow up admiring if u do a musical apprenticeship on James Brown. Fred Wesley, an iconic trombone player, who interestingly enough was the last person I would wink at before hitting the Idol stage, was on the Jam Cruise as well. Eric Krasno,…

Taylor's YouTube Pick of the Week is "In the Ghetto" from American Idol:



The week before Elvis week Chris Daughtry and I were discussing song choices with Simon Cowell during the end of the show. Now that was totally against the rules, but that was a way to get a word in with the judges before u performed that week. That was the format of the show. The Judges would come up sometimes and congratulate us. That's when u could talk to them..Simon said "In the Ghetto" was one…

Fans in Birmingham, Alabama: be sure to watch WBRC FOX 6’s “Good Day Alabama” on Monday, March 5th for a cooking feature on Taylor Hicks' restaurant, ORE Drink and Dine!

The feature will air sometime between 8:30 AM and 9 AM Central!

For more information about ORE, visit www.oredrinkanddine.com.