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With Hicks off the road for a few weeks and the touring season basically over, we’re going to make a few changes here.
First, the blog itself is going on a two week hiatus. Everything here will stay here, everything will still be open for comments. But we won’t be posting. Personally, I’m needing a couple [...]

Drummer Felix Pollard leaves the Taylor Hicks Band tonight.
For most of us, our first view of Pollard in action (first view of a few other tour band members, too: Loren Gold, Brian Gallagher and Melanie Nyema), our first view of what the the album and live show might be like.
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and just because we care:
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Thanks, Felix. [...]

I’m alright
Don’t nobody worry bout me
You got to gimme a fight
Why don’t you just let me be

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube videoKenny Loggin’s “I’m Alright”, done by Hicks in last night’s show, a seque in The Runaround. Never really noticed this song before. If anyone grabbed audio of Taylor [...]

some techy/geeky info on the Taylor Hicks concert DVD, Whomp at the Warfield, coming up:
“Taylor loved the work we did at the benefit concert and wanted to convey that same cinematic look,” says Morrison.
This is from High Def Magazine. This is .pdf format, scroll down to page 29 to read the whole thing.The article references [...]

An interview with Tyler Hacks:
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Islands in the Stream, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rodgers
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Running on Empty, Jackson Browne
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But is Japan ready?

They put his CDs in the blues section….and that makes sense.

A Cajun man with the blues known for his guitar playing, it’s Tab Benoit’s honest and gritty voice that hooks me in again and again…ok, that and the guitar.
From his new album with LeRoux, Power of the Pontchartrain:
Midnight and Lonesome
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For What It’s Worth
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From the live [...]

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If you’re like me, you’re starting to freshen up your music habits about now. Maybe getting out to a few more concerts, maybe putting some new names on your (metaphorical) turntable, maybe picking up your guitar more often, maybe just reading up on someone you might want to go hear. To that end, I’ve added [...]

This is an open post - talk about what you want, if you want.
I’ve been craving some theorbo music but didn’t find just the thing, so I’ll give you a little Michael Hedges instead. He’s been on my mind. I’ll do him better justice later, but this is my mood right now. I miss him [...]

If you’ve missed the concerts, or even if you just want to relive, it may be coming to a TV set near you. From HDNet:

Premiere! Sun., Oct. 7th 9:00 PM ET Taylor Hicks - Whomp at the Warfield - The American Idol winner thrills and entertains with his blend of high energy rock, funk, and [...]

(ETA, 07/16/08: is there a collaboration in the works?)
(today’s post comes from our reader, Robin)
A singer, songwriter, guitarist, and blues harmonica player. A man whose songs are best served up in a roadhouse with beer and cheap wine. A musician’s musician who for better than four decades has made his own brand of music — [...]