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               In the News ~ February, 2012 ~ Chat, Chicks & More

My City was Gone

Join Taylor Hicks for live web chat on UStream...
A new CD coming out this year, songwriting in Nashville, and summer touring are expected to be hot topics as fans and Taylor Hicks sit down for a streaming Q & A on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 8: p.m. EST. Followers have pre-posed questions @AskTaylorHicks on a plethora of subjects from collaborations on his new “country soul” album to where he can be seen on tour this summer. Tweet questions to @AskTaylorHicks

The Season Five American Idol winner has hosted several UStream chats with fans. Tune in Thursday, February 9, 8 p.m. and join the conversation. Live Web Chat

USAToday Idol Chatter: "Taylor Hicks' latest Riding Shotgun webisode features his cover of The Pretenders' My City Was Gone." USAToday

Riding Shotgun with Taylor Hicks  "Riding Shotgun with Taylor Hicks"
"My City Was Gone" with rehearsals on the tour bus for the Pretenders' cover introduced in Akron, Ohio, is latest Riding Shotgun feature.

Check out ALL the episodes here:   Taylor Hicks YouTube Channel

TAYLOR HICKS ON STAGE:
Valentine's Day in Vegas...
"@AMSAConferences: @TaylorRHicks Looking forward to your performance at our awards event on Valentine's Day! #AMSAVegas2012"   February 14, 2012, Las Vegas~ American Movers & Storage Assn's Education Conference & Expo.    "Evening with the Stars"

St. Patrick's Day at The Avalon
**March 17, 2012, Easton, MD, ~ Avalon Theatre, 8:00 p.m. Reserved seats are sold out--Buy Now GA tickets:   Tickets

American Idol in Washington
**March 18, 2012, Washington, D.C. 8:30 p.m.~Opening Show,   Credit Union National Assn.

Photo by Tamitraveler: Taylor Hicks at Musica in Akron, Ohio, May, 2011.


                    

 

 

 

 

@TaylorRHicks last week: "Wrote with Gary Nicholson and Tom Hambridge today." They join a growing list of songwriters collaborating on new music. He also collaborated with Nicholson and Hambridge on his last album, The Distance.

Singer/songwriter, Victoria Shaw, who has teamed up with some of the biggest country stars in the business, tweeted recently: "@victoriashawcom: Working with @TaylorRHicks 2day. He must be a glutton 4 punishment. I like it! http://t.co/fydsX6ML."

@TaylorRHicks: "Chicks with hits! Great fun today ladies! Great publishers in Nashville! pic.twitter.com/kaaiXZyO"

Chicks with Hits really is the name of this group formed in 1999 made up of competing Nashville music publishers. They are a unique organization of ladies who present, or "pitch," songs from their respective catalogs to artists, producers, and A & R executives. "...the primary advantage of Chicks meetings for artists and their reps is efficiency. Those seeking songs can hear much more material in this format than they could in meetings with individual publishers. ...And beyond the consolidation of time and effort, Chicks meetings reflect true collaboration that focuses on servicing the artist." Read more about this "plugging group" by Caroline Horn for Billboard Magazine:
"Chicks Hatch a Winning Pitch Plan"

Taylor Hicks' "Do I Make You Proud" is poignant graduation song:   24 Graduate from Monmouth drug court

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  THE DISTANCE
  EARLY WORKS
  WHOMP AT THE WARFIELD
  TAYLOR HICKS

  CDs and DVD are available:
   Taylor Hicks on Amazon.com

 

 
 

...the collaborating game

Taylor Hicks on Twitter    Follow @TaylorRHicks on Twitter
"Thanks everyone for being supportive and being fans! Great Year ahead! 1/31/12"
Big techo change @TaylorRHicks: "I just went to divorce court with my blackberry. This is my first tweet on my new iPhone! #cheers"

Ore Drink and Dine, Taylor Hicks' restaurant in Birmingham, AL     Voted 2011 Best New Restaurant in Bham Magazine!
Ore in Magazine of Metro Birmingham Living:
"...Try the house-made potato chips with cream cheese and smoked salmon or the over-the-top fried mac & cheese..."   b-metro.com

"We've got Lamb chops new on the menu! Come try them with the Meiomi Pinot Noir." Cleve Eaton and the Jazz All Stars entertain for Sunday Brunch. Follow:    @ORE4747   On the web: ORE Drink and Dine

"American Idol Winners' Best Performances" "American Idol Winners' Best Performances" -OK Magazine
"In the Ghetto" " Season Five Winner: Taylor Hicks

"10 Top American Idol Game Changers of all Time -Hollywood Reporter  Taylor Hicks Breaks the Instrument Barrier... (Shirley Halperin)

AT AMAZON!                            


   
     



 

 

 

 

Taylor Hicks in in Akron, Ohio May, 2011