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early works

"I've been traveling all these years
Just barely getting by
The road can be your friend
Or the devil in disguise."

Taylor Hicks is a long way from "just getting by" these days! “Early Works, self produced by his company, Modern Whomp Music, will hit the shelves August 19. Hicks is returning to his original music he wrote and performed while a struggling young musician playing the "chitlin' circuit" throughout the South. “Early Works is based on his debut album, In Your Time, recorded when he was 19, and his 2005 Under The Radar, containing all original music and including the classic Taylor anthem Soul Thing.

"Early Works" the first release on the Modern Whomp Records label, will be distributed by Vanguard Records in partnership with EMI Music to reach a worldwide audience.

         “Early Works by Taylor Hicks
             On music shelves August 19!
             Available now for Preorder at…

Amazon.com

First and foremost, these two albums represent who I am and who I am trying to represent as a songwriter. "In Your Time" was a first attempt at recording songs that I had written at the time. Some songs that were really hitting home with me at the time. "Under the Radar" was a second attempt at a first attempt to try to record an album that resembled the production quality of Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat." The songwriting was getting better and my direction as an artist was getting clearer. Warmth in the production was the main goal; "nostalgic" and "endearing" are the terms that I like to use for these two records.

Thanks for going on the ride!

Taylor