"The common thread is my voice...
Taylor Hicks sat down with Northern Kentucky Magazine while in Cincinnati on the national Grease tour. He was asked about his new album, The Distance. "I wanted to take the listener on a journey through songs and reflect on styles of music that I love…and so, with that--co-writing ventures...with different styles of music…gospel… I think the common thread is the voice."

When he was asked where home was, it was a poetic Taylor who talked about the road he is on. “I’ve been on the road for about three years now…it’s been a blast. It’s like driving up to work and never coming back home. It happens that fast...with the right vision and the right dedication to your art...and what you do and what you think your sole purpose is, …to entertain, it doesn’t matter where it takes you. I was talking to Samuel L. Jackson...he asked me where I was from. ‘I’m from Alabama--I’m a long way from home’ ... and he looked at me and he said, ‘We all are.’ I never will forget that. I really do believe if you are true at what you do, you let it take you.”(The Northern Kentucky Magazine)


RAM'S HEAD ON STAGE~~SOLD OUT!...
The Shadow Tour appearance of Taylor Hicks at Ram's Head on Stage, February 7, in Annapolis, MD is sold out. The neighborhood tavern hosts Taylor's modern whomp in a late show at 11 p.m. after his Grease performance at the Hippodrome in Baltimore.


Belly Up in San Diego is added to Shadow Tour – March 5
One of Rolling Stone’s best, the highly acclaimed Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, hosts Taylor’s Shadow Tour on March 5. Belly Up has long been touted as one of “San Diego’s Best Live Music Venues” and one of the hottest clubs on the West Coast by Rolling Stone.

Check out the Belly Up site for a fab video by PayTheDevil of Taylor performing atWilkes Barre, PA.
Belly Up Tavern

The Roxy joins Taylor’s Shadow Tour
The legendary West Hollywood nightclub on Sunset Strip, Roxy’s, will host Taylor Hicks and his Shadow Tour March 18th. Dating back to 1973, The Roxy has been a popular West Coast nightspot. It has hosted soul music’s superstar, Amy Winehouse. Taylor will take his new sound of soul to Roxy’s during his tour with Grease at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. Tickets are on sale at the venue--(310) 278-9457 or at Ticketmaster.

Watch for a major media blitz for "The Distance" beginning in February in TV, radio, and print markets! Rocket Science and Artist To Market, Taylor's marketing and distribution team, take "The Distance" to the streets.

Taylor was recently asked about his busy schedule: "How do you do it?" Taylor said that he once asked his good friend Keb Mo how he keeps on doing what he does in spite of the ups and downs. He said Keb Mo told him:

"You really got to love this thing. You gotta love it."