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In the News~~still No. 1~~"Seven Mile Breakdown" filmmaker talks to TTHC...

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Number 1 video!

SPENCE NICHOLSON ANSWERS QUESTIONS FOR TTHC:
The Portland, Oregon, film director who created the music video for Taylor's second single release, "Seven Mile Breakdown" talked about the one-day shoot in Ojai, California. It turned into the stunning video that sits at Number One on MuVids.com, and was the "smoothest video shoot" he's ever had.

With Taylor so involved in his music, Spence was asked if this was true in the video. "...he was very upfront about some of the things he wanted to see. His number one priority was to see an audience and how the music moved the audience, ...what we tried to pull off with the field performance. Also, he was very particular when it came to the car." Spence's Interview on TTHC
Taylor Hicks in MUSIC VIDEO IN THE TOP TEN~~5 WEEKS! "Seven Mile Breakdown" is still No. 1 in Top 200 and Country Top Ten on MuVids.com and No. 3 on AOL!

SUMMER SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH...
AUGUST 16~Atlanta..."Surprise guests" for Smith's
Taylor Hicks announced last week on twitter that "surprise guests" will join the Shadow Tour concert at Smith's Olde Bar in Atlanta on August 16th. Taylor stars as Teen Angel in "Grease" August 11-16, in Atlanta. Tickets for Smith's Olde Bar

SEPTEMBER 11~~Biloxi, MS...Back on the Gulf
Oceanside and beautiful, the Beau Rivage Theatre, Biloxi, MS hosts a Shadow Tour concert on September 11th. Taylor is in Houston at "selected" performances of "Grease" this week. Tickets for Beau Rivage

SEPTEMBER 25-26~~Birmingham...Home at WorkPlay
Taylor goes home for much-anticipated appearances in "Grease" and concerts at Birmingham's WorkPlay club after "Grease" on Friday, September 25th and Saturday, September 26th. "Grease" plays Birmingham September 22-27. Tickets for WorkPlay

Photo above and upper right courtesy of 92.5Xtu, Philadelphia's Country Station

Photo of the week...the soles of soul... Taylor Hicks mets fans at 92.5XTU, Philadelphia
The photogenic boots of Taylor Hicks meet the trendy soles of fans at Xtu...

Fan Meets Fan~~another Kodak moment...
Tennis legend, Billie Jean King, and Taylor Hicks both appeared on the same morning TV show last week in Philadelphia. She hyped the World Team Tennis Association and Taylor promoted the run of Grease in the City of Brotherly Love. After he performed his single, Seven Mile Breakdown with the vibrant and spirited Ms. King looking on, they congenially met on stage. Backstage he asked her to sign his harmonica and gave her a CD. She said she had never signed a harmonica...had signed everything else, but never a harmonica! She kissed his CD for the cameras~~a Kodak moment for two celebrities being fans.
Taylor Hicks on the cover of July's Birmingham Magazine Taylor Hicks is featured on the cover and tops the city's list of prominent movers and shakers. "A sense of destiny, and his drive to control it, has made Taylor Hicks more than a former American Idol. It has made him an entertainer and businessman with an eye on the future." (Joe O'Donnell) Birmingham Magazine

Kodak moments abound...

"Down to earth Idol" on creative road tour...
Taylor talked to the Philadelphia News about touring and getting your voice heard:
"This is a wonderful way to be able to let fans new and old see me in a part and also see me as an artist," Hicks explained. "Nowadays, you have to be creative in the way you get your music and voice heard. The way the road tour is structured, it's a really cool way to exercise that concept. It's very rare that an artist, an entertainer, gets to go into a city to perform and stay in that particular market for multiple days or weeks, to work a Broadway show and work a record.

"In some cities - though not this one - Hicks flies in his touring band and does a late night showcase at a club. Here, he'll surely be popping up on local TV and radio shows to plug stuff. And Soul Patrollers will find him out in the lobby after every performance "to sign merchandise and CDs and shoot the breeze" just like the down-to-earth 'idol' he is." (Jonathan Takiff, Philadelphia Daily News)

Summer Days for "Grease"...
Teen Angel and the "Grease" cast loll away the lazy days of summer as far north as Ottawa, Canada, and as far south as Orlando, Florida, and take it home to Birmingham at the end of September.

July 7-19~~Kimmel Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA
July 21-26~~National Arts Centre, Ottawa, CANADA
July 29-August 2~~Broward Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
August 11-16~~The Fox, Atlanta, GA
~August 16, Shadow Tour at Smith's Olde Bar, Atlanta
August 18-23~~Tampa PAC, Tampa, FL
August 25-30~~Bob Carr Center, Orlando, FL
September 1-6~~Bass Hall, Fort Worth, TX
September 8-20~~Hobby Center, Houston, TX
September 22-27~~BJCC, Birmingham, AL
~September 25-26~~Two shows at WorkPlay, B'ham
Tickets to Grease & Shadow Tour Shows
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