Woman's Gotta Have It
Filmed at The Workplay Theater in Birmingham, AL 9-26-09 with Ona Watson.
Song available on Taylor's new album, The Distance.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Taylor Hicks - Odds and Ends From The Clive Album


As I'm doing my daily detective work looking for bits and pieces on Taylor's new album, I ran into a few tidbits from the first album, err, third album, that I didn't know. In case you haven't seen them yet either, here ya go!

"...Brandon Jane
Born in Mississippi, this young singer/songwriter grew up on the road playing gospel music with her family. Performing hundreds of dates from the age of 12 until she was 17, Brandon Jane is no stranger to the stage. At the age of 17 she moved to Nashville and landed a publishing deal, and for the next few years became a regular on the Music City music scene, playing every Venue in town from The Bluebird to Douglas Corner.

Combining the organic elements of Fleetwood Mac, Linda Ronstadt and Sheryl Crow her music is a sound familiar but of it's own. In, 2004 she hooked up with NYC songwriter/producer Kevin Kadish (Jason Mraz, Stacie Orrico, Willie Nelson, etc.) and decided to venture out on her own. Leaving everything she had ever known, Brandon Jane, picked up and moved to New York City and for the next two years beat the pavement writing and recording.

In 2006, when opportunity knocked again, with the chance to move back to Nashville she jumped at it. With a promising future, she has already penned a song on the already platinum American Idol, "Taylor Hicks" debut album and is performing a song in the upcoming movie "Gray Matters", starring Heather Graham and Molly Shannon...." That song was "Give Me Tonight".

"....Saxophonist Mark Hollinsworth of Los Angeles, CA, is heard on the new album by American Idol winner Taylor Hicks, and is featured on the song "The Deal." Hollingsworth is also working on his own solo album...."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

YOU KNOW TAYLOR HICKS, ITS NOT FAIR THAT YOU ARE WITH CAROLINE LYDERS. THIS ALL CAROLINE LYDERS FAULT. SHES NOT NICE. YOU ARE. SHE HAS BEEN WITH ARON FOR ABOUT 13 TO 14 YEARS LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE AND TALKING ABOUT MARRYING HIM. HOW WOULD CAROLINE LYDERS LIKE IT IF ARON CHEATED ON HER AFTER ALL THESE YEARS? HOW WOULD SHE LIKE IF HER BROTHERS GIRLFRIEND CHEATED ON HIM AFTER ALL THESE YEARS? OR IF SHE HAD A SISTER AND HER SISTERS BOYFRIEND CHEATED ON HER? WOULD YOU LIKE IF SHE CHEATED ON YOU FOR SOMEONE BETTER LOOKING THAN YOU AND MAYBE HAS MORE MONEY. I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY FOR THE BOTH OF YOU IF SHE WASN'T A CHEATER. MY FAMILY IS FROM ALABAMA AND THEY ARE PRIM AND PROPER. JUST LIKE IN THE BEGINING WHEN I FIRST HEARD OF YOU I SIAD TO MYSELF YOUR GRANDMOTHER IS RIGHT YOU ARE A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN. HAD ALOT OF RESPECT FOR YOU AND I STILL DO. THIS IS NOT HOW I THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD BE LIKE. I THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T BE SEEING HER AFTER KNOWING WHAT SHE DID AND IS DOING JUST BECAUSE YOU AND A BLOND HAIRED WOMAN EXCHANED GLANCES AT THE AIRPORT. ISN'T IT A COINCEDENT THAT SHE COMES ALONG AND SHE INTERVIEWS YOU AND SHE WILL SAY TO ARON GEE TAYLOR HICKS FOUND ME ATTRACTIVE AND PUT THE BLAME ON YOU THAT YOU ARE THE CAUSE THEY ARE NOT TOGETHER. ITS REALLY NOT FAIR. YOUR BIG FAN.
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Anonymous said...

TAYLOR HICKS DON'T BE SHOCKED IF CAROLINE LYDERS TURNS AROUND BEHIND YOU'RE BACK AND MAKES OUT WITH ANOTHER MAN BEHIND YOU'RE BACK BECAUSE YOU KNOW SHE TURNED AROUND ARONS BACK AFTER ABOUT 13, 14 YEARS AND MADE OUT WITH YOU (TAYLOR HICKS) BEHIND HIS BACK. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE INPRESSED WITH HER JUST BECAUSE SHE IS A BLONDE.