Taylor's Preps For New Album With Massive Promotion!! Single Drops January 20, 2009!

Did we ever hit the Taylor Hicks jackpot of information today!! The start of the new work week of 2009 brings us massive information from Rocket Science, the company Taylor has hired to promote his new album, single and video! I'm not sure where to start, but here is some info to mull on! I'll be blogging about my thoughts about all this as soon as I can contain them in an organized fashion! Below are some of the media Taylor will be doing (click on the promo sheets on the left to get a complete agenda).

Album Press:
Feature in People Mag in February
Feature in Entertainment Weekly in February

TV Appearances:

Leno in February
Regis and Kelly - Monday, March 9
Ellen - Week of "Street"
Craig Ferguson - Week of "Street"
Rachel Ray - Week of "Street"
Morning TVs with single performance in every Grease tour market

Radio:
Ryan Seacrest - KISS-FM
Syndicated radio & morning shows

Single impacts Adult Contemporary radio on January 20, 2009

Video shoot in Chicago on January 12, 2009
Video directed by Jake Davis
Song: "What's Right Is Right"
Label: Modern Whomp/Artist2Market
director(s): Jake Davis
Production co: Kleiner, Inc.
http://www.videostatic.com/vs/kleiner/

According to Kleiner Inc. Jake Davis will be in the windy city this week and next to shoot American Idol winner Taylor Hicks' new video for "What's Right Is Right." He will be directing the classic performance video in downtown Chicago. Jake says in his blog, "I'm directing a video for some other guy that won some kind of reality show or something... Alright let me kill the internet voice before I get in trouble. For real we're in Chicago and making a really classic video for American Idol winner Taylor Hicks. Inspiration to follow. It's going to be amazing... Taylor is a really great guy and the vibe is right..."

Lyrics to Taylor's New Single
"What's Right Is Right"

"When there’s joy inside your heart
I’ll share it.
When you’ve got a dream I say
reach for the sky.
And if you ever fall
I’ll catch you.
What’s wrong with you is wrong with me
And what’s right is right."

You can listen to a 30 second snippet of Taylor's new single "What's Right Is Right" right here on amazon.com.

Taylor Hicks - Back on American Idol?

According to the Rick Karle Blog, we might see Taylor on American Idol before the year is out. I'm not sure to be happy about that or not, considering the horrific treatment he's been given over the past 2 years. I guess it's good if we're talking about the huge national exposure it affords its guests. It's also a good vehicle to get back in the consciousness of those fans who wonder what happened to him. On the other hand, it's bad if your in the camp that thinks Taylor needs to cut all ties with the show in order to gain the respect of his musical peers and discerning music fans. Being a #1 class act, if invited, Taylor would appear for the benefit of his fans and those who voted for him - not necessarily because he needs them, which he doesn't. He is doing just fine and dandy without them.

If in fact he DOES appear, I hope he kicks Randy in the balls and knocks Simon's eyeballs out with some kickass performance and song! I hope he gets his '07 tour band up there with him and backup singer Melanie on the stage (remember she tried out and made it to the Top 50 on this years American Idol?). That would be interesting, eh? Stay tuned for updates!

Here is what the blog says, in part:

RickKarle's Blog
by RickKarle from WBRC, FOX6

Personal Reflectons On Talladega Race Day
Apr 28, 2008 5:04 PM
Category: Sports

A good Monday to you! After spending about 16 hours at the Talladega Superspeedway to watch the Aaron's 499, my mind is racing like a Cup car without a restrictor plate. Some insight and a few thoughts from a guy who was in the trenches:

Two words were music to my ears: No rain! We dodged the preverbal bullet, although about an hour after Kyle Busch took the checkerd flag, the skies opened and pelted our Fox6 crew with all sorts of water. With 5 edit machines, live trucks, cameras, microphones and valuable equipment, our folks did a great job keeping everything dry and working. By the time our 9:30 pm post-race show hit air, I thought we did a nice job pulling it off... Fox race analyst Krista Voda joined us for our earlier post-race show. Krista hails from the great state of Iowa. Ever wonder where these network pit reporters come from? Bet you never thought of Iowa... Dale Earnhardt, Jr told us after the race that while he finished 10th, he thought he had a strong car that deserved better. Junior hinted that he had the strongest car in the field, and he sees no reason why the 88-car can't finish in the top 10 each and every race... Following his crash with 15 laps remaining, Tony Stewart met the media, where he was calm, collected and courteous to reporters. What's with that?... Jeff Gordon told Mike Dubberly following the race, "I have no comment on what I think of this kind of racing". This from a guy who owns 6 Cup wins at 'Dega and won both races last year... I know that Junior likes to bump draft, but did you see him go after Paul Menard? Junior bump-drafted him around the entire Superspeedway!... Good to see a tanned and relaxed Taylor Hicks before the race. Taylor tells me he is heading west for an "American Idol" commitment, afterwhich he will return to the Birmingham area to play a pro-am at the Regions Charity Classic...