Hear Taylor Hick's New Single! Complete Track Listing Now Available!

Highly Anticipated New Studio Album to be Released March 10
Following First Single, “What’s Right Is Right,” digitally on January 27

Platinum-selling singer/songwriter Taylor Hicks will thrill longtime fans, and inspire new audiences, with the release of his anticipated new studio album, The Distance, on March 10. The album will be released on Hicks’ Modern Whomp Records label and distributed through a partnership with independent artist services company Artist To Market (A2M). Debuting January 27 digitally is the first single “What’s Right Is Right,” a mid-tempo song about love and commitment, driven by funky keyboards and sax work.

Produced by Simon Climie (Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Faith Hill), and tapping the talents of guitarist Doyle Bramhall II, bassist Nathan East and drummer Abe Laboriel Jr., The Distance includes eleven tracks, some co-written by Hicks:

1. “Wedding Day Blue,”
2. “Seven Mile Breakdown”
3. “What’s Right is Right”
4. “Hide Nor Hair”
5. “Woman Gotta Have It”
6. “New Found Freedom”
7. “The Distance”
8. “Nineteen”
9. “I Live on a Battlefield”
10. “Yes We Can”
11. “Maybe You Should”
12. “Once Upon a Lover of Mine”
13. “Keepin It Real”
14. “Indiscriminate Act of Kindness”

Since becoming Season 5 winner of “American Idol,” Taylor Hicks has seen his self-titled debut album certified platinum, performed with Willie Nelson, Widespread Panic, The Allman Brothers and Jackson Browne, toured through Asia, penned the Random House memoir Heart Full of Soul, and made his Broadway debut as Teen Angel in Grease. At the beginning of 2009 Taylor has embarked on a national US tour with Grease with stops in Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle.

Order the CD here:

Taylor Hicks New Album "The Distance" On Sale NOW!!!

Yes, folks, the time we've all been waiting for has finally arrived! It's been a bit over 2 years since his Gold and Platinum Certified post American Idol album, Taylor Hicks, arrived on the scene, and we now roll in the era of the newly independent, AI-free Taylor Hicks. The album entitled "The Distance" is being released on his own label, Modern Whomp Records, and is being produced by powerhouse producer, Simon Climie, who's worked with musical greats such as Eric Clapton, BB King and Michael McDonald. "The Distance" will be available on March 10, but you can now pre-order it below. The track list is as follows -"Wedding Day Blues," "Seven Mile Breakdown," "What's Right is Right," "Hide Nor Hair," "Woman Gotta Have It," "New Found Freedom," "The Distance," "Nineteen," "I Live on a Battlefield," "Yes We Can," "Maybe You Should," "Once Upon a Lover of Mine," "Keepin It Real" and "Indiscriminate Act of Kindness."

Today truly IS the dawning of a new era! Run and get your copy today!

The new single, What's Right is Right will be available for purchase on ITunes and Amazon a week from today - January 27th, 2009.

Inspiration for Taylor Hicks' New Video for "What's Right Is Right"

From Jake Davis, the director of Taylor's new video for his new single, "What's Right Is Right". Oooooh, I'm getting awfully excited about this little movie for Taylor! I like the mood this guy is gettin' into - throwback images - Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Silhouettes, Trenchcoats, Nightscapes....

His Inspiration For The Video
(Click to Enlarge Picture)



Birdland, 1958, cool jazz, Ol' Blue Eyes, smoke, Miles, love, Eggleston, Blue Note, Dean, reflection, neon, Marilyn, wind, Jim Marshall, silhouettes, grey melange, night sessions... just a few things running through my head...

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.