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Taylor Reuben Hicks (born October 7, 1976 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Hicks got his start as a professional musician in his late teens and performed around the Southeastern United States for well over a decade. During that time he released two independent albums, In Your Time (1997) and Under the Radar (2005). His first major label album was Taylor Hicks (2006), released by Arista Records. Hicks rose to sudden prominence as the winner of the fifth season of the reality TV series American Idol, during which he became known for his dynamic, crowd-pleasing stage presence, wide-ranging musical influences derived from classic soul, rock, funk, blues, jazz, and R&B, and stunning harmonica playing. He has been called the “anti-Idol” because his music differs so strikingly from the usual formulaic pop showcased on Idol.

He bought his first harmonica when he was 16, for $2 at a flea market in Bessemer, Alabama, and taught himself to play blues harp. He discovered that he possessed absolute pitch when he was able to recognize the pitches of ordinary noises and mimic them on the harmonica. Hicks was 18 when he wrote his first song, “In Your Time”, and he taught himself to play guitar when he was 19.

While in college, Hicks was part of a band called Passing Through, which he later quit to start his own band.

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seventy-seven wrote:
20 days ago

Early Works should be available

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Fasstili wrote:
23 days ago

I wish they had more songs you could listen to on here

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Polytechnic wrote:
October 2008

There's now a Taylor Hicks google theme! http://awesomestart.com/taylorhicks It's just like google.com, but it's got Taylor Hicks on it and you can customize all the links and stuff.

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spvalerie wrote:
August 2008

the songs sound AMAZING on Early Works!!!

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tishlp wrote:
August 2008

Be sure to pick up Taylor's Early Works CD at Target. The tracks have all been re-mastered and it's great!

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soulisland wrote:
July 2008

The hometown paper loved him - "Taylor Hicks electrified the crowd with a jazzed-up rendition of "This Land Is Your Land." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/04/AR2008070401427.html?sid=ST2008070402591&pos=

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workerbea wrote:
July 2008

He was excellent on the Capitol Fourth last night. I want a copy of the last song he did.

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beserkley wrote:
June 2008

I love his voice. So much passion.

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idolescence wrote:
June 2008

With Elliott, Kat,Daughtry, Paris and even Kellie as competitors his win still baffles me [2]

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[deleted-user] wrote:
June 2008

uhuuuul lol
shareabeat wrote:
June 2008

i used to root so badly for him why is he gone all of a sudden?

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tjvalerio wrote:
May 2008

With Elliott, Kat,Daughtry, Paris and even Kellie as competitors his win still baffles me

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Rorroteratsu wrote:
May 2008

his career was a mess

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J_Jammer wrote:
April 2008

Glad Katharine didn't win.

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randalb89 wrote:
March 2008

barf, what a waste of a season

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Axiemeister wrote:
March 2008

Katharine should have won Season 5. uu

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Jazz13 wrote:
December 2007

whomp at the warfield dvd, it's been available on PPV as well.

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princess_p wrote:
December 2007

DVD? DVD?!?!?!? Details?

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Jazz13 wrote:
December 2007

DVD and 2nd album in the works. can't wait.

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soulthang wrote:
October 2007

Ain't no sunshine is one of the most haunting performances ever. The harp solo makes my heart hurt.

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