Taylor Hicks talks to Rick and Bubba ... Songwriting, Acting, & New Restaurant

Taylor Hicks made a surprise visit today to Rick and Bubba's, the popular morning tomfoolery show in Birmingham, Alabama, and discussed everything from TV acting roles, to songwriting in Nashville in between the belly guffaws over a plethora of topics.

Songwriting ~
He described the songwriting process in Nashville as getting up in the morning and writing music until lunch and then having soul food and going back and writing music until 5:00 p. m. He indicated this was now his preferred brand of songwriting, especially the soul food for lunch.

Perhaps a little bit different song writing routine now than when Taylor wrote “The Fall” at 19!

Acting roles~
After tweeting a couple of weeks ago a bolt from the blue, “Nothing interesting. Just acting lessons,” Taylor revealed that he has been sent a few network pilots. So many people said “you ought to get into acting.” He took some acting lessons and has been called in on 4 or 5 different network TV pilots.

The key to acting is that it “has to be the right role” for Taylor to do it. “Teen Angel was perfect.”

Rick and Bubba made various suggestions for the “right role” –or not, starting with “Two and a Half Men.” Then there was starring in “The Glenn Beck Story.”

New restaurant, Ore~
They tried to entice him to be the new spokesperson for Rick and Bubba’s Beef Brisket Jerky which Taylor testified was the “best he had ever eaten.” Taylor assured them it would be sold right next to the register at his new restaurant, Ore, opening in Birmingham in the spring.

Taylor described his new restaurant as a neighborhood bar and grill on the site of the old café where he played as a kid and he went back and bought it. Menu will serve up “great food.” He said that he had passed up some suggestions for the menu. Asked if he would play there, he promised seeing a “live set” was a “definite.”

Radio Gold and much more~
As a caller described it, this was, as always “radio gold,” and she suggested that he host the show when Rick and Bubba weren’t there.

This was everyone's shot of laugh therapy today!

Go get your laughs… For the entire interview check this out:

http://z15.invisionfree.com/TaylorMade/index.php?showtopic=6524&st=0&#entry9299234

Thanks to Gypsee and TMOMedia for Taylor’s entertaining interview!