Taylor Hicks ~~ Jamming in Denver!

The real Taylor Hicks showed up in Denver Friday night!

And showed up in a big way, with funk-infused jam band music that grabbed you and dragged you to new musical places.

The Rocky Mountain Power Jam in the Mile High City with Ivan Neville, Taylor Hicks, Erik Krasno, Adam Deitch, Daniel Hutchens, and the DyrtyBryds delivered as promised—funk in epic proportions!

Watching video of “Love the One You’re With,” with Taylor Hicks and Ivan Neville, I literally leaned into the music as Taylor poured more and more into a screaming harp and almost took to his knees.

I wondered how he could hold two or three harmonicas in his hand! That’s how it sounded—an explosion of multiple harps from the mouth and hands of this Bama boy, a long way from home and breathless in the high mountain air.

Play That Funky Music, White Boy!

Taylor’s fun and funky set list included Them Changes, Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody, Medicated Goo, Love the One You’re With and jamming with other performers.

If the beautifully acoustic “Border Song” from Madison last year was Taylor’s East, “Love the One You’re With” in Denver was his West. In between is the immense talent and appeal of Taylor Hicks on stage in concert.

Simply, he does it all.

MJ’s Big Blog summed it up pretty well today:

“…as I watched him totally jam out with Ivan Neville, Erik Krasno, Adam Deitch on Stephen Stills’ “Love the One Your With” at the Rocky Mountain Power Jam at Cervantes in Denver Friday night (6/25) I’m once again reminded of why I was a fan in the first place.”

No matter how far roads take him from it, this is his soul, his core, his grounding. It is what he always comes back to.

Though he was far away from Alabama last night, Taylor Hicks came home to his roots and the reunion was huge!


"Love the One You're With" ~~ Taylor Hicks and Ivan Neville
courtesy of Lh1100




Thanks to Lh1100 for fabulous video and to Cath for screencap.

MJs Big Blog:
http://mjsbigblog.com/taylor-hicks-performs-at-the-rocky-mountain-power-jam-denver-co.htm#more-29978

Taylor Hicks ~~ Call it touring...

Taylor Hicks added two new shows to his concert schedule this week, and I wondered when we should call this a tour.

Fans on twitter just pleaded for a show in their area.

After the closing of the Grease Tour last month, we expected and knew about some appearances and shows. Then dates appeared on Taylor’s website for more.

From the Rocky Mountains to New England to Florida, Taylor is hitting the stage like he has for 15 years. Did we really expect this music motion machine to slow down?

Call it touring?

~Flying high in New England this weekend, the Syracuse Balloon Fest, Jamesville Park
Sunday, June 13, 6:45 – 8:45 closing concert
http://www.syracuseballoonfest.com/
Call it colorful!

~A mile high in Denver, the 7th Annual Rocky Mountain Power Rock Jam with Ivan Neville, and other funk-infused musicians
Saturday, June 25, 11:45 p.m. to Sunday, June 26, 3:00 a.m., Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, Denver,CO
http://www.cervantesmasterpiece.com/artists/detail/taylor-hicks
Gotta call this one funky!

~Rocky Mountain high at beautiful Lake Tahoe, 80 celebs playing golf for LiveSTRONG, Lance Armstrong’s foundation to inspire and empower people affected by cancer; popular golfing event runs July 13-18th, and televised by NBC
Tuesday, July 13th ~ 21th Annual American Century Championship - Celebrity Amateur Tournament
http://www.tahoecelebritygolf.com/playerlist.html
Just call it good fun!

~High Line Ballroom, New York City, in the trendy Westside Meatpacking district, and starting to look like “touring”
Sunday, July 25, 8:00 p.m. 431 W. 16th St.

http://www.highlineballroom.com/bio.php?id=1568
Call it more Big Apple bonding!

~High in the Green Mountains of New England, a vintage venue from the 30s
Saturday, September 18, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, Vermont, 8:00 p.m. http://www.paramountvt.org/eventscal.php?month=9&year=2010
Call it historic!


~Highlighting the plight of homeless and orphaned children globally and supporting 436 villages in 132 countries, Around the World Kickoff Concert for SOS Childrens’ Villages, with Taylor Hicks and Matt Cusson
Sunday, September 26, Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA. http://www.kimmelcenter.org/events/?id=3814
Call this important!

~High in the rankings last year as the No. 2 most attended concerts, it’s a return to Epcot Center’s "Eat to the Beat Concert Series" - at the 2010 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival
October 9th and 10th - 5:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 7:45 p.m. performances at the America Gardens Theatre stage, included in Epcot admission price. http://disneyworld.disney...go.com/parks/epcot/special..-events/epcot-internationa..l-food-and-wine-festival/?..int_cmp=SOC-intDPFY10Q2Con..cert22-04-10@0001
It’s a call back!

The SOS blog, “Funkity Funk, Don’t Funk Me Out,” called it “The Taylor Hicks Summer Tour of 2010.” I looked on Taylor’s site to see if that was official. Nothing official, but someone else was thinking “tour” as I was.

Whatever you call it, it’s Taylor Hicks on stage and on the road entertaining fans and making new ones.

It’s doing what he says he loves the most.
Call that touring!

Happy touring, Taylor!

Happy Summer, Everyone!


For more information on all of Taylor’s events and concerts visit our Fetes, Festivals and Happenings forum:
http://taylorconnections.com/forum/1573907/

Reference: Season of the Soul Blog:
http://seasonofthesoul.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/funkity-funk-dont-funk-me-out/