Soul Patrol Keeps on Truckin' with American Idol Taylor Hicks

"It's music man. If it's in your heart, you feel it, you play it, you sing it, you perform it, you bust your buns doing it and that's what it's all about. These are the famous words said by the New American Idol winner Taylor Hicks. The Soul Patrol stood behind him from the beginning calling in the highest number of votes in American Idol history making sure he would be able to play his music for the world to enjoy.

Some media based outlets and fans of other Idols try to diminish his win saying he can't sing and is not American Idol material. But what makes an American Idol or what should an American Idol winner be. Idol is someone who other people look up to. We have people like Madonna, Michael Jackson, Eminem and Marilyn Manson. Do we really want are kids to have these type of people as there Idols. Taylor Hicks is a southern Gentleman who worked his butt off to get where he is. It has been reported by all the other contestants and everyone who has come into contact with Taylor that he is a very nice, friendly and helpful person with a kind heart and soul.

American Idol has its fans every year that claim their choice for American Idol was cheated out of winning by the voting system. This year was no different Chris Daughtery Fans claim the same thing even going as far as to start a petition saying the votes weren't right. He didn't even make it to the final two but some claim he was cheated out of this. So I have decided to cover all the accomplishments Taylor Hicks has made since his rightful win as American Idol 2006.

First off he has a fan base of thousands from all age groups. He is not only America's Idol but he is supported in Germany, China, Scotland, Israel, Malaysia and many more countries all over the world.

Barry Manilow a well respected Singer/Songwriter even said "I think he may be one of the best male vocalists you have on the show." Rod Stewart said "I think Taylor has potentially the most charisma which is a very important part of being a star. He knows how to grab the audience by the balls. USA Today said "The audience loves him he loves them back. It's a circular love fest."

Since his win Taylor has been on countless shows such as Jay Leno and Ellen. He was named People Magazines Hottest Bachelor. On Fathers Day weekend he preformed with Snoop Dogg. The crowd went crazy when Taylor Hicks walked on stage playing his harmonica to the song Gin and Juice and he even rapped a few lines. I am no fan of Snoop Dogg but he is a well established Rap artist and inviting Taylor to be on stage with him is a very important move to Taylor's career. He also preformed with his band LMBO and The Allman Brothers that same weekend.

June 22nd Billboard's Hot 100 chart placed Taylor's CD #1 on the Hot 100 Chart #1 on the Single Sales Chart and #1 on the Pop 100 Chart. As of June 22nd His Physical sales of his CD was 190,147 and digital sales was at 38,000. Also 25 cents of the CD goes to the Red Cross and 15 cents of every digital download goes there as of the writing of this article Taylor's Sales have already sent $53,205 for the Red Cross.

Taylor has a commercial for Ford called Possibilities. On July 1st a concert will be broadcast to troops worldwide and will be held at The Stadium of Fire in Provo Utah. This concert will include artists such as Lee Ann Womack, The Beach Boys, Queen, Abba and Taylor Hicks. Go to www.byutickets.com or call 1-800-322-BYU1.

For all you fans who like to know Taylor's interests I have a few to list. Favorite Movie Caddy Shack, Favorite Past Idol Ruben, when asked what he planned to do on American Idol that is different he answered "Out Perform Everybody."

Now a couple things fans are doing to show their admiration of Taylor Hicks is Brick for Hicks. Bricks for Hicks is where you go to this site online and virtually build a building dedicated to someone of course Bricks for Hicks is for Taylor. Each fan can had one brick each month so far Taylors Bricks total 3 pages. It is nice to read the messages fans leave on the bricks. This can be found by going to www.topdogcity.com/tyalorhicks1.htm add a brick while your there and lets get this building even taller.

Also if you love to watch videos about Taylor then you need to check out www.gofish.com once there just enter Taylor Hicks in the search and over 184 videos about Taylor will come up. Some are shows he has been on or songs he has preformed others are fan made video montages to Taylor. Such as Taylor when he Sizzles or Taylor the new Romeo.

To read a interview Taylor has given to the person who runs the gray charles site you can go to www.graycharles.com.

So to everyone who thinks Taylor's winning was a mistake then answer me this if it was a mistake then why is everything else is going so good for Taylor. And why are there are thousands of fans supporting Taylor and why is he the most popular Idol ever in the show?