Hot Ass Throwback Monday!!

A friend sent me this link tonight…and when I started watching it, I was like..oh cool, Spoonful James back in the day…but then, I saw that they brought their friend with them for this gig.

Then, I found more!!

I swear to God, Taylor…

I guess it’s been confirmed from the mouth of Taylor (rolls eyes) that he is going to be on American Idol on Wednesday singing Seven Mile Breakdown. Well, not really his mouth. Just his phone. He actually twittered it!!

I’m going to be on American Idol next Wednesday performing ‘Seven Mile Breakdown.’ Don’t miss it!

Because I like to give advice that he will ever see, nor ever use, here’s my list of things I do and don’t want to see.

1. Grab Ryan Seacrest by the back of the head and kiss him full on the lips. Then point at Adam Lambert and say “You’re next, hottie.”

2. Don’t dance.

3. When you make your way out onto the catwalk, pull Kara onto your lap and fondle Paula.

4. Simon is going to look at you with that disgusted, pathetic look on his face. When he does, jump onto the judges table and “accidently” kick him in the face.

5. Wear boots.

6. Get a haircut in makeup. Do not let Bill use the Flowbee again!!

7. As the camera zooms in, go down on the harp as only you can do.

8. Shout out “Yo, dawg!” to Randy before he can shout it out to you! Or you could jump into Randy’s lap and say “What up, Papa Bear?”

9. Do not, under any circumstance, do the lean. I know it’s still in your blood, and I know you have to stop the “soul patrol” from coming out of your mouth, but for the sake of everything holy, do not do it!!!

10. Bring Spoonful James on stage as your accompaniment. It’s time those dudes got a little love.

11. I know you’re going to dance, but please, keep it…calm?

12. Remember, this quote from Apollo 13:

NASA Director: This could be the worst disaster NASA’s ever faced.
Gene Kranz: With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour.

Please, Taylor…make this your finest hour.

Undiscovered music…Taylor with Spoonful James

I was browsing the other day, looking for old Taylor music, hoping against hope that I could find something that I had never heard before. I hit the jackpot. Not really sure how this set got past me before, but here it is in all it’s glory.

Five songs performed by Spoonful James and Taylor Hicks, way back in January of 2003 at Workplay in Birmingham. This is young(well, mid-twenties young), raw, passionate Taylor, along with his friends, really feeling the music. I’ve already done one post on Spoonful James and how great they are, but, honestly, I don’t think they get the credit they deserve.

In the first song, Too Late, you can hear the great vocals of Wynn Christian, with (I’m assuming) Taylor on harmonica. Taylor also chimes in during the chorus.

Next up, Your Time is Gonna Come, made famous by Led Zeppelin. Standing on Shaky Ground by Delbert McClinton makes an appearance, too. This is just letting the music lead. Fantastic. Just on a side note, Taylor’s accent totally cracks me up at the end. I don’t know if he’s drunk, or just “at home”.

I’m a Steady Rolling Man is next on the menu. This song was originally sung by Robert Johnson, a famous blues musician, who was also famous for “selling his soul” to the devil in exchange for the best blues anyone had ever heard.

Why does Love Got to be so Sad? has been sung by Taylor and Spoonful James more than a few times. In this version, they tag U2, Still Haven’t Found what I’m Looking For. Here they are, five years later, singing at Ona’s in Birmingham.

And lastly, The Badge, which became a great encore song for Taylor during his tours, comes alive with Wynn and Taylor. Here’s another version done by Wynn and Taylor in Dothan, Alabama in 2007.

Seven Mile Breakdown

Anybody who’s hung around the Taylor Hicks fandom for a while has heard of Spoonful James. This a great band and a great group of guys who are truly all about the music. The band consists of Wynn Christian on guitars & lead vocals, Quinn “Dirty” Borland on bass guitar, Eric Baath playing the piano & Hammond B-3 organ and Patrick Lunceford, who is awesome on the drums. Seven Mile Breakdown has always been one of my favorite songs from them. Here they played with Taylor at Ona’s in May of 2008.

Just a good blend of harmonica and rockin’ southern soul.

Here’s another sampling of Spoonful James with Taylor…Love, love, love this song. Their vocals sound so good together.

For those of you lucky enough to be around the FloraBama April 3rd, they will be there. That would be a great show to take in.