Re: [Harp-L] Re: Taylor Hicks (response to Bobbie) -cont'd



> One last cent left for my 2 cents i think we need to strike while the iron is hot if anyone has a life of little
walter screnplay or something of that nature this would be the time to present it while everyone is on the harmonica
band wagon i know i'd wait in line to see that movie baby.
> I personally hope that he successfully put's out a pop album with a couple
> nice
> blues tracks on it. I just remember always buying records as a kid because
> of
> a certain song and typically digging the b side stuff over the popular
> stuff. A
> great example would be "The Ballad Of Curtis Lowe". Most Lenard Skynard
> fans would have no clue what the hell you were talking about if you brought
> up
> that song but as a kid I wore it out on my copy. Put the music in the hands
> of the
> un suspecting and let it take a hold of them on it's own.
>
> Scooter
>
>
> > So, perhaps Taylor will put out an R&B album and probably not a strictly
> > blues album (too bad in my opinion), but I would hope the winners have
> > some
> > creative say in their recordings.
> >
> > The big question is, how many albums are they contracted to record?  I
> > doubt
> > it's an indentured servitude in perpituity. This could be a step for
> > Taylor
> > and maybe he'll take the fame and help to re-energize the blues market.
> > But
> > then again he may not.  But as others have said in this forum, he's not
> > just
> > a singer, he's a musician.  And he doesn't sing just to make a living, he
> > sings because he absolutely has to.  That differentiates him from a lot of
> > others on the show.
> >
> > Robert Gaustad
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Behalf
> > Of billhines4@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 2:06 PM
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> > Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Taylor Hicks (response to Bobbie) -cont'd
> >
> > Wouldn't it be a pisser if his prior blues/soul/harp CD did better as a
> > result of his success than some non-blues/soul/harp CD that his handlers
> > decide is what the public "wants". That would be great.
> >
> > I'm still waiting to see just what they have him put out on his first cd
> > (he
> > will get one whether he wins or loses tonight) and if it will have any
> > harp.
> > I think he presents a new paradox to the AI folks and industry marketers -
> > do they style his new offering to target the 20-somethings and below, or
> > their parents? I think to the former he still represents an interesting
> > curiousity, I'm not sure they'd buy CDs with the type of music he's done
> > on
> > the show (certainly now Swanee River, haha).
> >
> > Hopefully the diversion will be over soon and we can get back to more
> > interesting harp content, but this is an interesting diversion. It would
> > be
> > good to learn more about the harp side of him.
> >
> > Bill
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