| Concert Reviews for Taylor Hicks | | Concert Review from Times-Dispatch | | Concert Rating for this Show | | 4.6250 out of 5.0000 | | User Comments and Reviews for this Show | From the second Taylor Hicks hit the stage, he held the rapt attention of the 2000 people at the concert tonite. The audience stood up when Taylor came on the stage and we stayed on our feet rocking, grooving, swaying, singing, and showing our appreciation for this outstanding performer. Taylor sang, Medicated Goo, Just To Feel That Way, Heart and Soul, Hold onto your Love and others from his self-produced album. The encore was Taking it to the Street! Taylor was on fire and the audience was in the palm of his hands!
A great concert in an excellent outdoor venue. Be sure to see Taylor Hicks in concert -- he is unbelieveable! | |
Hicks shines at Innsbrook with solid show
The blues-influenced singer shows he's a skilled musician
By MELISSA RUGGIERI
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Want to know why Taylor Hicks isn't having Chris Daughtry-level success on the radio or sales charts? Because he isn't an "American Idol."
Sure, the gruffly handsome Hicks scored the "Idol" trophy last season, but the title always fit him like a sweater in July. He isn't a pop star. He's the guy holding court in smoky bars. He also doesn't craft brainless Top 40 fodder or soaring anthems. He plays raw music, influenced by the soul and blues he studied as a young musician.
At last night's Innsbrook show, about 2,000 Soul Patrol-lers simmered in the thick, humid air as Hicks bopped around the stage with a grin. Looking trim in jeans and a Stax T-shirt, Hicks and his impressive five-piece band drew from material from his 2005 independent release, "Under the Radar," and last year's a-little-too-slick-for-Hicks self-titled major label debut.
Often grabbing a guitar, harmonica or tambourine, Hicks wrapped his pleasantly raspy voice around "Gonna Move," "Heart and Soul" and the New Orleans shuffle "My Friend." It was easy to see how Hicks has lost weight, as he rarely stopped moving throughout the 75-minute show, trotting between the drum riser and microphone stand and doing one of his patented moves, the head/shoulder dip and sway. Though he stuck to music of his preferred genre most of the set, Hicks knew he had to placate fans with the semi-radio hit, "Just to Feel That Way."
"Mr. Clive Davis loved this song," he said with a subtle grimace before edging into the ballad that sounds like a David Foster composition from an'80s movie soundtrack. Hicks, 30, quickly cleared his palette with a rousing version of Traffic's "Medicated Goo" -- with some "Fire on the Bayou" from The Meters tossed in -- demonstrating how he really is an artist best experienced live.
Though the song-mashup strategy also worked well for the bright and fun "The Runaround," injected with Ray Charles' "Baby Please Don't Go," the marriage wasn't so sweet during "Hell of a Day" combined with a few flat verses of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall."
Hicks' performance style is entertaining, but his stage patter is oddly elementary for someone with so much experience performing live.
Aside from a quip about seeing his image on a refrigerator magnet and noting his happiness at being back in the South, Hicks mostly relied on an annoying habit of introducing each song by title -- and often telling the crowd if it was "blues," "Calypso" or "Cajun" -- and then saying the song's name again at the end ("The Deal." We got it, Taylor).
Equally grating was his keyboard player yelling "Taaaaylor Hiiiiicks!" every time he entered and exited the stage. Dude, he isn't James Brown.
But by the time Hicks tackled the Doobie Brothers' "Takin' it to the Streets" for an encore -- a fine cover choice given the similarities between his voice and Michael McDonald's -- there was no questioning his talent as a musician. Hicks' songs aren't tremendously distinctive or an obvious magnet for radio, but given a live platform, he doesn't need to be an American idol -- he can purely be a skilled musician.
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| taylor was awesome he does in live in spin of motion he did throw a harmonica out in the audience i was there i got a autogragh after the concert when you have a chance go see him live on stage he is one of a kind this is from one of his soul patrol fan way to go taylor we love you. |
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| This was a great concert. I was lucky enough to get front row seats. The whole crowd stood for the whole concert. The band is hot! They play so tight and really get into the jam mode in the middle of the faster songs. Taylor's voice was wonderful, it seems to keep getting better the longer he tours. He was very talkative with the crowd, joked a lot and had us singing along with him. He was all over the stage even jumping up on the drum platform and hopping off while playing the guitar at one point. His harmonica playing was hot, hot, hot and I was lucky enough to have him end up the night with a harmonica solo right in front of me! At the end he tossed the harmonica out into the crowd. I was also lucky enough to get a set list from the night and got Taylor along with all the band members to sign it. They are a great bunch of guys! Go see one of their shows before the summer is over, you'll have a wonderful time. posted by tishlp on www.concertfan.com | |
| This was a great concert! I wish I could go again! Taylor's voice was great, lots of energy, the band was hot! Lots of interaction with the crowd! Best concert I have ever been to! If you get a chance, don't miss this one, you won't be sorry! | |
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