TAYLOR HICKS

Q. How are you enjoying Milwaukee?

A. I'm actually going to the post office right now.

So, how has the tour been so far?

Great. The crowds are great.

Of all the finalists, you were the most experienced as far as recording and touring, so with that background, is touring now any different for you?

I'm riding instead of driving -- that's always a good thing. But I never minded driving. It's grueling. It's tough. I've made it my life for the last 10 years.

Do you think you're comfortable with the fame that the show has brought?

We'll see. This will be my first trip to the post office since I won the show. I think I am. I just stay grounded and keep everything in perspective.

Are members of Limbo playing with you?

The organ player is. I've got a couple of gigs with those guys in the next few months. But I have a different band on the road.

Nice of you to lend some of them to Elliott last summer when he played the State Fair of Virginia.

That was cool; it made sense. I told him that -- use Little Memphis.

Have you heard his album or talked to him recently?

I haven't heard the album but have talked to him in the last couple of weeks. I've been very busy.

I hear you're doing [Hall & Oates'] "She's Gone." Any particular reason for that song?

We tried it a couple of nights ago. We're always on the bus traveling and playing and learning new music and writing. It just came up and it stuck.

Tell me about your live show -- I assume you're playing as well as singing?

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