IN SPITE OF SOME RAIN, AND MY SISTER KATHLEEN IN A WHEELCHAIR, WE HAD A FANTASTIC TIME.
SOMEONE PROFESSIONAL WAS FILMING THE CONCERT AND TAYLOR GAVE THEM ALL HE HAD AND MORE, HONEY:
YOU KNOW HOW THAT BOY LOVES A CAMERA.
I REALLY BELIEVE IT WAS ONE OF THE
BEST PERFORMANCES OF THE 6 TIMES WE'VE SEEN HIM LIVE.
HE DANCED LIKE HE HASN'T SINCE AMERICAN IDOL--
AND HAD HOT NEW MOVES TO GO WITH HIS
NEWLY BUFF-BODY~(JUST LOST 30 LBS)
WHAT WOULD WE PAY TO HAVE A COPY OF THAT CONCERT ON TAPE, HUH?
MEGA $$$
WE'VE HEARD THAT SOME OF TAYLOR'S
CONCERTS ARE GOING TO BE BROADCAST ON HDTV: WE NEED TO LET HDTV KNOW WE'RE COUNTING ON THAT TO HAPPEN.
AND, YA KNOW TAYLOR---MR. HUMBLE PIE--IT DIDN'T BOTHER HIM A BIT THAT HE WAS OUTSIDE ON A RACETRACK IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE~ SURROUNDED BY 4H CLUB ANIMALS...HE WAS A HAVIN' A BLAST & A HALF...
WE USED BINOCULARS SO GOOD WE COULD SEE HIS TONSILS, AND FOUND LOREN GOLD (KEYBOARD KUTIE) LAUGHING AS HE TRIED TO FOLLOW TAY--WHO WAS GOING INTO UNCHARTED TERRITORY... PLACES HE'D NEVER GONE BEFORE~
AND SOME HE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T GO AGAIN FOW AWHILE: i.e. VAN MORRISON'S MOONDANCE...
ON THE OTHER HAND, HE DID A LONG "SCAT" THAT TRANSPORTED THESE N'AWLINS NATIVES HOME IN TOTAL DISBELIEF: AWESOM.
THEN SANG "RIGHT PLACE" LIKE HE WAS CHANNELING RAY HIMSELF...ALL RAY'S HAND GESTURES, EXPRESSIONS, ETC.
I JUST ABOUT WEPT IT WAS SO PERFECT.
THE DRIVE FROM MORGANTOWN WAS OVER 4 HRS. & WE WEREN'T EVEN LATE,
'COURSE WE DROVE LIKE BATS OUTTA HELL ~
MY SISTER~THE RECENT SURGERY VICTIM~GRITTING HER TEETH THE WHOLE TIME~
AND ME REPEATING WHAT JODIE DREAMHEART SAYS: "IF TAYLOR ONLY KNEW THE THINGS WE DO FOR HIM..."
I TALKED TO SOME OF THE GUYS IN THE BAND AFTER THE SHOW & ASKED WHO IN THE WORLD WAS BOOKING TAYLOR AT COUNTY FAIRS & WHY ?!?!
HE SAID TO CONTACT CAA: CREATIVE ARTS AGENCY, HE BELIEVES, AND RECOMMEND TOWN & VENUES FOR TAYLOR TO PLAY...
SO~WE HAD A TOTALLY TERRIFIC TIME ~ IT WAS LIKE JESUS TOUCHED MY SISTER WHEN SHE GOT UP OUTTA THAT WHEELCHAIR & STARTED DANCIN'
AND SAID SHE DIDN'T FEEL A BIT OF PAIN ~
TAYLOR HICKS: BEST MEDICINE IN THE WORLD...
YEAH, YA KNOW THAT'S RIGHT, BABY
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