American Idol Concert in Birmingham

What a thrill to finally see all 10 of the finalist for 2006 "American Idol" in person! The Birmingham Concert was the one to be at. In fact, when Elliott came out he said, "It's great to be here at the Taylor Hicks Concert!" It was a love fest for Taylor, that was for sure.

My seats weren't the greatest but the concert was great.

I got to meet Taylor's dad, Dr. Brad Hicks, and got his photo while he was being interviewed with a local TV station. My only other "claim to fame" was sitting next to Taylor's Hoover High School basketball coach and school principal. He said Taylor spent quite a bit of time in the principal's office back in those days--mainly for just goofing off and being a clown. "He's a good boy," Principal & Coach Chuck Whitley told me, "and he told me back then that some day he was going to be famous."

The most fun was meeting all the other "Soul Patrol" people from all over: Florida, Mississippi, Detroit, Illinois, Louisiana--they came from all over.