Soul Patrol goes international
a shot of Belgrade, Serbia, according to Google Images
I’ve read some good articles about how Taylor Hicks’ has reached around the world, but this excerpt from today’s Alabama Press-Register really drove home what Taylor Hicks is all about:
Srbo Galic, a 34-year-old amateur musican in Serbia, shared a Soul Patrol experience in an e-mail exchange. Galic described how he played his harmonica recently while sitting on a park bench in his “once beautiful city of Belgrade.”
He noticed a nearby gathering of two young women and a young man who were singing and playing a guitar beneath a tree.
Galic began to play “A Change is Gonna Come,” which was Hicks’ first “American Idol” audition song. Galic joined in an improptu jam session with the group.
“No one was talking,” Galic wrote. “It was all just singing and playing…and all of the sudden, the guy started playing, ‘You are so Beautiful.’…And since I was convinced Taylor would sing that song later that night on TV, I was shocked.”
Immediately, Galic questioned the other musician about why he was playing that particular song. He asked him, “Do you know anything about America?”
“Sure,” the guitar player replied, “there is a show called ‘American Idol,’ and we are all rooting for a guy named Taylor Hicks.”
In that instant, an informal Soul Patrol chapter in Belgrade was formed. The group now gathers to watch “American Idol,” which is televised at 2 a.m. in Serbia two days after it airs in America.
so tonight is a biggie at your house I’ll bet! I think I’ll watch myself.