Taylor Hicks has got the brown hat blues today.
Helpful tip: The larger version of the first picture below (from the Grey Eagle) would make a nice computer desktop wallpaper (or perhaps CD cover photo).
One — Link to larger version
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Ooh fantastic pics! I feel so warm now.
I like #5 and #4. Hope is all bundled up for that MN weather.
Meant to say, hope (Taylor) is all bundled up.
I guess your evil plan is to kill off all of your readers early in the year? If I don’t comment tomorrow.. call the squad.
Well, I think the brown hat is just a head cover up on a really bad hair day, or when he just does not want anyone to know it’s him. No one but us SP girls who know him anywhere would know it’s him. The cover of a CD? I hope not. Please, no, no, no, please give me smiling Taylor on the cover. How about the picture of him in the purple shirt in his New York apartment. Now That would sell!
I never like him in these hats. It looks like he has a tea cosy on his head and makes him look like an egghead. I always think he has had a long night beforehand and is covering up a bad hair day. I like his hair too much for it to be covered by one of these. For the record, I don’t like these hats on anyone.
I have to say I like Taylor in whatever he wears on his head! But I agree that these hats aren’t my favorites either. With the hat, and sunglasses it looks like he’s trying to hide. I’m sure some days he IS, and who could blame him? I love his hair, and I love photos of him in ball caps! But I’ll take what I can get! Thanks for these!
Not a big fan of this head gear, but, those eyes still pop from under it.
Ahhhh! Looks like Taylor has discovered a perfect disguise for ’09 — the brown hat which causes observers to avert their eyes so Taylor can easily blend in with the woodwork. Doesn’t work for me, however ~~ I love that look 😉
I like to see those beautiful brown eyes framed by the brown toboggan. Thanks TH for the morning pics.
Love Taylor in that hat, thanks!!!
I just love #1 thanks for the wake up picture 🙂
I think Taylor could fool the general public when going out in this hat. He can’t fool his most faithful fans however.
Not a huge fan of the brown hat, but, gotta say
#1.
with that jacket.
a little dark.
Very sexy.
It’s definitely a different look for him, but very cool and undercover. And yes, (pic #4), the toboggan frames his eyes VERY nicely! I love #1, as well. 🙂
Thank you, TH, for these out of the norm Taylor pics!
As much as I don’t care for this type of hat on any guy, #1 is saved and awaiting it’s turn as my desktop.
Awesome pics though!
I’m not too crazy about the brown hat but love what’s underneath.
I like the look, it is different. He may have retired it though because in picture 4 there is a rat hole, maybe caused from carrying his sunglasses on top of his head!
In any case, that is one good looking man with eyes to die for!!
I’ve got 4 or 5 of these I took in B’ham, and yes, he almost got past us on the way from the bus to the theatre (there were about 10 of us standing there when these 2 guys came out of the bus, and he almost made it into the theatre, but I recognized him and started calling to him, then everyone did- he didn’t come over, but he turned and smiled and waved… that was worth it..*whimper*). then after the show, he came out with the sunglasses propped on top- at about 10 at night. I DO love the way it frames his eyes. Maybe his gramma made it for him, so that’s why he wears it so ofter……
I’m lovin these pics Bloggerina 🙂 I LOVE #’s 2,4,& 5 THE BEST I LOVE how Tay has his legs crossed in that last 1 😉 MERCY he has the sexiest legs EVER they just go on 4-ever :-p
Woops I meant pic # 6 not 5 my bad sorry !
How can I ever begin to tell you how grateful I am for pic #1 today? Except to say thank you from the bottom of my now cracked-open heart.
Hat or no hat, the simplicity — almost purity — of the Grey Eagle pictures brings me to my knees every single time. Funny enough, I’ve been looking at the more widely-known GE pictures a lot in the last two weeks, and listening to the audio that you posted from there last summer (I guess I’ve been in a contemplative mood as the new year is changing). And then to open the blog and find such an astounding pic from there that I had never seen before….well, it rendered me speechless.
Thank you.
I love Taylor in the toboggan. Looks like he is keeping his head warm. And wearing a toboggan is a smart thing to wear to do the job.
Maybe it’s a southern thing, but everyone I knew in WV wore toboggans. Even girls.
Thanks for the wonderful pictures. You hit a homerun today.
I have never seen #5 before. Where was it taken? Just his fringe of bangs sticking out is different.
When I first saw #4 it looked just like that adorable pic of him all bundled up when he was about three years old………same face…..same expession….
Anyone who could look this good in that brown hat has it going on big time…..but we all know that…
Beautiful face, looking for warmth and privacy, but still willing to share the love… thank you!
Well, the brown hat gives me the blues cuz I don’t think it works for him. But I LOVE the Grey Eagle photos. I didn’t think it was possible to find more photos from that night- thought we had seen them all.
There’s something about those photos, a different attitude, somehow intimate. No gray hair, no gorgeous suit, no eight piece band. It’s just some guy, sitting at the mic. Emphasis on the voice.
I’ve got the “stayed up all night painting a classroom with a bunch of crazy teenagers and my back is killing me because we decided to play capture the flag at one o’clock in the morning and don’t even get me started on my thighs from trying to outrun 15 year olds because I tend to forget how close I am to the big 5-0 blues” this morning.
But all my aches are forgotten for the moment, chased away by Taylor’s “brown hat blues.”
Oh, and I will agree with Bloggerina about picture number one . . . it’s already my gorgeous new desktop and it would make an awesome CD cover. 😀
So how come #5 reminds me of Taylor in one of those old time football uniforms with the brown leather helmets?
Typical guy, dressing for comfort and function. Either that, or someone forgot to tell him not to take the building awning advice literally.
elisgammy, I’m not too sure where #5 is taken, but I believe it was during the AI tours.
I’m not a big fan of him wearing hats.. but I do love his hat hair after 🙂
I see Taylor as a practical dude, and wearing the hat seems like a practical move for him…..disguise and in lieu of a comb! 🙂
I love #5….have never seen it! Happy New Year to all.
I love the pics, especially #1. Although I love to see that gray hair, these pics are great.
You are so correct TsH, #1 makes a stunning desktop wallpaper. The last one is my favorite though; it reminds me of an old blues man in a club.
Like I really know anything about that, LOL.
There’s something about #4…….innocence?? the gorgeous eyes?? the amazing skin???
I agree. #4 is my favorite because of the eyes and those lips – Gahhhh! Don’t get me started! Even though I am not a sweater head fan, I do like the beautiful face it frames in #4. However, the Grey Eagle pictures are the kind of thing legends are made of. Taylor goes in there not intending to be “Taylor Hicks American Idol”, not even intending to go on stage, but there it is, he just can’t help it, and he goes to the tiny stage “Just To Feel That Way” again in that club. Would love to know what he is thinking in the last one.
Love, love, love #1.
I love this look on him!
I’ve always love the GE pics also. Whatever Taylor wears on his head is fine with me.
I took an 8 x 10 picture of one of the grey eagle pics that I printed out, to my meet and greet, and had him sign it for me.
#4 is my favorite in this group.
Check out the feet in #6. Size 12 I hear. Just sayin’
Love him in that hat, etc….
You’re right, TH… #1 DOES make a great desktop background. Me likee long time…….
I like the brown hat pictures. I remember reading somewhere a male member of the press (reviewer I think) saw Taylor in the lobby at one of his concerts and Taylor was wearing the brown hat. The guy at first didn’t recognize Taylor and he commented in his article that initially Taylor seemed a little intimidating in the hat. I thought that was interesting that Taylor could be intimidating (to a man). If I ever get close enough, I’ll be shaking in my shoes.
#3 not intimidating at all — just cute
I like that he doesn’t have this vain attitude about his appearance. He can look totally sharp or just very casual. Like he has the confidence to be comfortable when he wants and doesn’t worry about appearances.
#4 is just beyond adorable…like him….
Love them, 4 is special but so is 1,Thanks again for all you give us !
I love #1 the rest not so much
I like Taylor wearing anything. I think he wears the hat to be incognito or maybe just to keep warm.
I love all the pictures, as always. Thanks for sharing.
#4, where have you been all my life? Thanks TsH!!
Thanks for these pics #4 is really hot his eyes melt my heart. plus that hat always makes me laugh!