Photo SpecialIdol Scrapbook: Taylor Hicks
See why the newest American Idol earned his own Soul Patrol – from his audition to the road ahead. By Julia Wang
SOUTHERN PRIDE
Turns out, father doesn't always know best: When Hicks told dad Brad (right) that he was trying out for Idol, he says the response was, "Why don't you just go buy a lottery ticket?" But Dad became one of his biggest supporters at home, where he cheered on Hicks (with brother Sean, far left) at the Hoover, Ala., hangout Buffalo Wild Wings.
Credit: Rainier Ehrhardt/AP
Published: Thursday May 25, 2006 | 01:00 AM EDT
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