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Taylor Hicks leads the soul patrol on the streets of New Orleans with local musician Hack Bartholomew in front of the city's famed Cafe du Monde on Friday. The American Idol star was in town to serve as the Krewe of Endymion's grand marshal for the city's Mardi Gras celebrations.