Taylor Hicks, What Was the First Album You Ever Bought?

“I didn’t buy my first record. I stole it from somebody’s house.

It was an album of Otis Redding’s greatest hits. I think that kind of music was definitely the base root of my musical tree.”

The 2006 American Idol winner Taylor Hicks arrives in Nippertown on Tuesday (January 26) playing the role of Teen Angel in the touring production of “Grease” at Proctors in Schenectady. The show runs through Sunday (January 31).