Tidbits 8/24

• LBFCA- the summer of Clay Aiken blockbusters? (This is sooooo funny!)
  
• The jury is still out on whether the picture seen on the right is the authentic Clay or Photoshopped Clay... The CB's canadianclayfan says she found it on Clayversity who says it was found in a library sampler.
• IGN: Clay definately in American Idol computer game's locked bonus features -- "Clay Aiken is definitely in, and the name William Hung was thrown around the room."
• Dollymania, a Dolly Parton website has a nice write up for ATDW (Clay covers Ms. Parton's Here You Come Again on ATDW):

  American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken will cover the hit which catapulted Dolly to superstardom, it was announced on Thursday. His third CD, A Thousand Different Ways, to be released Sept. 19, will feature a cover of "Here You Come Again," the Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil-penned tune which Dolly made famous. Released in 1977 on RCA, the same label to which Aiken is signed, the song held onto the No. 1 spot on the country chart for five weeks, the longest of any Dolly song before or since, and was her first to crack the pop top 40, going all the way to No. 3. Aiken has always hinted at his appreciation for Dolly, noting that one of his first public performances was at a high school dance when he was 5 years old and sang a solo version of her hit duet with Kenny Rogers "Islands In the Stream." In a press release announcing the set list for the CD (read the full release here), Aiken explained: "I've always loved that song. But for this album, we didn't use a country arrangement. It's a ballad version now. Adam Anders produced the most amazing arrangement and I couldn't wait to sing it." The album will contain nine other cover tunes (including Richard Marx's "Right Here Waiting," Elton John's "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" and Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me") and four new songs as well.

• A Bryan Adams site also mentions ATDW-

  Season two "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken tackles a host of enduring power ballads on his third album, "A Thousand Different Ways." Due Sept. 19 via RCA, the set features 10 covers and four new songs.
  The new album will include Aiken's takes on Richard Marx's "Right Here Waiting," Bryan Adams' "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)" and Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is," with guest vocals by Suzie McNeil.

  
  
• Burlington Free Press mentions Clay playing at the Champlain Valley Fair last year -- "[Carrie] Underwood follows on the heels of Clay Aiken, the most-famous "Idol" also-ran who played for his adoring fans in the grandstand last year."
• Charlotte Observer/Topix- North Carolina a diverse state -- "It gave voice to both Clay Aiken and Thomas Wolfe."
• Pocono Record- article about a band called Led Foot... says they've shared the stage with Clay (hmm...)

• Taking A Moment: the incredible hair blowing, slow-motion! (this is so cute!)
• Marhaven shares some nice Clay comments left on her site with us... "While not a huge fan of his (I'm more into country music), he is such a cutie, and the pics you've chosen to showcase are adorable!"
• There Was A Man - YouTube videos - a look back at Clay's earlier Jay Leno appearances. Clay will drop by Leno on Sept. 15.
  

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