Tidbits 9/3

• Sam Rawls - ClaysMyMidlifeCrisis found a previously unseen photo of Clay with R&B singer Sam Rawls... looks like this was taken in 2004.
• Vancouver Sun - it doesn't hurt to lose "Idol"... Chris Daughtry:

  Not that it necessarily hurts to lose Idol.
  
  Just ask Chris Daughtry, the hard-bodied rocker who was dumped from the 2006 American Idol finals, coming in fourth and losing out to bumpkin Taylor Hicks.
  
  Unhampered by Idol contracts, Daughtry's self-titled debut album has since sold more than three million copies, reaching number one on the Billboard charts.
  
  Today, he is the fourth most successful American Idol contestant, behind winners Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, and another runner-up, Clay Aiken.

• Christmas tour mentions:
• Northwest Herald
  
• TwinCities.com - uh... not exactly the best Clay reference given the type of trouble Senator Larry Craig is in ... "Fantasy football season is heating up, and no draft was hotter last week than the U.S. Senate's, where Idaho's Larry Craig stunned everyone by using his first-round pick on Clay Aiken."

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