CLAY AIKEN CD RELEASE PARTY - SEPTEMBER 18

i just had to share the unique experience i had last monday.



These are some pix from the KCCLAY club cd release party. This is most of the group in front of Walmart just chomping at the bit to get in there a buy lots of ATDW. I'm there in the second row.


WALMART had
  

there were five of us from Mid and SW MO who traveled to Kansas City for the ATDW CD release party. you have to understand that Overland Park, KS is just part of greater Kansas City. there are more people in greater Kansas City than in all of the great windy state of Kansas. (i think)

the KCClay Club did a wonderful job. There were about 60 of us at the restaurant, the favors and door prizes were generous, the silent auction and raffle prizes were fabulous. The KCClay Club earned a lot of money for Bubel/Aiken Foundation with their hard work.

the videos and games were great (well, claytrivia level 2 and 3 were too hard for me(now I ask you, who besides Jaiken knows three of the five songs Clay sang solo with the Raleigh boys choir – and unfortunately, long-term memory is slipping along with short-term) and although i know all the lyrics and harmonize beautifully with clay on every song he ever performed, seems i'm no match for certain claymates who obviously prepared for this Claylyrics event with refresher courses at Clayversity.

as i said the Clay gift sets were fabulous - lots of burberry purses, frames, paper weights, sponges, clocks, pillows, key chains, flip flops, candles, tee shirts, the satin night shirt was REAL nice, light switch,
note cards, magnets - all with CLAY on them, of course. Lucky Me won a raffle prize of totebag, clock, key chain, frames, and best of all three cd set of JBT by Tsunamimommie. The key chain has CLAY in rhinestone letters – I’m thinking of changing my username to I BLING FOR CLAY…..

then at 11 pm they passed out electric candles and off we went to walmart. now this is way past my bedtime and I was getting a leeeetle tired by now, but the buoyant spirit of all those Claymates kept me goin……and the sound of that glorious voice wafting through the aisles of wallyworld may have helped. the curious stares of those late night walmart shoppers sharpened my senses too. One can only guess what went through their minds at the sight of 60 women (and one man, bless his heart) in new white tee shirts with CLAY AIKEN’S FACE emblazoned on the front, waving six inch white electric candles – all excitedly laughing and talking at the same time. i talked to a couple of quite young people who stopped by my bench at the front of the store (where i had taken refuge – well, yes, I did have a couple of drinks, but only for the sake of liquor research. Wouldn’t you just hafta know what “sand in your pants” tasted like?)

walmart had three registers open for us at twelve oh one and had 250 cds stacked on the table. Jaiken collected almost 30 cds for our service personnel (walmart donated five). Great job, J! It was a wonderful experience…and I haven’t even gotten around to talking about the Voice yet.

well, I’m one of those who had been streaming the cd all week…so no surprises. But with Clay's new CD for company on my three hour drive home Tuesday, time flew. (See my previous blog if you haven't already bought yours. It was the #1 debut album on the charts last week selling over 207,000 copies!!)

it's just me, geni
"i have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night"

CLAY AIKEN IS BACK

QUITE SOON HAS FINALLY ARRIVED




Clay Aiken fans are mighty thirsty after the long drought. But there's plenty happening now to quench their thirst.

CLAY AIKEN 3RD ALBUM IN STORES - SEPTEMBER 19

GO HERE TO LISTEN TO "A THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS"
http://www.clearchannelmusic.com/cc-common/mfeatures/clayaikenOD/








CHRISTMAS CONCERTS GALORE!!

CLAY AIKEN HOLIDAY CONCERT APPEARANCES
12/02/06 Merrillville, IN, US Star Plaza Theatre
12/04/06 Verona, NY, US Turning Stone Casino
12/05/06 Engelwood, NJ, US Bergen PAC Center
12/06/06 Baltimore, MD, US Lyric Opera House
12/07/06 Norfolk, VA, US Scope Arena
12/09/06 Williamsport, PA, US Community Arts Center
12/10/06 Wilkes Barre, PA, US FM Kirby Center
12/11/06 Easton, PA, US State Theatre
12/14/06 Greenvale, NY, US Tilles Center for the Arts
12/15/06 West Point, NY, US Eisenhower Hall
12/16/06 Red Bank, NJ, US Count Basie Theatre
12/18/06 Detroit, MI, US Orchestra Hall at the Max Fish
12/19/06 Grand Rapids, MI, US Devos Hall
12/21/06 Jacksonville, FL, US Moran Theatre
12/22/06 Charlotte, NC, US Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
12/23/06 Greensboro, NC, US War Memorial Auditorium

GET THOSE TIVOS AND VCS SET FOR TV APPEARANCES!!

Sep 18 Clay Aiken - Entertainment Tonight
Sep 19 Clay Aiken - Good Morning America (ABC)
performance and interview
Sep 19 Clay Aiken - Entertainment Tonight
Sep 20 Clay Aiken - Good Morning America (ABC)
Diane Sawyer Interview Part 1
Sep 20 Clay Aiken - Entertainment Tonight
Sep 21 Clay Aiken - Good Morning America (ABC)
Diane Sawyer Interview Part 2
Sep 21 Clay Aiken - Entertainment Tonight
Sep 22 Clay Aiken - The View (ABC)
Sep 22 Clay Aiken - Entertainment Tonight
Sep 24 Clay Aiken - Good Morning America (ABC)
Weekend Show - performance and interview
Sep 26 Clay Aiken - Entertainment Tonight
Sep 26 Clay Aiken - Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)

(Need to buy more VCR tapes.....)

A THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS

The following is a complete track listing for the much-anticipated “A Thousand Different Ways,” including writer and producer credits:

RIGHT HERE WAITING
Originally recorded by: Richard Marx
Written by: Richard Marx / Produced by: John Fields

WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE
Originally recorded by: John Waite
Written by: Diane Warren / Produced by: John Fields

WITHOUT YOU
Originally recorded by: Badfinger and Then Harry Nilsson
Written by: William Collings, Thomas Evans, Michael Gibbins, Peter Ham, and J.C. Molland
Produced by: John Fields

LONELY NO MORE
(NEW SONG)
Written by: Andreas Carlsson, Samuel Waermo, Mimmi Waermo & Clay Aiken
Produced by: Andreas Carlsson and Samuel Waermo

SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD
Originally recorded by: Elton John
Written by: Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Producer by: Per Magnusson & David Kreuger

EVERYTIME YOU GO AWAY
Originally recorded by: Paul Young
Written by: Daryl Hall
Produced by: Adam Anders

EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU)
Originally recorded by: Bryan Adams
Written by: Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen & Robert John “Mutt” Lange
Produced by: John Fields

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS – Guest Vocals by Suzie McNeil
Originally recorded by: Foreigner
Written by: Michael Jones
Produced by: Russ Irwin, Marti Frederiksen & Charlton Pettus

THESE OPEN ARMS
(NEW SONG)
Written by: Jon Bon Jovi & Desmond Childs
Produced by: John Fields

BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME
Originally recorded by: Celine Dion
Written by: Diane Warren
Produced by: Eman

HERE YOU COME AGAIN
Originally recorded by: Dolly Parton
Written by: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

EVERYTHING I HAVE – Featuring William Joseph on Piano
(NEW SONG)
Written by: Jeremy Bose
Arranged by: Jeremy Lubbock

A THOUSAND DAYS
(NEW SONG)
Written by: Christian Leuzzi, Aldo Nova & Emanuel Olsson
Produced by: John Fields

BROKEN WINGS
Originally recorded by: Mr. Mister
Written by: Richard Page, John Lang & Steve George
Produced by: Eman


AND BEST OF ALL A NEW CONCERT TOUR STARTING IN EARLY 2007!!

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REMEMBERING

9.11 is the Pearl Harbor of our generation.

I remember my mother talking about Pearl Harbor. She said everyone was in such shock…but the main thing she remembered in her later years was that at that time ….she was in her twenties then….that her main thought was that this meant a war was coming and that her new husband would be drawn into it.

9.11 is the Peal Harbor of our generation. We all remember where we were and what we were doing that morning. I was getting reading to go with a friend to her out-of-town doctor’s appointment. I was in the shower when the phone rang.

I rushed to answer it. It was my daughter in CT calling to assure me that she and her husband (who works quite close to New York) were ok. I didn’t know what she was talking about. She said, “TURN ON THE TV”. So I did.

I stood there transfixed as I watched the replay on CNN of the first plane. Shivering in my towel. I was speechless. My daughter kept saying, “Mom…Mom”. I finally answered her ……asking her for what little additional information she had.

Then the second plane arrived. I sat down.

My friend, Carol, and I did make it to her doctor’s appointment. Life always goes on. Tragedy can slow life, but it never stops, I’ve discovered. There was a young couple in the doctor’s office, and when my friend went in, I started talking to them. He was a Marine and had been alerted to report back to his base. He had made arrangements for his flight and was with his wife before going to the airport. He wasn’t real sure any flights were leaving St. Louis, but he was going to be there at the gates just in case. When they rose to leave, my heart rose in my throat and I said, “God bless you.”

He turned back to look at me. He had such a strange look on his face. Amazement that someone would say that out loud in a public place, perhaps…..perhaps, concern that the oath he had taken in peace time to serve his country was a very serious thing , indeed, now…and, perhaps, a realization that all Americans were united that day….Marines and middle-aged ladies in doctor’s offices included.

In Mid America, half a continent away, this tragedy was all that was talked about. American was united on that day and for a few years after. Of course, we are back to our old scappy selves now. But that’s what America and our Star Spangled Banner is all about anyway, isn’t it?

I always wonder where that Marine is now.