Article: Taylor Hanson Barefoot Pictures: The Hanson’s ‘Take The Walk’ For Charity

The Hanson Brothers walked barefoot for a charity called ‘Take The Walk’ tour in Time Square in New York City. The three Hanson brothers Isaac, Zao, and Taylor Hanson did the charity walk happily and you can see how they had fun in their pictures.

The Hanson Brother’s new album is called The Walk, while they worked on it in 2007 reports have said that the band took trips to Africa in order to better understand what it means for others to be poverty stricken and diseased on a foreign continent. The Take The Walk Tour was act to make the people of the United States more aware of the AIDs epidemic in Africa. They hoped the walk would get more people to understand and help those in need in Africa.

Taylor Hanson got the crowd pumped with a megaphone just before the one-mile walk began. Hanson stated that he would donate $1 for each person that walked. He and others walked barefoot and when questioned by those snapping pictures he stated that everyone’s bare feet were “totally in style” according to the Hanson blog. The goal of the walk is to actually walk 24,902 miles which is the earth’s circumference at the equator. Zac stated on the blog that “No matter how bad of an economic crisis we’re in, we’re still better off than the rest of the world,” he said. “For us, it’s just about the power of the individual — about the way we look at our own power to affect things.”

A very noble cause indeed, this writer gives two thumbs up to the Hanson brothers. (c) tPC

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Article: Hanson Brothers Go Barefoot for Charity

The Hanson Brothers – Isaac, 27, Taylor, 25, and Zac, 22 – walk barefoot through Times Square in New York City on Tuesday for their ‘Take The Walk’ tour.

While working on their 2007 album, The Walk, the singing trio made trips to Africa in an effort to understand the poverty and disease that grips the continent. The Take The Walk Tour is a charity that brings attention to the poverty and AIDS epidemic in Africa through simple actions from individuals everywhere.

15+ pictures of Hanson walking barefoot for charity…

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Wednesday Artist Spotlight: Joshua Fletcher and the Six-Shot Romance

Joshua Fletcher and the Six-Shot Romance opened for Hanson on the Live & Electric Tour, in Atlanta, GA in October of 2005.

Where is your band based out of?
We’re based out of Atlanta, Georgia

Can you give us a little background on the band?
We got together in the summer of 2005 after I made a solo record. I needed a band to play behind me and that’s when the Six-Shot Romance was created. We’ve all been friends for forever, and we’d been playing music together in some form for about 3 years at that point. Colin (the drummer) and I were in a punk band before this one called “The Knockout.” we used to play with our guitar player Casey’s band a good bit. We’ve been through a few bass players but I’ve known our current bass player, James, since the 8th grade because he was dating my cousin. It all kind of came together almost accidentally. I ran into Casey one day and after we’d got to talking a bit we figured out that neither one of us was really playing in a band, so we decided to make it happen, and after that everything just kind of fell into place.

What made you decide to enter Hanson’s opening act contest?
A girl I went to school with was helping us out with all the managing and stuff, and she got an email from a promoter in the area. She brought it to me and I was really excited about it.

What were your expectations before opening? Were they met?
We just expected a great crowd. It was our first experience with a Hanson crowd, and I’d say they were certainly everything we expected and more. It was a ton of fun.

Since opening, what has your band been up to?
Since then we’ve released a record, gone on tour a few times, and tried to build up more of a following in the area. The whole thing has been going really well.

Do you have any upcoming shows?
We’re playing October 18th at Under the Couch in Atlanta with two other great locals. It’s going to be a great show, and everyone that’s anywhere close should come out!

For future band dates, stay tuned to the band’s MYSPACE