Why I am a fan (and you should be too)...I'll admidt that I voted for Taylor ever week....loved to see Taylor Hicks perform. I didn't have anything against Chris at all, but Taylor entertained like I've never seen. However when I heard his album, I was shocked it was so low-key and a blues feeling to it. From the second I heard the Daughtry CD, I was blown away!!!!!!! 1,000 times better then he was on idol and puts the Taylor CD to shame. Watching him ring in 2007 in times square was mad cool. I saw him in concert with the idols and loved when he did renagade by styx lol The Daughtry cd is one you can just hit play and walk away...every song is great. There aren't many cds like that out there any more. Slippery When Wet, Appetite For Destruction, Deffinately Maybe...debut albums that change the face of music...Daughtry is one of those records. Music aside, he seems like pretty cool guy too, you can just hang out with him and chill ya know? Deep down inside he knows he wants to challange me in a game of Madden 07!