 As Taylor Hicks gained fame during the "American Idol" competition, the remaining members of the Taylor Hicks Band continued to play professionally.To ensure no one assumed that Taylor Hicks would appear with the band, they decided on a name change.The keyboard player, Brian Less, is originally from Memphis, Tennessee and is not that tall; Taylor Hicks (who played basketball in high school) and Sam Gunderson are tall men, so it especially showed since Less, Hicks and Gunderson were the front men for the band.