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Paul Thorn
Appearing Fri. Oct. 1st '10 8:30pm
Appearing Fri. Oct. 1st '10 8:30pm
Main Stage Show
Tickets at the Door: $30.00
Tickets in Advance $25.00
Yes, we are getting him back! Buy your tickets early!
The first thing you notice is The Voice, unique and distinctive, the voice of a man who has walked a long, hot span over dusty Mississippi country roads. At turns soulful, raw, melancholy, brazen, funky, circumspect, serene, brooding, and mutinous, the voice expresses the range of human emotions, from forlorn grimness to incandescent optimism. And after repeated listens, you realize that his is not merely the voice of a poet but also of a merciful prophet, a summation not unjustified. Those who follow the career of Paul Thorn believe he is both.
His newest CD is A Long Way From Tupelo, a collection of songs which once again illustrates Thorn’s versatility and authentic connection to the music of the Mississippi heartland: blues, country, gospel, rhythm and blues, and rock 'n' roll. Thorn excels as a musical storyteller. Maybe, given his background, he just can’t help it. His songs are conduits for that gritty part of the South where beleaguered wisdom is as likely from the bottom of a bottle of Johnny Walker Red as it is from the pulpit of an old country church. And the latest Paul Thorn CD remains true to form.
If listening to a Paul Thorn CD is satisfying, then catching a Paul Thorn show is a revelation. He is a superb entertainer fronting a band of musical veterans who know exactly what to do. He weaves his stories throughout; mostly funny ones about himself, people he has known, old girlfriends, and childhood discoveries. And his conversational tones conjure an old buddy sitting in the back of a ’69 Dodge pickup drinking beer on a dark, sultry Mississippi night.
His performance chops are no accident. Thorn is one of the hardest working people in the business and a hardcore veteran of the road. Before he became the main attraction, Thorn opened for some of the most established acts touring today including Mark Knopfler, Jeff Beck, Sting, John Hiatt, Robert Cray, Marianne Faithful and John Prine. His tours are heavy and hectic, spanning over 200 dates a year in the United States and Canada.
NEWS RELEASE FROM JULY 1, 2010:
Paul Thorn Seizes Highest Billboard Chart Debut Ever
Paul Thorn has achieved his highest position ever on the Billboard Top 200
albums chart with his new album, 'Pimps and Preachers,' debuting at #77.
Thorn's CD sales would have topped the Heatseekers chart on Billboard this
week, but he blew past the eligibility requirement for that honor by
landing immediately in the Top 100 for the first time. The album, out now
on Perpetual Obscurity Records, also moved into the top 10 on the Americana
radio charts after debuting as the #1 most added record last week.
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