Paul Thorn
• Over 20,000 units sold on Soundscan since June release of Pimps and Preachers
• Thorn’s first Billboard Top 100 debut
• #1 on the Americana Music Chart for 3 weeks– 7 straight weeks in the top 5, 3 months in the top 10
• Reached #2 on the Roots Music Report Chart
• Over 300,000 total units sold since 2000
• Has recently supported Bonnie Raitt, John Hiatt, Joan Osborne, John Prine, Boz Scaggs & B.B. King
It is now released in Europe through Blue Rose Records. (Album info)
Feb 2011: Frankfurter Allgemeine: Paul Thorn CD "Pimps And Preachers“ ist die CD der Woche
Feb. 2011 Written in Music: The Netherlands: Paul Thorn – Pimps And Preachers
Among those who value originality, inspiration, eccentricity, and character as well as talent that hovers somewhere on the outskirts of genius, the story of Paul Thorn is already familiar. Now, Thorn reveals another layer of his fascinating history on the album Pimps & Preachers, addressing that subject on the title cut and in the intriguing "family portrait" he painted for the cover, which highlights his daddy the preacher and his uncle the pimp.
Pimps & Preachers addresses that lingering riddle. On Thorn s ninth album, released on his own Perpetual Obscurity label (through 30 Tigers/RED), the answer begins in the title and the cover image, painted by Thorn with the same power, paradoxes, rough edges and passions that animate his writing and performance.
You can stream the entire new CD here: http://www.paulthorn.com/pimps/listen.html
Additional information can be found at:
http://www.paulthorn.com/
http://www.facebook.com/thornpage
http://www.myspace.com/paulthorn
http://www.youtube.com/perpetualobscurity
The Pimps and Preachers performance videoPaul solo acoustic from his DVD "So Far, So Good LIVE"