Paul Thorn at the Ark

Sacred and secular

by James M. Manheim

posted 6/13/2011

Singer-songwriter Paul Thorn has said that his music is "kind of like going to church with a six-pack." Thorn knows whereof he speaks. He grew up in Tupelo, MS, the son of a Pentecostal preacher, soaking up deep soul gospel music in white and black churches, but he was "dis-fellowshipped" as a teen after it came to light that he had sex with his girlfriend. He's

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