Paul Thorn at the Ark

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The songs on Thorn's latest album may be his best yet, because he let some of them come close to home. "Pimps and Preachers" tells of a man whose father was "Satan's angel" but whose uncle "worked for the Lord"--Thorn's own situation, but with the role models reversed. What becomes of the son?

Now I'm standing on the corner,

Recruiting hungry seekers.

I'm starting a new religion:

I call it Pimps and Preachers.

Its philosophy: "Get out there in the game. Don't sit up in the bleachers." Paul Thorn has certainly done that with his music, fearless and hugely entertaining at the same time.   

[Originally published in June, 2011.]