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New Music From Paul Thorn and Tour Dates announced

Paul Thorn Releases “Holy Hottie Toddy” From Upcoming Album Never Too Late To Call Out August 6th via Thirty Tigers; Hear “Never Too Late To Call,” “Two Tears Of Joy,” and “Here We Go” now; New tour dates added for east coast and mid-south

Paul Thorn has created an innovative and impressive career, pleasing crowds with his muscular brand of roots music—bluesy, rocking and thoroughly Southern American, yet also speaking universal truths. 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.

The fourth single from Mississippi-renaissance-man Paul Thorn’s upcoming album Never Too Late To Call may be his most joyous to date. “Holy Hottie Toddy” takes a simple-but- groove and a resounding chorus to get a very basic, but all-too-important message across; “Love everybody.” The song’s last verse sums up the idea succinctly: “Let go of any grudges while you’re still around / You can’t say you’re sorry when you’re laying six feet in the ground / The best time is right now.”

Thorn came up with the idea on a trip to see his daughter’s band perform in Oxford, Mississippi. “All throughout her performance, drunk boys kept yelling the words ‘Hottie Toddy,’ which is a buzz word at Ole Miss,” says Thorn. “It’s a greeting.” Thorn cooked up a catchy hook with the university’s classic catch phrase and spun it with his infectiously positive message. “The song is about being all-inclusive,” he says. “Let’s love everybody.”

“Holy Hottie Toddy” comes on the heels of three other singles from Never Too Late To Call. “Two Tears Of Joy” is a slow-burn ode to life that finds Thorn naming all that he’s thankful for without once coming across as cheesy or overly earnest. “It sounds a little corny to say this but I’m a 56-year-old man who has had a really blessed life,” says Thorn about the inspiration behind the tune. “I’m really grateful and thankful for everything I have and for the people I’ve met. ‘Two Tears of Joy’ is another way of simply saying I’m grateful.” The album’s title track was written about Thorn’s sister Deborah who passed away in 2018. “When I was on the road, I would want to talk to someone after my shows, after the members of my family were asleep,” remembers Thorn. “My sister, a night owl, would often stay up all night. I’d call her and she would say, “It’s never too late to call.” “Here We Go” is about Deborah’s twin sister, Charlotte, who she left behind when she died. “Charlotte is a devout Christian and firmly believes that they’ll be reunited in a better place and will never be apart again,” says Thorn. Like most of his songs, this one also has a broader meaning. “Anyone that has someone they love knows it’s a joy and privilege,” he says. “This song is about having somebody.”

Thorn’s music has always been a reflection of where he’s been or where he is in his life. On Never Too Late To Call, we find mellower Paul Thorn. The wit and the—at times—humorous commentary on life’s existential questions are in evidence, but here there is a peace about his life’s journey. Or, to put it in his words, “I’ve been such a lucky boy. I’m crying two tears of joy.”

In addition to releasing Never Too Late To Call, Thorn has announced a slew of new tour dates including stops in New York City, Chicago, and Atlanta. A list of upcoming dates can be found below and all scheduled (and rescheduled) dates and ticket information can be found at paulthorn.com/tour.

Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, raised among the same spirits (and some of the actual people) who nurtured the young Elvis generations before, Paul Thorn has rambled down back roads and jumped out of airplanes, worked for years in a furniture factory, battled four-time world champion boxer Roberto Duran on national television, performed on stages with Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler, Sting, and John Prine among many others, and made some of the most emotionally restless yet fully accessible music of our time. He’s also appeared on major television shows, received numerous National Public Radio features and charted multiple times on the Billboard Top 100 and Americana Radio Charts. His album Never Too Late To Call releases on Aug. 6th via Thirty Tigers.

Catch Paul Thorn On Tour: July 29 – Cincinnati, OH – Memorial Hall July 30 – Marietta, OH – Adelphia Music Hall Aug. 1 – Black Rock, NY – Sportsmens Park Aug. 3 – New York, NY – City Winery Aug. 4 – Shirley, MA – Bull Run Aug. 5 – Fall River, MA – Narrows Center for the Arts Aug. 6 – Pawling, NY – Daryl’s House Aug. 7 – Philadelphia, PA – City Winery Aug. 8 – Lancaster, PA – Long’s Park Amphitheater Aug. 11 – Annapolis, MD – Ram’s Head Aug. 12 – Alexandria, VA – The Birchmere Aug. 13 – Union Hall, VA – The Coves Amphitheater Aug. 14 – Bristol, VA – Birthplace of Country Music Museum Aug. 15 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle Aug. 25 – Chicago, IL – City Winery Aug. 26 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall Aug. 27 – Louisville, KY – Old Forester’s Paristown Hall Aug. 28 – Goshen, IN – Ignition Music Garage Aug. 29 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark Sept. 10 – Columbus, OH – Athenaeum Theatre Sept. 11 – Jasper, IN – Astra Theatre Sept. 12 – Kent, OH – Kent Stage Sept. 14 – Boston, MA – City Winery Sept. 16 – Millville, NJ – Levoy Theatre Sept. 17 – Richmond, VA – Tin Pan Sept. 19 – Wilkesboro, NC – MerleFest Sept. 20 – Greenville, SC – Radio Room Sept. 23 – Birmingham, Al – Lyric Theatre Sept. 24 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse Sept. 25 – McMinnville, TN – Cumberland Caverns Volcano Room Oct. 7 – Little Rock, AR – Revolution Music Room Oct. 9 – Weiner, AR – Arkansas Rice Festival Oct. 15 – Baton Rouge, LA – Manship Theatre Oct. 17 – Tomball, TX – Main Street Crossing (solo acoustic) Oct. 18 – Tomball, TX – Main Street Crossing (solo acoustic) Oct. 19 – Tomball, TX – Main Street Crossing (solo acoustic) Oct. 21 – San Antonio, TX – Sam’s Burger Joint Oct. 22 – Greenville, TX – Texan Theater Oct. 23 – Oklahoma City, OK – Tower Theatre Nov. 3 – Sutter Creek, CA – Sutter Creek Theater Nov. 4- Tuolumne, CA – Black Oak Casino Nov. 5 – Petaluma, CA – Mystic Theatre Nov. 6 – Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone Nov. 7 – Felton, CA – Felton Music Hall Nov. 9 – Portland, OR – Alberta Rose Theatre Nov. 10 – Seattle, WA – Triple Door Nov. 11 – Eugene, OR – Soreng Theater at The Hult Center Nov. 12 – Grants Pass, OR – Rogue Theatre Nov. 17 – Morro Bay, CA – The Siren Dec. 4 – Sparta, NC – Muddy Creek Music Hall Dec. 5 – Saluda, NC – The Purple Onion

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Originally hailing from Mississippi, Paul Thorn 's first career was as a boxer. The former middleweight even squared off against legendary fighter Roberto Duran. He was working at a furniture store and playing local gigs when he met music executive Miles Copeland, and that chance encounter led to getting signed and opening for Sting .

An accomplished blues, country and rock musician for over 25 years, Thorn has opened for artists like Jeff Beck , Bonnie Raitt and John Prine . In this session, you'll hear Thorn perform songs from his latest album, Never Too Late to Call, as well as a few gems from earlier in his career.

And big thanks to WMOT in Nashville for recording these sessions during the 30A Songwriters Festival , one of the premiere singer-songwriter festivals in the U.S. that takes place along the Emerald Coast in northwestern Florida.

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Show Review: Paul Thorn at Thrasher in Wisconsin

Paul Thorn Preaches to the “Old People” at Thrasher Opera House, Green Lake, Wisconsin June 1, 2023

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Paul Thorn and company wasted no time getting night one of their sold-out, two-night stint at Green Lake’s Thrasher Opera House rocking. With drummer Jeffrey Perkins’ beats and Michael “Dr. Love” Graham’s organ driving the bus, the quintet immediately burst into “Don’t Let Me Down Again,” the opening track from 2012’s “What the Hell is Goin’ On” album, followed by 2014’s funky “Too Blessed to be Stressed.”

Thorn is a favorite of the Thrasher crowd, typically packing the house. Thorn acknowledged this popularity with a little story from the stage: “Before the show — you all didn’t see me, but I went across the street and hid behind a building so that I could watch everybody walk in. I was curious who the crowd was going to be. While I was standing there watching you all come in, there were these two young girls standing in front of me. One of them said to the other one, ‘Who is Paul Thorn?’ And the other answered, ‘I don’t know, but the old people certainly seem to like him.’ “

Thorn kept that fan base happy with a selection of tunes spanning his career. From the earliest days (1997’s “800 Pound Jesus” – a song that was later covered by Sawyer Brown) to his most recent album (2021’s “Never Too Late to Call”). Throughout, Perkins and bassist Ralph Friedrichsen held down every groove with veteran reliability while Graham and lead axeman Chris Simmons kept things downhome spicey with well-timed but never exorbitant flare. The later pair often traded tasteful solos, one setting up the other — the two merging riffs woven seamlessly together.

Whether the band was raucous and silly (the white-trash wedding anthem “Ain’t Livin’ in Sin No More,” the sober-except-for-the-weekend lament “I Backslide on Friday” and the people-piss-me-off twanger “I Don’t Like Half the Folks I Love”) or soulful and tender (“That’s Life” — a tribute to Thorn’s mother, “Two Tears of Joy” — an ode of thanks for the blessings we often overlook, and “Temporarily Forever Mine” — a wistful pondering of what could have been … performed essentially acapella with only Graham’s accompaniment on ukulele and Perkins keeping the tempo with a handheld shaker) they had the crowd enraptured.

Thorn grew up as the son of a Pentecostal preacher, and that experience reveals itself in his music’s gospel undertones. But it’s also well known that Thorn spent time under the wing of his Uncle Merle, a pimp and a hustler. Oh … and he was also a professional boxer. Those three influences from Thorn’s formative years have served him well in the music business. Being the lead in a band is one part prophet, one part siren; and you have to know when to swing and when to take a punch.

Thrasher Opera House served as Thorn’s church, and I bore witness to him and his band delivering their sermon to a faithful congregation. During the encore of the Evangelical “Get You a Healin’,” Thorn hopped down from the stage to be with his people, both sinners and saints, encouraging them to “let your loving show.”

Enjoy our previous coverage here:  REVIEW: Paul Thorn’s New Album Don’t Let the Devil Ride

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Set 1 Don’t Let Me Down Again Too Blessed to Be Stressed 800 lb. Jesus Sapalo That’s Life Ain’t Livin’ in Sin No More Long Way from Tupelo I Backslide on Friday One More River

Set 2 I Don’t Like Half the Folks I Love Two Tears of Joy Temporarily Forever Mine I Have a Good Day Pimps & Preachers All About People Mood Ring Ain’t Love Strange Holy Hottie Toddy Mission Temple Fireworks Stand

Encore: Get You a Healin’

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