{"id":163,"date":"2007-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-11-05T17:37:26","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T22:37:26","slug":"songs_and_stories_12_a_talk_with_paul_th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs_and_stories_12_a_talk_with_paul_th\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #12: A Talk with Paul Thorn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_660\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-163-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories12.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories12.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories12.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories12.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=163-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories12.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories12.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Click to hear <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories12.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">podcast #12<\/a>  (time = 25:07, size = 29.3 mb<\/p>\n<p>Singer\/songwriter Paul Thorn was raised the son of a Pentecostal preacher, spent years working in a chair factory, and was even a professional boxer &#8211; at one point he was ranked the 29th best middleweight in the world. Let&#8217;s just say he has a lot of backstory to draw from as  a writer.<\/p>\n<p>In this interview backstage at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, you&#8217;ll hear his why he cites both Kris Kristofferson and Dean Martin as influences, how KPIG radio &#8211; and in particular, the late Laura Ellen Hopper &#8211; gave his career a kickstart, and why you&#8217;ll never see Paul on &#8220;American Idol&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelgaither.com\/b2\/blogs\/media\/paul.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Here are some links to go with the show. I mention these in the podcast:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulthorn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Thorn&#8217;s web site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulthorn.com\/gallery\/categories.php?cat_id=4&amp;sessionid=bbd4c33b0ea0e3d08af104aebb2d40d6\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Thorn&#8217;s artwork<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paulthorn.com\/store\/cd\/tupelo.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Paul&#8217;s latest release, &#8220;A Long Way from Tupelo&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Paul&#8217;s CDs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Aint-Love-Strange-Paul-Thorn\/dp\/B00004STNU\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Ain&#8217;t Love Strange&#8221;<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Are-You-Me-Paul-Thorn\/dp\/B0002JELHM\" target=\"_blank\">Are You With Me?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/archive\/2000\/October\/12\/bay\/stories\/4bay.htm\" target=\"_blank\">My interview with Paul in the Santa Cruz Sentinel (10\/02)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:michael@michaelgaither.com\" target=\"_blank\">Send a comment about this episode<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Free MP3 Offer:<\/strong> Not on my mailing list? Would you like to be? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up (click here)<\/a>, and I&#8217;ll send you a free MP3 (a live band cut or a demo &#8211; something that&#8217;s not available on my CD).<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewPodcast%253Fid%253D216646993\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/subscribe-with-itunes.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelgaither.com%2Fhome%2Fsongs_and_stories_12_a_talk_with_paul_th%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;&amp;width=800&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:800px;height:30px;margin-top:5px;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click to hear podcast #12 (time = 25:07, size = 29.3 mb Singer\/songwriter Paul Thorn was raised the son of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":940,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions\/940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}