PAUL THORN

Paul Thorn’s muscular, joyous roots music is bluesy, rocking and thoroughly Southern, “full of heart and humor and surprises and street-wise details of trailer parks and turnip greens and love and lust that have the unmistakable ring of truth,” in the words of fan Kris Kristofferson. Born and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, Thorn worked in a furniture factory, jumped out of airplanes, and was a boxer (he once went 7 rounds with Roberto Duran) before embracing music full time, topping the Americana charts and breaking the Billboard Top 100. Thorn’s father was a Church of God pentecostal minister and his uncle was a pimp. Thorn has been deeply influenced by both men, and his music is rife with vigorous, witty “saint and sinner” scenarios, mining the juxtapositions that exist in us all.

THURSDAY, APRIL 27
8:00-10:00 JAZZ IN LITTLE AFRICA @ LowDown – GET TICKETS

FRIDAY, APRIL 28
7:15-8:00 “Spain & Beyond” wine tasting @ LowDown – GET TICKETS (tasting & concert)
8:30-10:00 CHUSCALES FLAMENCO (Spanish flamenco troupe) @ LowDown – GET TICKETS (concert only)

SATURDAY, APRIL 29 – FREE @ GUTHRIE GREEN
5:00-9:00 Inspyral Circus @ Guthrie Green Grass – FREE
5:30-6:30 COUNT TUTU @ Main Stage – FREE
6:30-7:00 Eric Ryan-Johnson & Gene Curtis @ Guthrie Green Grass – FREE
7:00-8:00 PAUL THORN @ Main Stage – FREE
8:00-8:30 Perizad Bellydance @ Guthrie Green Grass – FREE
8:30-9:30 REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND @ Main Stage – FREE

After Reverend Peyton’s set, head over to LowDown for Astral Footprints: the music of Wayne Shorter.