The son of a Pentacostal preacher who was a champion prize fighter and a factory worker prior to focusing on music, Paul Thorn brings a wide range of life experiences to his songwriting and performances. Although Thorn was born in Wisconsin, his familys’ move to Tupelo Mississippi when he was an infant left the imprint of the deep south on his vocals.
As a teen Thorn was focused on boxing, posting a 14-4 record and winning the Mid-South Middleweight Championship.. He earned a televised fight with Roberto Duran, and his loss convinced Thorn that he was not likely to become a boxing champion. This led him to drop boxing for skydiving and a 10 plus year career working in a furniture factory.
Paul Thorn took to playing singer/songwriter nights at a local pizza parlor, when a record executive heard him. He asked permission to forward Thorns’ demos to friends in Nashville. Not much later, Thorn was touring, opening shows for Sting. After a couple of years of constant touring, Thorn decided to leave his record label and strike out on his own.
All of his ten following albums came on his own record label, His constant support of his home state of Mississippi earned the artist a designation of March 27th as ‘Paul Thorn Day’ by the Mississippi House of Representatives.
