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Paul Wayne Thorn (born July 13, 1964) is an Americana singer-songwriter whose style is a mix of blues and rock music. ==Biography== Thorn was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, but as an infant his family moved and he was raised in Tupelo, Mississippi. He is also the cousin of Stan Thorn, a keyboardist for the band Shenandoah and Kay Bain's Saturday Mornin' Band on the WTVA Saturday morning series, ''The Mornin' Show''. Before his professional music career began, he was briefly a professional boxer, having fought a nationally-televised fight against former world champion Roberto Durán,〔 and also won the Mid-South Middleweight Championship in Memphis, Tennessee. After a few years of working in a local furniture factory and playing in local clubs, he was discovered by music professional Miles Copeland (brother of The Police drummer Stewart Copeland), was signed to a recording contract with A&M Records and recorded his first album, ''Hammer & Nail'' in 1997, followed by seven more albums. In early 2008, he enjoyed national TV performance appearances on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' and ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''. His album ''Pimps and Preachers'', debuted at No. 83 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. The album was released on June 22, 2010. It is the highest position he has had on these charts.〔(Billboard.com )〕 Thorn has toured as an opening act for Huey Lewis & the News, Sting, John Prine, Marianne Faithfull, Mark Knopfler, Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt, Toby Keith and Jeff Beck, Jerry Jeff Walker His 2012 album ''What the Hell Is Going On'' was the #12 Most Played Album of 2012 on the AMA Chart.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bernie Williams, Ruthie Foster, Susan Tedeschi and More Join The Allman Brothers Band )〕 ''What the Hell Is Going On'' was Thorn's second record to debut on the ''Billboard Top 100 during its first week of release. In 2014, Thorn released ''Too Blessed to Be Stressed'', which he described as a collection of "positive anthem songs."〔from an interview on the (Americana Music Show #212 ), published September 25, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Thorn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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