Tonight is the night! Music Fog is on site to produce the first ever Paul Thorn live pay per view concert from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. We Foggers are a veritable beehive of activity, working diligently through all the issues, checking lights, camera angles, sound and staging, with the occasional dip into the hot tub for chill time at the Marriott Shoals Hotel & Spa. Especially spa, ahhhh! As I sit in the soothing water, Webb Wilder's Last of the Full Grown Men Credo comes to mind, "Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard, grow big, wear glasses if you need ’em.” Webb, originally from Hattiesburg, was just inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall Of Fame last week, on January 18th. He joins Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Leontyne Price, Tammy Wynette, Conway Twitty, the Staples Singers, Mose Allison, Sam Cooke, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley! (And someday soon may Paul Thorn join that illustrious list.) SO proud of Webb, and of the MMHOF for the recognition. Webb was my compatriot on X Country from the early days of our XM launch.
Of course, we played a bunch of Paul Thorn on X Country. He was raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, as was the abovementioned Elvis. I could listen to his deep, soulful accent until the end of days. I could watch him fry Spam® for sandwiches forever. And when he performs, well that is another thing entirely. I am thinking he has a voice like Red Velvet cake. It is rich and evocative. The band cooks. Paul's songs range from confessional to jubilant, from delicate to raucous. I have loved him from the first time I heard him, and from the first time we met, for lunch at Wendell Smith's 'meat and three' near Charlotte Pike in Nashville.
So here is the drill for tonight's show live from Muscle Shoals: We'll see you starting at 8 pm CST (click here to convert to your time zone) for a solo Paul Thorn set, to be followed by a Paul Thorn Band set. Log on to join in at paulthorn.com/ppv. As we get closer to the show, many of your fellow fans will be signing in, so you may want to get things rolling early as not to miss any of the concert! This whole night's entertainment is just $6.99, which you know is cheaper than an album, and cheaper than admission to a club...not to mention drinks are cheaper at your house! What with the price of gas these days, to be able to watch in the comfort of your home might just be a double savings! If you can't join us live tonight, you can still see the show until March 1, 2011 at the same link for the same small price of $6.99. And you can watch it as many time as you want for the whole month. So here we go, break a leg to us all!
- Jessie Scott
