{"id":1114,"date":"2010-11-19T20:00:43","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T20:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2015-10-14T19:16:03","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T19:16:03","slug":"paul-thorn-monnalisas-houston-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/19\/paul-thorn-monnalisas-houston-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Thorn – Monnalisa’s – Houston, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by Eddie Ferranti <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 19, 2010 at 08:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image\"Had one of those plus and minus evenings thee other night.\u00a0 Went to check out an HMR fave Paul Thorn at a new joint for us called Monnalisa’s.\u00a0 Definitely want to get to the PLUS of the night which was Mr. Thorn and his fine band.\u00a0 This Wisconsin born, but Tupelo, Mississippi raised as an infant dude, is as down to earth real as they come these days.\u00a0 His combination of “aw shucks” charm with his ball bustin’ lyrics mixed with KILLER guitar work from leftie sidekick Bill Hinds and you got yourself a rock ‘n roll good time!<\/p>\n

Featuring a lot of cuts from his bad ass new album, “Pimps and Preachers”, he killed from the start with “You’re Not the Only One”.\u00a0 The house started shakin’ early when he tore into newbie “Weeds in My Roses” !\u00a0 Lyric of “I need some Jezibel pesticide!” slayed me along with Hinds’ torching the place down. BH also did fine work on gems “Crutches”, “Starting Line” and “Better Days Ahead” dedicated to Nawlins.<\/p>\n

Thorn does not talk too much between songs but when he does epic lines fall out like: “I want to ask for forgiveness up front to all the men in the house as I think impure thoughts about your women tonight….”\u00a0 Epic intro to “Mood Ring” indeed.\u00a0 PT announced there was trouble in the trailer park and barged into “Burn Down the Trailer Park” ! “Pimps and Preachers” was dedicated fondly to his Dad (Preacher) and Uncle (Pimp).\u00a0 Thorn sans the band\u00a0did tender family song “Mission Temple” and new classic “Tequila is Good for the Heart”.\u00a0 Plus he dedicated “What Do You Take Me For” to his wife which was heartfelt.\u00a0 He KILLED me with his family reunion tale on “I Don’t Like Half The Folks I Love”.<\/p>\n

Like I stated this guy’s sense of humor is classic and his delivery wholesome and rockin’.\u00a0 “Rise Up” burned the lounge up and he even jumped the “railing” in front of the stage and held my better half Rosie for 1\/2 the song !!!!\u00a0\u00a0 Super cool.<\/p>\n

The bad thing about the whole gig though\u00a0was that it was pretty much lost on the meat market crowd at Monnalisa’s.\u00a0 This place is bringing in good talent the likes of PT, John Evans and Jesse Dayton, but the layout blows big time. A freakin’ fireplace is right in the middle of the floor! \u00a0Where the hell is the polar bear rug?!\u00a0 Drinks are hard to come by and high dollar, too.\u00a0 In closing I really enjoyed this gig and already know Thorn is coming to Conroe Heritage Park Thursday series 4\/7\/11!\u00a0 I plan on seeing him for sure, but I’m not too sure about ever seeing Monnalisa’s again………Be cool and go see something out there!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Eddie Ferranti Nov 19, 2010 at 08:00 PM Had one of those plus and minus evenings thee other night.\u00a0 Went to check out an HMR fave Paul Thorn at a new joint for us called Monnalisa’s.\u00a0 Definitely want to get to the PLUS of the night which was Mr. Thorn and his fine… <\/p>\n

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