{"id":1035,"date":"2011-04-07T20:00:35","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2015-10-13T20:53:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T20:53:28","slug":"paul-thorn-bonnie-bishop-heritage-park-conroe-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/07\/paul-thorn-bonnie-bishop-heritage-park-conroe-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Thorn \/ Bonnie Bishop – Heritage Park – Conroe, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by Eddie Ferranti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 07, 2011 at 08:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"Paul Thorn is one of the more interesting acts Rose and I keep tabs on these days.\u00a0 This was our fourth gig with this gent and his fine band in the beautiful setting known as Heritage Park in Downtown Conroe, Texas.\u00a0 Thorn was to play this venue last year, but got rained out.\u00a0 This night was breezy and very comfortable and the beer was ice cold.<\/p>\n

Paul Thorn\u2019s blend of comedy with hard as nails rock your ass off stuff is something to behold, as is the man himself.\u00a0 Dude came out early and sat up on the hill not ten feet from us eating hot dogs and nachos conversing with the real people like no big deal.\u00a0 When Bonnie Bishop called him out to praise him for letting her open, Rose turned and asked “How much did you pay her for that?”\u00a0 To which he dead panned “Around twenty dollars!”\u00a0He has spoken how he loves Dean Martin’s comedic wit\u00a0and the middle class cult following who puts food on his family’s table. The combination makes for a killer evening.<\/p>\n

Bonnie Bishop opened up and got the crowd rollin’ with a bluesy funk thang that\u00a0was a change from when I saw her a few years back at Hayes Carll’s Stingaree Fest.\u00a0 Blond to black hair and\u00a0a\u00a0full on Susan Tedeschi style act for her now. Very good fit for her with acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass bottom, and drums.\u00a0Highlights focusing on her ample lungs were “Keep On Usin’ Me”, “Do Right By Me”, and “You’re Not the Only One”. The switch seems to suit her fine and I’ll check her out more in the future.<\/p>\n

Paul Thorn hit the stage running with a new one from “Pimps and Preachers” (his latest CD) “Weeds in the Roses” !\u00a0 Thorn’s lead guitar player, Bill Hinds, is one of the better shredders I’ve seen as of late and he was\u00a0spot on killer on this one and all night long.\u00a0 PT yellin’ for some “Jezabel pesticide” was epic!\u00a0 Thorn has such a down to earth smile, even when he confesses that “I had impure thoughts up on the hill watchin’ Bonnie Bishop’s legs.” Another great line out of nowhere: “If a tornado hit that hill a lot of white folks would get wiped out!”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Highlights which were too many to keep track of were “Do You Regret the Things Left Undone”,\u00a0 “A Good Day”, super charged “Rise Up”, solo laugh riot tune “I Don’t Like Half the Folks I Love” about family reunions, true tail about his boxing career and jammer deluxe “Hammer and Nail”, and the cover song from latest “Pimps and Preachers” which he dedicated to his real life dad (preacher) and pimp (uncle) telling the crowd to be proud of who you are.\u00a0 Amen bro.\u00a0 What an all around enjoyable evening this was. \u00a0“I Hope I’m Doin’ This Right” was so heart felt and tender.\u00a0 Dedicating a tune to Carmalito’s taco stand for their outstanding nachos full of cheese was somethin’ else.\u00a0 “If I wasn’t married I’d take her to the Dairy Queen tonight!”\u00a0\u00a0 Bonnie Bishop trotted out to lend some killer interaction with PT on “Lover’s Vacation”.\u00a0 He declared that was so hot we gotta resod the grass cuz its all burned up!<\/p>\n

THAT pretty much sizes up thee entire evening to me.\u00a0\u00a0There WILL be a fifth time for\u00a0us to see Paul Thorn for sure and please try and catch this cat with his band when you can!\u00a0 Check out : www.paulthorn.com<\/u> sometime. Later and God Bless live music.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Eddie Ferranti Apr 07, 2011 at 08:00 PM Paul Thorn is one of the more interesting acts Rose and I keep tabs on these days.\u00a0 This was our fourth gig with this gent and his fine band in the beautiful setting known as Heritage Park in Downtown Conroe, Texas.\u00a0 Thorn was to play… <\/p>\n

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