{"id":3258,"date":"2016-10-18T20:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T20:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/?p=3258"},"modified":"2016-11-08T11:57:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T11:57:07","slug":"paul-thorn-main-street-crossing-tomball-tx-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/18\/paul-thorn-main-street-crossing-tomball-tx-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Thorn – Main Street Crossing – Tomball, TX – Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Eddie Ferranti<\/p>\n

\"paul-thorn-msc-10-2016-061\"<\/a>\u00a0(What\u2019s So Funny \u2018Bout) \u201cPeace, Love and Understanding\u201d is a 1974 song written by English singer\/songwriter Nick Lowe and recorded in the best known version by Elvis Costello.\u00a0 A performer whom we\u2019ve been stuck to like glue, Paul Thorn, embodies that very phrase in his whole presentation from songwriting to live concert banter.\u00a0 Playing the killer confines of Main Street Crossing in Tomball, Texas, where he sold out two gigs on a Monday and a Tuesday, really shows his popularity is strong in mainstream America.\u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019ve lost count of how many times we\u2019ve seen him, but his message resonates fresher every time we do.<\/p>\n

The super strong nucleus that is the Paul Thorn band continues to stay intact and makes the gigs superb. Ralph Friedrichsen on vocals and bass is solid, Jeffrey Perkins is a rock on drums, Michael Graham just taps the sheet out of the piano and Bill Hicks is a flat out assassin with his left handed electric guitar wizardry!\u00a0 Correct me if I\u2019m wrong, but I think these cats are up to close to 19 years together. Very cool. PT covered the whole catalog this night, but the theme remained one of down home messages filled with reality of middle class American life.\u00a0 Self- explanatory goodies included \u201cWhat The Hell Is Goin\u2019 On\u201d, \u201cMediocrity Is King\u201d spotlighting the dregs which are our politicians, \u201cEverybody Needs Somebody\u201d bringing to light the plight of his aging parents, quirky bad ass keys with solid drums and bass work on \u201cTo Blessed To Be Stressed\u201dand of course \u201cEverything Is Going to Be Alright\u201d !<\/p>\n

\"paul-thorn-msc-10-2016-016\"<\/a>Unless you\u2019ve witnessed this dude you can\u2019t believe the building momentum his gigs have that seem to end way too quickly. He mixes in comedy that comes straight from his heart with lines about going to an adult book shop and being asked to buy a love ointment called \u201coink and boink\u201d because it smelled like bacon! His lead up intro to \u201cThis is a Real Goodbye\u201d slayed me with lines like \u201cSome people just ain\u2019t friendship material. I tend to eliminate them from my life and I suggest you do likewise!\u201d The basis of the song means to rid yourself of negative things and people in your life.\u00a0 Amen to that.\u00a0 By the way Graham shined yet again on this number.<\/p>\n

Of course Hicks just blew the place away as usual on Ray Wiley Hubbard\u2019s \u201cSnake Farm\u201d,\u201dPreachers and Pimps\u201d about PT\u2019s dad and uncle and a stunning \u201cWeeds in the Roses\u201d! The house was singing along major to \u201cBull Mountain Bridge\u201d which is an example of Thorn\u2019s tongue-in-cheek mastery in songwriting.\u00a0 He has a handle on keeping the songs coming at you making you scratch your head at what he said in a very uplifting and positive manner.\u00a0 The Paul Thorn band is about as American as you can get right down to flipping freakin\u2019 Hostess Ho Ho\u2019s to the crowd during encore of \u201cGet You A Healin\u2019\u201d ! Get yourself out next time he is around to soak in this magnetic personality on stage.\u00a0 You\u2019ll be glad you did!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Eddie Ferranti \u00a0(What\u2019s So Funny \u2018Bout) \u201cPeace, Love and Understanding\u201d is a 1974 song written by English singer\/songwriter Nick Lowe and recorded in the best known version by Elvis Costello.\u00a0 A performer whom we\u2019ve been stuck to like glue, Paul Thorn, embodies that very phrase in his whole presentation from songwriting to live… <\/p>\n

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