Paul Thorn on Growing up with a Pimp and a Preacher, Dean Martin, and Boxing

Hey pallies, from the pages of The Phoenix New Times' Music Blog, "Up On The Sun," comes news of 'nother up-and-comin' musician who idolizes our Dino. "Up On The Sun" reporter Miss Melissa Fossum interviewed Mr. Paul Thorn who is appearin' in the Phoenix area this Saturday night taggin' the outstandin' interview, "Paul Thorn on Growing up with a Pimp and a Preacher, Dean Martin, and Boxing."

Likes how cool is it dudes that Thorn's Dino-devotion is mentioned in the tag line of his interview! Thorn whose daddy-o was a preacher and whose uncle was a pimp has been entertainin' for 14 years and has just released his 9th al-b-um, "Pimps and Preachers."

As you will read below, Thorn loves our Dino and praises our great man as a "talented singer and very classy guy." Likes so diggs to find some many of today's swingin' artists who are sold out to our amazin' Dino! You gotta reads for yourself all the stellar thoughts that Thorn shares of his Dino idolization...likes totally totally rad man!

ilovedinomartin sez our thanks to singer Paul Thorn for so openly and candidly speakin' of his Dino-devotion and for Miss Fossum for sharin' it so boldly in her interview for "Up On The Sun." To read the whole interview, just clicks on the tagg of this here Dino-gram. Dino-loved, DMP

Paul Thorn on Growing up with a Pimp and a Preacher, Dean Martin, and Boxing

By Melissa Fossum, Mon., Mar. 21 2011 @ 8:39AM


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Paul Thorn, a native of Tupelo, Mississippi, learned most of what he needs to know in life from his preacher father and pimp uncle. Thorn's ninth album, Pimps and Preachers, is all about the light and dark parts of life he learned about from these individuals.

After a brief boxing career, Thorn decided to start playing a mix of blues, rock, and gospel music. Fourteen years later, he is still touring.

He is scheduled to perform at The Compound Grill on Saturday, March 26.

We recently caught up with Paul Thorn to talk about growing up with a pimp and a preacher, Dean Martin, and going toe to toe with Roberto Duran.
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UOTS: Do you strive for a certain balance between comedy and seriousness? You have a bit of variety with songs like "Viagra" and "I Hope I'm Doing This Right."

PT: I've got a few songs that are humorous. When I do my shows I don't want to be too serious. I mix it up, I lean toward the style of old school entertainers like Dean Martin, who's this talented singer and very classy guy. He would sing these really serious songs, and then between songs he might tell a joke or pretend to be drunk. He's an entertainer.

To me, there's a difference between being a singer and being an entertainer. An entertainer has the ability to make you feel like he's talking to you and make you feel like everybody's welcome. That's what I'm trying to do. Those are my idols and heroes, the people like that. They have that extra little something that you can't define. People loved him. I'm just using Dean Martin as an example, but people are still talking about him even all these years after he's dead. It's because he was great and he knew how to entertain a crowd.

“Showmanship is a dying art that I learned from watching Dean Martin on TV when I was a kid,”

Hey pallies, likes are totally totally thrillin' it is to know that many many of today's marvelous music artists give the coolest of cool credit to our most beloved Dino for learnin' the awesome art of entertainin' from our King of Cool.  Today, once 'gain we give a noteworthy nod to supreme singer Mr. Paul Thorn who once 'gain has given a noteworthy nod to our most most beloved Dino.

Likes from the online presence of  Tampa Bay Newspapers comes an amazin' article of Mr. Thorn, who last night, May 11, played the Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, Florida.  As the prose relates, "'Thorn is touring in support of “Don’t Let the Devil Ride,' his new gospel-influenced record.”
And, as part of the promo materials for Paul's latest tour, he once 'gain lauds our Dino for learnin' the awesome art of "showmanship."

We are absolutely awed when today's success singers proudly proclaim the incredible influence that our Dino has on their life and careers.  And, likes this is the third Dino-report we are makin' on how our Dino has help formed Thorn's talents.  Likes if you clicks HERE, you will find two other remarkable reports from Mr. Thorn raisin' the praise on our one and only Dino.

We thankfully thanks Mr. Paul Thorn for his continual powerful praisin' of the deep difference that our Dino has made in his career, and to the folks at Tampa Bay Newspapers for makin' Thorn's Dino-testimony part of their offerin'  To check this out in it's original format, so that you can read the prose in total, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-gram.

We Remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters




Paul Thorn to play Capitol Theatre May 11

TBN Staff May 9, 2018

CLEARWATER – Paul Thorn will perform Friday, May 11, 8 p.m., at Capitol Theatre, 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater.

Tickets start at $26. Call 727-791-7400 or visit www.atthecap.com.

Thorn is touring in support of “Don’t Let the Devil Ride,” his new gospel-influenced record.


“Showmanship is a dying art that I learned from watching Dean Martin on TV when I was a kid,” Thorn said in a biographical sketch provided by Blind Ambition Management. “He could tell little jokes and then deliver a serious song, then make you laugh again. And he would look into the camera like he was looking right at you through the TV. That’s what I want to do – make people feel like I’m talking directly to them.”

“Showmanship is a dying art that I learned from watching Dean Martin on TV when I was a kid,”

Hey pallies, likes one thin' we can't ever ever gets 'nough of is sharin' other talented entertainers who powerfully point to our Dino as their role model and mentor.  Case in point is Mr. Paul Thorn who  released his most recent musical al-b-um tagged "Too Blessed To Be Stressed."

In an post from the musical blog Jamband News tagged  "Paul Thorn readies ‘Too Blessed to Be Stressed’ album for August 19 release," Thorn speeks so beautifully boldly of how our most beloved Dino incredibly influenced his own croonin' career sayin', "  “Showmanship is a dying art that I learned from watching Dean Martin on TV when I was a kid.”   Likes what a thrill it brings to our hearts when we learn of 'nother entertainer pallie who has modeled their work after the life, times, and teachin's of our Dino.

And, likes as we were prepartin' to post this wonderful bit of Dino-homage, we thoughts that we recalled sharin' more Dino-honorin' devotion from Mr. Thorn in the past.  A quick search of ilovedinomartin discovered an even more powerful post that we shared here on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 tagged "Paul Thorn on Growing up with a Pimp and a Preacher, Dean Martin, and Boxing."  Likes youse just might wanna checks that out as well.

We here at ilovedinomartin wishes Mr. Paul Thorn the best with his new musical release and thanks him for continuin' to powerfully proclaim the immense influence that our Dino has had on his own career.  And, likes thanks to the pallies at Jamband News for sharin' Paul's Dino-testimony.  To checks out the full prose, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-report.  Dino-awed, DMP

Paul Thorn on Growing up with a Pimp and a Preacher, Dean Martin, and Boxing

Nonetheless, Thorn possessed the ability to charm audiences right from the start. Not only with his music, but with the stories he tells from the stage. “Showmanship is a dying art that I learned from watching Dean Martin on TV when I was a kid,” Thorn explains. “He could tell little jokes and then deliver a serious song, then make you laugh again. And he would look into the camera like he was looking right at you through the TV. That’s what I want to do — make people feel like I’m talking directly to them.”