Paul Thorn's Southern Fried Tales Come To NYC

Last week Southern raconteur Paul Thorn swung through NYC for a raucous 2 night stand at the Living Room. The always hilarious Paul had the crowd doubled over with laughter at both shows as Shore Fire friends Tad Hendrickson, Martin Johnson, Meredith Ochs, Mike Greenhaus, Chuck Eddy, Gene Santoro, Brian Bingham, Jim Bessman, Kandia Crazy Horse and Emily Hulme all came through to enjoy the tunes and the laughs. Though he threatened all journalists with eternal damnation for any bad reviews, everyone still had quite a time with Mr. Paul.

Each night after the shows we headed over to the latin bistro Paladar for drinks, delicious food and a few more songs from Paul. The first night everyone in attendance was floored by country royalty Carlene Carter's duet with Paul on "Let The Circle Be Unbroken" (see the photo above). It was quite a whirlwind couple of days, with stops at Sirius and Uncensored Interview HQ thrown in the mix as well, but I can't wait for Paul to come back again real soon.

Here's a shot of Paul, Nick Baily and Myself. Three handsome devils if I do say so myself: