We're getting close to the end of our weekly video features cut from the best of our WMOT Americana Day Stage 2024. And this week's feature gets up close with an artist who's usually fronting a funky, greasy band. Paul Thorn, the amazing Mississippi-raised singer, songwriter (and former pro boxer), is just as persuasive performing solo with a guitar, and that's how we got to experience him last September.
Here, Thorn, an amazing storyteller and southern character, offers the title track of his new record Life Is Just A Vapor, the aptly titled "I Guess I'll Just Stay Married," and the background on a new song, which involves John Prine, ice cream, and a DoubleTree hotel suite. Coming soon, Lizzie No on Feb. 21 and Sam Morrow on the 28th.
Watch clips from his performance using the players below or on our YouTube channel, where you can find the full-length Day Stage livestream.
