CoGoP PK on Conan Wednesday night

panhandler · Postby **panhandler** » March 18th, 2008, 4:12 pm

Paul Thorn is scheduled to be on Conan O'Brien on Wednesday night.

one love · Postby **one love** » March 18th, 2008, 4:15 pm

who is he and why?

MrDanger · Postby **MrDanger** » March 18th, 2008, 4:38 pm

A singer and because he is awesome. He has written some funny stuff. He is a great writer and musician. Funny and TALENTED!!!!

panhandler · Postby **panhandler** » March 18th, 2008, 5:07 pm

His Dad has been a CoGoP pastor in MS for years. He was a professional boxer for a while and now is a singer/songwriter.

one love · Postby **one love** » March 18th, 2008, 5:31 pm

that is awesome i cant wait to see that. Hit us with a reminder tomorrow.
Professional boxer...what is his name?

pastorables · Postby **pastorables** » March 18th, 2008, 5:48 pm

one love wrote:that is awesome i cant wait to see that. Hit us with a reminder tomorrow.
Professional boxer...what is his name?

Read all about him here:

http://www.paulthorn.com/bio/index.html

dolfan · Postby **dolfan** » March 18th, 2008, 6:10 pm

He's also on Fresh Air on NPR this month, too, I think. Thanks for the heads up. We just got A Long Way From Tupelo CD in the mail last week.

free · Postby **free** » March 19th, 2008, 12:34 am

It's refreshing to see someone like this who isn't ashamed to talk about his CoG upbringing...I've never heard of him but will definitely watch tonight.

dolfan · Postby **dolfan** » March 19th, 2008, 4:40 am

He's can be pretty rough. You may not like what he says.

Gerald Creasy · Postby **Gerald Creasy** » March 19th, 2008, 6:33 am

There was another COGOP pk on tv the other night playing piano for Leann Rhymes as she hosted some Coutry version of "American Idol"

My own second cousin Tim Acres..who did the music for Robert Duvalls "The Apostle" and the animated "Prince of Egypt" as well as being the band leader piano player for Ms. Rhymes.

PastorDaniel · Postby **PastorDaniel** » March 19th, 2008, 7:30 am

Wow....we're everywhere....the prophecy is coming true and we're taking over the world!! :shock:

Just kidding, that's cool Gerald...is he still living as a Christian?

Dr. Ron · Postby **Dr. Ron** » March 19th, 2008, 8:27 am

Sad thing is all these "kids" WERE raised in COGOP but no longer attend or have any connection other than that.

SBW · Postby **SBW** » March 19th, 2008, 9:13 am

Gerald Creasy wrote:There was another COGOP pk on tv the other night playing piano for Leann Rhymes as she hosted some Coutry version of "American Idol"

My own second cousin Tim Acres..who did the music for Robert Duvalls "The Apostle" and the animated "Prince of Egypt" as well as being the band leader piano player for Ms. Rhymes.

Tim Acres is a great musician, didn't know he had a COGOP background. I am a fan of the musicians and not the singers most of the time.

Paul Thorn is a great Mississippi song writer / musician. Paul's father was the pastor at my church until a couple of years ago. He and his wife are also great singers and musicians. In fact, the whole Thorn family is very gifted and blessed with musical talent. Paul's cousin Stan Thorn, also COGOP, was keyboard player for and a founding member of Grammy award winning country group Shanandoah. If I am not mistaken, he also has toured some with Sting.

Dr. Ron · Postby **Dr. Ron** » March 19th, 2008, 10:32 am

Tim Akers is the son of Bill and Faye Akers. His grandfather was William ( Bill) Akers who pastored in COGOP for many years.....

Tim's dad....Bill was a pastor and district overseer for many years as well. Bill and Faye now own Akers Construction.....their homes start at 1 mil...and go up.. the last one I was in was 4 mil.

Tim and my son Regie work together all the time in the studio and on the road some. They are close buds.

Tim is a good kid....interesting....Tim is a musical genius...as is his dad (first trumpet in hs and college) as was his grandfather and grandmother. They along with Winston Gonia started the Tennesse State Band. Long heritages .......too bad.

Gerald Creasy · Postby **Gerald Creasy** » March 19th, 2008, 11:04 am

Dr. Ron wrote:Tim Akers is the son of Bill and Faye Akers. His grandfather was William ( Bill) Akers who pastored in COGOP for many years.....

Tim's dad....Bill was a pastor and district overseer for many years as well. Bill and Faye now own Akers Construction.....their homes start at 1 mil...and go up.. the last one I was in was 4 mil.

I know his dad pastored in tennessee and Georgia, his grandad pastored here in Louisville, and in Tennessee and Georgia.

Yamaha has a mini music bio:

Bio

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