Paul Thorn & Chris Knight
Doors: June 21, 2025 6:00 PM
Online Scheduled Ticket Price: ADVANCED: $30.00 DAY OF: $35.00
Come join two powerful singer songwriters on one night as Paul Thorn and Chris Knight Co-Headline The Shed!
Tickets: $30 Advance / $35 Day of Show (Excluding Fees Taxes)
Chris Knight
After 23 years as a recording artist, singer-songwriter Chris Knight remains boldly empowered to make music that always delivers the unflinching truth. In fact, the man raised in Slaughters, Kentucky uses a simple, direct barometer to regularly check his muse: “If I can’t believe myself, I won’t sing the song.”
That brutally honest, no-frills philosophy fits his Americana-fueled, backwoods-grown merger of folk, country, and rock. It’s been at the backbone of nine studio albums, beginning with 1998’s acclaimed self-titled debut and traveling through scorchers such as the one-two punch of 2001’s A Pretty Good Guy and 2003’s The Jealous Kind, two demo-styled discs (2007’s The Trailer Tapes and 2009’s Trailer II), and the recent, electric guitar-fortified opus, 2019’s Almost Daylight.
Paul Thorn
When it comes to songwriting, less is more, and simplicity is strength. Just ask Paul Thorn, who’s spent three decades turning soulful grooves and small syllables into songs that pack a big wallop. Maybe he learned the power of minimalism from his years as a pro boxer; maybe it just comes naturally. But whether he’s targeting heads, hearts, hips or the occasional funny bone, he somehow manages to condense large nuggets of wisdom into tight little mantras, the kind embroiderers stitched onto pillows before internet memes existed.
Thorn’s new album, Life is Just A Vapor, contains some beauties: “Life is a vapor, let’s live it while we can”; “tough times don’t last, but tough people do” (from “Tough Times Don’t Last”); “any mountain up ahead is just a hill” (from “Old Melodies”). They’re words of advice, comfort, support, encouragement, often meant to uplift, especially in times of struggle.
Gates open at 6pm. Support artist takes the stage tentatively at 7:30pm.
Absolutely NO outside food and drinks or tailgating on the premises are permitted.
All tickets purchases are final. Refunds and exchanges are not available.
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Event Location: 1820 W Lamar Alexander Pkwy Maryville, TN 37801