Micah P Hinson

Micah P Hinson is a Texas-raised singer songwriter – although born in Memphis, Tennessee - who should have been on the cover of D.B.C. Pierre’s Booker Prize winning novel Vernon God Little.

He lived a hell of a life before he released his first album Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress in 2003 – his alienation from daily life in Abilene was a fast-track to skateboarding, drug taking and guitar playing. Teenage addiction, hooking up with a fashion magazine cover girl and one or two bad choices introduced Hinson to the inside of a prison cell.

The shock discovery there might be life after 20, a move to Denton, Texas and enrolling in university changed just about all of that and a record deal soon after provided the creative opportunities his father had seen a decade before when he bought Hinson a guitar so he could enter a grade school talent contest.

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  • stephen says:

    11:53am | 09/04/10

    Everyone’s been raving about the new Johnny Cash record, and I bought it, but it is dark. So be prepared.(His daughters as good as…) Read more »

  • Shama says:

    11:19am | 09/04/10

    No comments? I first heard Micah Hinson in a mix tape from the Big Issue (I think), quite liked the songs, and it’s great to see a post on his recent music though I am not entirely sure I like the songs covered. Read more »

 

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