Blind Melon’s Guitarist Christopher Thorn | He Who Hustles the Most Gets to the Top
Thrivetime Show | Business School without the BS
Clay Clark
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Blind Melon is a rock band that gained international fame with their record-breaking song "No Rain". Guitarist Christopher Thorn shares why musicians need to not sell publishing rights, how the music industry actually works, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Where were you in the year 1993 when the hit band Blind Mellon released their hit song No Rain? |
| 0:10.0 | Well, I remember it like it was a Tuesday, but yeah it was on a Thursday and I could sense a fog on the Arkansas River yet I was inside and I was taking a shower. |
| 0:20.0 | And then this song was played on my shower radio and as I was cleaning my body I realized that this song called No Rain was being heard for the first time while in a shower. |
| 0:29.0 | And then I was abducted by an alien named Mike Johnson and taken to the planet of Aldron to meet their leader, the Blind Mellon. |
| 0:42.0 | Well thankfully today's guest remembers the release of this song very differently. |
| 0:46.0 | You see Christopher Thorn was actually a guitarist in the group Blind Mellon. |
| 0:52.0 | Yes, today's guest was in the group Blind Mellon and he is in the group Blind Mellon. |
| 0:57.0 | He continues to thrive and survive as a producer, a songwriter and I am honored to have him on today's show. |
| 1:06.0 | Some shows don't need a celebrity narrator to introduce the show, but this show dies. |
| 1:13.0 | Two men, eight kids co-created by two different women. |
| 1:18.0 | 13 multi-million dollar businesses, ladies and gentlemen. |
| 1:23.0 | Welcome to the Thrive Time Show. |
| 1:42.0 | Yes, yes, yes and yes. |
| 1:45.0 | Thrive Nation on today's show. |
| 1:47.0 | We are joined with none other than Blind Mellons guitarist Christopher Thorn. |
| 1:52.0 | Welcome on to the Thrive Time Show. |
| 1:54.0 | How are you, sir? |
| 1:56.0 | I'll do them great. |
| 1:57.0 | Thank you very much. |
| 1:58.0 | I have to ask you. |
| 1:59.0 | I know our listeners want to know. |
| 2:01.0 | Tell us the story behind the name Blind Mellon. |
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