18 Facts About Paul Cauthen

Paul Cauthen has released three albums and an EP as a solo artist, the most recent being Country Coming Down released in April 2022.

Paul Cauthen's father was a song leader in the conservative Christian Church of Christ, and his father's twin brother was the preacher there.

Paul Cauthen has said that his family is from Texas on both sides.

Paul Cauthen's father is a fifth-generation Texan via Montgomery, Alabama, where Paul Cauthen's paternal grandfather went to school with Hank Williams.

Jim Paul Cauthen had spent time in the 1950s with Buddy Holly and The Crickets and was good friends with Holly's bandmate Sonny Curtis, who later fronted The Crickets.

Paul Cauthen met Beck, whose father was Bill Whitbeck, long-time Robert Earl Keen bass player, in San Marcos, Texas in 2009.

In 2016, in a shift from singing as a duo to lead vocals, Paul Cauthen released his first solo record called My Gospel on Lightning Rod Records.

On June 22,2018, Paul Cauthen made his Grand Ole Opry debut as a solo artist.

Paul Cauthen had previously played the Opry twice with Sons of Fathers.

In 2019, Paul Cauthen released his second solo record called Room 41.

At one point Paul Cauthen considered calling the record Holy Ghost Fire after that track on the album, but eventually settled on Room 41.

The title of the record is in honor of the room number where Paul Cauthen lived at the Belmont Hotel in West Dallas, Texas, for almost two years while he wrote the record.

Room 41 was the culmination of a dark period in Paul Cauthen's life, prompted by the end of a long-term relationship in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Paul Cauthen relocated to Dallas and while writing prolifically, went through a period of alcohol and drug abuse.

In 2020 Paul Cauthen teamed up with Orville Peck to release a pair of Righteous Brothers cover songs billed as the Unrighteous Brothers for Record Store Day.

Paul Cauthen often plays with and has collaborated with Cody Jinks.

Paul Cauthen has toured with and sang with Margo Price, and has worked closely with the Texas Gentlemen, among a local community of other musicians.

Paul Cauthen is nicknamed Big Velvet for his distinctive baritone voice.