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Micah Paul Hinson (b. 30 March 1981 ) is an American indie rock musician. Hinson was raised in a Christian fundamentalist household; as a teenager, Hinson and his family moved to Abilene, Texas, where he became a member of the local music scene. It is here where Micah first met his then muse, a Vogue cover model and widow of a notable local rock star. Introduced to her, and in turn valium and other narcotics, it was not long before Hinson's muse turned into the "Black Widow" as he now refers to her, and he hit a horrible twist of events. In early 2000, he was caught forging prescriptions and was sent to county jail. "I ended up losing my car, my home, all my money, my instruments and recording equipment, and basically my entire family." At the age of 19, Micah found himself homeless and penniless, wandering from pillar to post, sleeping on friend's floors. He was eventually forced to declare himself bankrupt and moved into a motel and acquired a mundane telemarketing job. During this period, Hinson still managed to write around 30 songs on borrowed instruments and equipment. In the winter of 2003, with help from his old friends from Texas, The Earlies , Micah revisited these songs from his lost period to record his debut album, ''Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress''. As producers and arrangers of the record (under their Names On Records guise), The Earlies trademark of lush strings, beautiful keyboards and eerie backdrops harmonize perfectly with Hinson's honest and exposed style (be sure to check out the lap steel, accordion and piano interplay on "Beneath the Rose" and the Jack Nietzsche-esque jangling psychedelic soul of "At Last, Our Promises"). In early 2005 after celebrating Burns night in his hometown, a friend playfully hit Hinson square in the small of his back which lead to back troubles throughout the remainder of his European tour. With little knowledge of just of how serious his back condition was, two months on the road aggravated his initial injury to breaking point. Returning home to the US, Hinson was rushed to hospital for back surgery. Discography EXTERNAL LINKS
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