PAUL MCDONALD FIRST MADE NOISE WITH THE GRAND MAGNOLIAS, A ROOTS-ROCK OUTFIT WITH GASOLINE IN ITS VEINS. POST-IDOL, HE CHASED SOMETHING SHINIER IN LOS ANGELES AND DABBLED IN THE SORT OF SUN-DRENCHED POP ALCHEMY THAT NEVER QUITE FIT THE SOUL OF A MAN RAISED ON PETTY, PARSONS, AND PAIN. AFTER THE SPOTLIGHT SOURED, HE RETREATED TO NASHVILLE, THAT HOLY CITY OF REINVENTION, WHERE HE WENT UNDERGROUND FOR A WHILE — EMERGING TO JUMP ON A STAGE HERE AND THERE BEFORE STITCHING HIMSELF BACK TOGETHER WITH WORN BOOTS, HARD SONGS, AND A NEW BAND CALLED THE MOURNING DOVES.
