Chris Knight
Uptown Sound Studio
218 Main St, Marble Falls, TX 78654, USA
Texas
30.5719406
-98.27777079999998
Description
Chris Knight is a singer/songwriter from the tiny mining town of Slaughters, KY, whose self-titled debut album invited comparisons to Steve Earle and John Prine. Knight started on his musical journey at just three years old when he requested a plastic guitar for Christmas. At 15, he became more serious when he began teaching himself dozens of John Prine songs on his older brother's guitar. After earning an agriculture degree from Western Kentucky University, Knight went to work in land reclamation, but in 1986 he heard Earle on the radio and decided to try his hand at writing songs.
After six years of perfecting his story songs about the downtrodden of small-town America, Knight came to Nashville and won a coveted spot on a songwriters' night at the Bluebird Cafe. Performing songs like "Framed," which would eventually wind up on his debut album, he caught the ear of Frank Liddell, who signed him to a publishing deal with Bluewater Music. Knight went back home and kept writing, and when Decca Records hired Liddell for an A&R position, Knight got a record deal. When Decca released his self-titled debut in 1997, Knight still lived in a house trailer on 90 acres in Slaughters. He has since become a popular name in Americana music, releasing multiple albums
Knight has certainly made his share of blue collar Americana roots rock. There are myriad ways in which Knight specifically reflects his hometown. Knight’s hardscrabble background has made him a songwriter’s songwriter, but it’s not made him a conversationalist. When he does speak it is with a pronounced Kentucky twang that goes beyond southern drawl. Over the course of his discography Knight’s songs are clearly born from his experiences and home life. Knight gives voice to the frustrations, ambitions, loves and fears of every poverty stricken person pursuing the American dream, the ones who seek to build for a future while barely holding onto now. Knight cites his centenarian Grandmother as his muse. She provided him with enough stories about his own family history that turning them into verse would create a catalog’s worth of albums.
www.chrisknight.net
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Start:
2016-09-25T17:00:00-05:00
End:
2016-09-25T23:45:00-05:00
Category
Music
Tickets
General Admission
20.0
USD
168
Premium
30.0
USD
36
VIP Bartop (balcony)
50.0
USD
6
VIP table 2 (floor)
100.0
USD
1
VIP table 7 (floor)
100.0
USD
1
VIP table 5 (floor)
100.0
USD
1
VIP table 8 (floor)
100.0
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1
VIP table 4 (floor)
100.0
USD
1
VIP table 1 (floor)
100.0
USD
1
VIP table 3 (floor)
100.0
USD
1
VIP table 4 (balcony)
200.0
USD
1
VIP table 5 (balcony)
200.0
USD
1
VIP table 6 (balcony)
200.0
USD
1
VIP table 1 (balcony)
200.0
USD
1
VIP table 2 (balcony)
200.0
USD
1
VIP table 3 (balcony)
200.0
USD
1
VIP table 7 (balcony)
200.0
USD
1