Chris Knight (musician)
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 Chris Knight at WVHEDW soccer club in Amsterdam (2 february 2007)
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| Birth name | Chris Knight |
| Born | June 24, 1960 |
| Origin | Slaughters, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Country |
| Occupation(s) | singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1998 – present |
| Label(s) | Decca Dualtone Drifter’s Church Productions |
| Website | http://www.chrisknight.net/ |
Chris Knight is an American country music singer and songwriter from Kentucky. He has come only recently to national attention, but has written songs for Confederate Railroad, John Anderson, and Randy Travis among others. He is perhaps best known for writing the hit Montgomery Gentry song "She Couldn't Change Me" and due to his particular fame in Texas, has been named an "Honorary Texan" by Texas Governor Rick Perry.[1] He has been compared to Steve Earle and John Prine throughout his career as a musician.
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[edit] Biography
Chris Knight was born on June 24, 1960. He grew up in the western Kentucky mining town of Slaughters. [2] Knight started on his musical journey at just three years old when he requested a plastic guitar for Christmas. When he turned 15, he became more serious and began teaching himself John Prine songs on his older brother's guitar. [3] He has a degree in agriculture from Western Kentucky University. He worked for close to ten years as a mine reclamation inspector and as a miner's consultant. [4] In 1986, after earning his degree, he heard Steve Earle on the radio and decided to try his hand at writing songs. After six years of working on his songs he came to Nashville and won a spot on a songwriters' night at the Bluebird Cafe. He snatched the interest of Frank Liddell, who signed him to a publishing deal with Bluewater Music. He then went back home and kept writing, and when Decca Records hired Liddell for an A&R position, Knight got a record deal and Decca released his self-titled debut in 1998. Knight still lived in a trailer house on 90 acres in Slaughters when the album was released. [3] He has since become a popular name in the Americana music genre.
[edit] Songs written or co-written by Knight
- "A Pretty Good Guy" - Fred Eaglesmith
- "A Train Not Running" - Stacy Dean Campbell
- "Cry Lonely" - Cross Canadian Ragweed
- "Down the River" - Kyle Jennings
- "Highway Junkie" - Randy Travis, Gary Allan, The Yayhoos
- "I Don't Want to Hang Out With Me" - Confederate Railroad
- "If I Were You" - The Gibson Brothers
- "It Ain't Easy Being Me" - John Anderson, Randy Dukes, Jason McCoy, and Blake Shelton
- "Love and Gasoline" and "She's Leaving This Town" - The Great Divide
- "Love at 90 Miles an Hour" - Ty Herndon
- "Miles to Memphis" - Darryl Lee Rush
- "She Couldn't Change Me" - Montgomery Gentry
- "Talk of the Town" - Rambler
- "The Hammer Goin Down" - The Road Hammers
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album | US Country |
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| 1998 | Chris Knight | - |
| 2001 | A Pretty Good Guy | - |
| 2003 | The Jealous Kind | 67 |
| 2006 | Enough Rope | - |
| 2007 | The Trailer Tapes | 68 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Song | Album |
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| 1998 | "Framed" | Chris Knight |
| "It Ain't Easy Bein' Me" | ||
| 2001 | "Becky's Bible" | A Pretty Good Guy |
| 2002 | "Oil Patch Town" | |
| 2003 | "The Jealous Kind" | The Jealous Kind |
[edit] References
- ^ ThisIsTexasMusic.com Review of Enough Rope [1] Retrieved May 22, 2007.
- ^ Edinburgh News Article [2] Retrieved May 22, 2007.
- ^ a b Allmusic.com Entry [3] Retrieved May 22, 2007.
- ^ ThisisTexasMusic.com Interview [4] Retrieved May 22, 2007.
