Chris Knight

[hondo76]

how many chris knight fans do we have on the tdpri
and if ur a fan whats your favrit kight song

[Jakedog]

Huge Knight fan here. I've done three shows with him in the last couple of years, super guy. Although very quiet and stand off-ish. Once you get to talk him a little though, what a personality.

I could not name a favorite song if my life depended on it, but I usually go back to "Rural Route", and I have a dear friend who's known me more than twenty years, who swears "It Ain't Easy Being Me" should be the theme song if they ever make a movie about my life.

I also really love "William". It kills me, cause I grew up with that guy (figuratively), and got the call from his mama when he was killed in prison. We were both nineteen that year. He was a wonderful guy at his core, and bailed me out of trouble and fights more than once. I'm not religious, but his whole situation really put into perspective the old cliche "There but for the grace of God go I". Sixteen years later, I still think about him all the time.

[Daddydex]

Certainly, I was a big fan of the Brady Bunch!

Seriously, I had never heard of him but went to his website. Really good stuff.

Dan

[hondo76]

[QUOTE=Jakedog;1350950]Huge Knight fan here. I've done three shows with him in the last couple of years, super guy. Although very quiet and stand off-ish. Once you get to talk him a little though, what a personality.

i saw him a few months back at dans silverleaf ( a bar in the closest "big town" and i got there real early the show was at ten i got there bout four.
anyway. chris rolls in thay roll in and set up there gear and rehurse a little
after thay get thu he comes up to me points to a chair cross the table
and says anybody settin here. no. so he sets down and asks my name and i tell him adam but im known as billybob. i order him a beer
yes i am underage but im well known round that bar.And we get to talkin he dident have much to say at first but then but then i ask some chords in down the river. he say hold on climbs on stage and grabs 2 of his takamines and hands me one. so he start playin and im tryin to keep up.
he notices im struggling and slows down says how long u been playin i say about a year and then it turns almost into a acoustic lesson we pick and talk till bout 7:30 then the bar is starting to fill up. so we put up the guitars and part ways he calls me over right before the show give me a signed copy of all his cds a shirt and one of his picks. the during the show right before he does down the river he say this one goes out to my new buddy billybob oh and thanks for the beer. and people all aroud the bar are lookin at me
thats why chris knight is my favorite singer/songwriter

[Jakedog]

[QUOTE=hondo76;1350994]

Originally Posted by Jakedog

Huge Knight fan here. I've done three shows with him in the last couple of years, super guy. Although very quiet and stand off-ish. Once you get to talk him a little though, what a personality.

i saw him a few months back at dans silverleaf ( a bar in the closest "big town" and i got there real early the show was at ten i got there bout four.
anyway. chris rolls in thay roll in and set up there gear and rehurse a little
after thay get thu he comes up to me points to a chair cross the table
and says anybody settin here. no. so he sets down and asks my name and i tell him adam but im known as billybob. i order him a beer
yes i am underage but im well known round that bar.And we get to talkin he dident have much to say at first but then but then i ask some chords in down the river. he say hold on climbs on stage and grabs 2 of his takamines and hands me one. so he start playin and im tryin to keep up.
he notices im struggling and slows down says how long u been playin i say about a year and then it turns almost into a acoustic lesson we pick and talk till bout 7:30 then the bar is starting to fill up. so we put up the guitars and part ways he calls me over right before the show give me a signed copy of all his cds a shirt and one of his picks. the during the show right before he does down the river he say this one goes out to my new buddy billybob oh and thanks for the beer. and people all aroud the bar are lookin at me
thats why chris knight is my favorite singer/songwriter

That's a great story. I really like the guy alot. I'm hoping next time he comes through, I'll get the show again. I really enjoy opening for him.

[Brennantele]

I love Chris Knight. I've been playing "The Jealous Kind" everytime I pick up my acoustic for about 3 months straight. I discovered Chris by looking at the liner notes for Cross Canadian Ragweed's "Mission California" CD. I knew that Cody didn't write "Cry Lonely". It's the best song they've ever recorded.

[Tim73]

I only heard of him a few weeks ago but now have 3 CDs. I like the track "Framed" and his "Enough Rope" album arrived in the mail today. Good sound.

[voodoostation]

I love "Rural Route", played it constantly after my dad passed, but I first heard Chris play "Down The River". It gave me goosebumps. Still does, as a matter of fact. He is currently my favorite singer/songwriter. My birthday present this year is a signed copy of his latest album, coming out at the end of August. I feel like a little kid waiting for Christmas morn.

[tubesandteles]

Chris is a great guy and performer. I got to meet him when he came to town and played and acoustic show with Randy Rogers and Jason Boland. My favorite song of his has probably gotta be It Aint Easy Bein Me. Rural Route comes in at a close second though.

[Johnny Isaacs]

I've been a huge Chris Knight fan since I first saw him on TNN's Primetime Country. I remember it very specificly. It was 1996 right before his first CD came out. My first wife had just split and I was alone in our empty house and Gary Chapman introduced him as the next Johnny Cash. I was floored and as soon as the CD came out, it was all I listened to for the next year. I have all of his CD's and he is one of the most fantastic singer songwriters out there - EVER.

Johnny Isaacs

[trousertele]

here's my top 5:

Rural Route
Something Changed
Summer of '75
Framed
Oil Patch Town

[Lost_N_Austin]

I'll be checking him out "One of these Days". Samples here with great steel guitar and Twang
http://www.myspace.com/chrisknight45

L_N_A

[hondo76]

1 down the river
2 willam
3 long black highway
4 framed
5 it aint easy being me

[hondo76]

i just relized theres lot of typos in my first post. sorry

[LoudMcCloud]

When I used to play shows. I'd find myself playing 3 or 4 Chris Knight songs in a row. He is my favorite song writer of all time. I made a top 10 list of his youtube videos. Let me know if I should replace one with another.



http://www.thinredlinenews.com/top-1...ht-videos.html

[HarleyDavid]

Cool guy..caught him a couple of times in Ann Arbor..(same 4 chords, over & over)

[DTPBUSCHPILOT]

I guess I don't get out enough. Half the time I have no idea who these people are you guys are talking about. The "Toilet Face" lady and such...

[TheFlyingAlamo]

I'm in an acoustic duo called Rural Route...

We do a ton of Chris's songs!
Framed
House and 90 Acres
RURAL ROUTE - dedicated to my mom and 2 brothers, both gone
Becky's Bible
Oil patch Town
Cry Lonely
Me and This Road
Maria...rarely
Run From Your Memory
Bring the Harvest Home...rarely
The Band Is Playing Too Slow...used to do this one as an intro to a tune
Cry Lonely
Leaving Souvenirs


Might as well be a tribute band...haha
Except I don't sound like Chris at all.

[Throttleneck]

Huge fan. Hard to choose among so many great songs but the two that pop into my head the most are

[emu!]

First I heard of him.

Went to his site, what a talent!

Just plain, heart wrenching songs with no autotune.