Chris Knight is a storyteller. Since releasing his self-titled debut in 1998, Knight’s been telling unforgettable tales in a matter of minutes. Chris Knight opens with the classic “It Ain’t Easy Being Me,” which begins: “There ought to be a town somewhere […]
After doing this for a few months, I decided it’s time to venture beyond the usual DJ stable and interview some people who are in the business but not directly “on the air.” Al Moss is a record promoter who has […]
Chris Knight acoustic duo at the Spillway Bar&Grill in Bowling Green, KY 02/20/2016
Last year at the Americana Music Conference in Nashville, I started talking to a guy about the nice Western shirt he was wearing and about how much I love Western shirts too. He told me his story about moving to the States […]
Some music is timeless. A case in point: There is a whole lot of early Kris Kristofferson in the songs on Chris Knight’s The Trailer Tapes. There is also a bit of Steve Young and Guy Clark and Robert Earl […]
Somehow along about 1992, Chris Knight decided that the thing to do with the songs he’d been writing was to drive down to Nashville from Slaughters, Kentucky, where he worked as a strip mine reclamation inspector, and play them at […]
“There oughta be a sideshow act for freaks like me,” sang Chris Knight in “It Ain’t Easy Being Me”, the minor hit from his 1998 self-titled debut. Back then the Kentucky singer-songwriter was being groomed by Decca/MCA as the next […]
The characters in Chris Knight’s songs are most likely alone, though not by choice. Odds are they’re driving too fast, fueled by coffee or chemicals. They may or may not have a gun. Going home again is not an option. […]
