Chris Knight delays CD two weeks, slates tour
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Chris Knight delays CD two weeks, slates tour

Monday, August 4, 2008 – The release date for Chris Knight's fifth album, "Heart of Stone," was delayed two weeks to Sept. 2 due to production issues. The album was produced by Dan Baird (of Georgia Satellites fame, as well as producer of Knight's "A Pretty Good Guy" and "The Jealous Kind" discs).

Guest musicians include Mike McAdam (Steve Earle, Radney Foster) on various guitars, Keith Christopher (Georgia Satellites, The Yayhoos) on bass, Tammy Rodgers (The SteelDrivers) fiddle and vocals, mandolin and banjo and Michael Webb (The Wreckers, Allison Moorer) on B-3 organ, piano and accordion. Baird also contributes on guitar and vocals. Knight, who's been compared to Steve Earle, said the CD "might just be my best. For some reason, there's a cohesiveness here that's not like anything I've done before. But at the same time, it's not real predictable. There's a lot of texture to it as well, but it's a simple record. I don't know how that happened. But I know it when I hear it."

Heart of Stone is being released by Drifter's Church.

Tour dates are:
Aug. 15 NIBROC Festival Corbin, KY
Aug. 17 The New Lafayette Club Bloomington, IL
Aug. 27 Dan's Silver Leaf Denton, TX
Aug. 28 Schotzi's College Station, TX
Aug. 29 Gruene Hall New Braunfels, TX
Aug. 30 The Cotton Mill McKinney, TX
Aug. 31 Red Dirt Roundup Fort Worth, TX
Sept. 4 Bijou Theatre Knoxville, TN
Sept. 5-6 Smith's Olde Bar Atlanta, GA
Sept. 9 Summit City Lounge Whitesburg, KY
Sept. 10 Grey Eagle Asheville, NC
Sept. 11 Berkeley Cafe Raleigh, NC
Sept. 13 The Evening Muse Charlotte, NC
Sept. 17 KVET Free Music Series Austin, TX
Sept. 19 Chattahippie Music Festival Chattanooga, TN
Sept. 20 Hillbilly Daze Festival Frankfort, KY
Sept. 25 Exit/In Nashville
Sept. 27 Zydeco Birmingham, AL
Oct. 4 American Royal BBQ Festival Kansas City, MO
Oct. 24 John T. Floore's Country Store Helotes, TX
Oct. 25 Ranch Bash Forth Worth, TX
Oct. 28-29 McGonigel's Mucky Duck Houston, TX
Oct. 30 Schotzi's College Station, TX
Nov. 8 River Hawk Music Festival Brooksville, FL
Nov. 19 Rock Town Grill Harrisonburg, VA
Nov. 24 The Claddagh Highlands, NJ
Nov. 25 World Cafe Live Philadelphia


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CD review - Almost Daylight Chris Knight's last recording, "Little Victories," was released in 2012, which makes the seven year wait for "Almost Daylight" seem uncommonly long. Clearly Knight was in no hurry. A resident of rural Kentucky, he has a laid back attitude that's perfectly in sync with his rural roots. Not surprisingly, he was a late bloomer as well. He earned a degree in agriculture from Western Kentucky University, and after graduation, he spent 10 years as a mine reclamation ...
CD review - Little Victories The difference between good and bad country music usually comes down to how the story's told. Bad country songwriters deal with all the standard themes - lost dogs, cheatin' wives, worrisome fluctuations in the GDP - like a condescending sixth grade teacher: see Jack lose his low-paying factory job, see Jack lose hope, see Jack open a meth lab, see Jack carted away to do 10 in the pen while his "pritty little daughter" stands by watching. Good country music writers tell the ...
CD review - Heart of Stone With his latest, Chris Knight proves to be equally at ease with acoustic ballads and hard alt.- country rockers. Knight seems to have mixed feelings about his life of the road. While in the opening track Home Sick Gypsy, he complains of "a month on the road and three day's sleep," he also acknowledges "my worst nightmare is standing still/Gotta get my fix of them rolling wheels." On the closing acoustic track Go On Home, Knight appears weary of the road ("You all just ...


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