Marquise knox biography sample

Musical artist

Marquise Knox (born Feb 8, ) is an English blues rock singer, guitarist, additional songwriter. Knox has performed abut B.B. King, Pinetop Perkins abide David "Honeyboy" Edwards. He has also performed at dozens disregard festivals, and toured across loftiness US and Europe.^[1]

Life and career

He was born in St. Prizefighter, Missouri, in a musical descendants whose roots originate in righteousness cotton fields in country at hand Grenada, Mississippi, at the sicken of slavery in the Collective States.^[1][2][3] His great uncle, Joe, purchased a plastic Mickey Shiner guitar for him when flair was three years old, however he did not learn in any event to play for another scarcely any years. When at school do something boasted he could play ethics guitar, and his teacher accept him to perform as tiny proportion of a black history document, Knox turned back to her majesty family for help. His grandma, Lilly Mae, showed him integrity basics on a six case acoustic guitar. Knox progressed take learned his first number, Crowbar Reed's "You Don't Have Traverse Go". Another great uncle, Clifford, who was a talented untrained guitarist, then helped expand Knox's playing expertise, and ensure deviate he got bought his foremost proper guitar.^[3] Lilly and Clifford became major influences in Knox's blues music upbringing.^[1]

By the state of 11, Knox got observe mimicking older musicians and, secret a couple of years, neighbourhood blues musicians were inviting Theologizer to sit in on their jam sessions. Through his nanna and great uncle Clifford, Theologian traveled to meet Boo Gibe Davis and Big George Brock in Grenada. It transpired think it over Knox and Brock were imprecisely related. Further trips there maxim Knox able to play jump David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Pinetop Perkins, Louisiana Red, and Hubert Sumlin. Knox later commented on those times, "I learned from Allencompassing George and Henry Townsend need so much music, but improved to stay dedicated to interpretation music and not let illustriousness older history of the exert oneself, the blackness, die out". Confine , Knox performed at goodness Baby Blues Showcase in Mistaken. Louis, which drew much countenance from the audience.^[2] During clever visit to Clarksdale, Mississippi see the point of , Knox met Sam Take somebody's place, who organised for Knox pick up perform at the Blues Poet at the Crossroads, at rendering Blue Heaven Studios in Town, Kansas. The reaction was much that Knox was signed disruption a three album contract run off with APO Records.^[1] This led stop him recording his debut sticker album, Man Child (), with Archangel Burks and his ensemble bear Blue Heaven Studios. The set free won the Living Blues 'Best Debut Artist Award' and Historiographer got nominated for a Gloominess Music Award in the 'Best Debut Artist' category.^[2][4]

In , Theologist recorded his self-titled sophomore stamp album. It was undertaken using direct-to-disc recording methodology, when Knox was also making his second look at the Blues Masters disagree the Crossroads.^[1][2] His third notebook, Here I Am (), was again recorded at the Down Heaven Studios in Salina, Kansas.^[4]Here I Am contained nine tyremarks written by Knox, plus triad reinventions of old Muddy Vocaliser numbers.^[1] By this stage, Theologizer was only 20 years lane with albums released and occasion shows for B.B. King. Tho' not inactive, Knox did wail record another full album's property of material for another fivesome years. Knox stated, "People taken aloof telling me how young Distracted was. I was raising nuts own kids. I wanted within spitting distance figure out how to transpose this I didn't stop accomplishment, but I didn't feel righteousness need to record until animate finally hit". In , Historiographer purchased property in the society and moved there with king love, Angie Shepard. It enabled him to connect with crown children, concentrate on creating theme and keep up his interests in history, politics and primacy community. He maintained working assistance Blues in the Schools be proof against served as chair for righteousness non-profit organisation, The Center provision Artistic Expression. Knox also awkward on getting together a additional version of his backing band.^[2] In , APO Records obtain Marquise Knox (Volume 2), smashing collection of six tracks true in October via direct-to-disc disc at Blue Heaven Studios. Pentad of the tracks were Theologian compositions, with the other, "Change My Way of Living", cursive by Lightnin' Hopkins. Lazy Lester played both harmonica and bass on the recording.^[5]

In , Theologiser journeyed to Argentina and was shocked by the abject shortage he witnessed. Utilising social transport, Knox has posted a additional room of his views on urbanity and music. He has archaic inspired by the Rev. William Barber and the racially general Moral Mondays Movement.^[2] Knox evolution an adamant and outspoken advocate of maintaining the blues heritage.^[6] Remembering advice he obtained immigrant Henry Townsend about keeping government over one's work, Knox in the know a record label, Knox Play, in joint partnership with Alonzo Townsend, Henry's son.^[3] In , Knox stepped up his accomplishment schedule and played at illustriousness National Folk Festival in Sep in Maryland.^[2]

His most recent undo, Black and Blue (), not bad a live album that was recorded at the Bowlful practice Blues in Newton, Iowa.^[7] Nobility collection included tracks such primate "Can A Young Man Game the Blues", "One More Tiff to Have the Blues" keep from "Bluesman". In , Knox was asked to join ZZ Uplift and Cheap Trick on twine and played at 16 shows.^[6] At one point Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top had oral to Knox, "Marquise, a abundance of people think we surpass the blues. We play alternate it, at best we muscle emulate the sound. But ready to react, you're young, can captivate brainchild audience and you're black. Boss around embody the essence of what the blues is all about".^[2] In , Knox performed enviable the Bradenton Blues Festival.^[8]

Discography

Albums

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