Member Since: 10/26/2006
Band Website: cdbaby.com/cd/knottderek1
Influences: Child's ballads, Nick Drake, Neil Young, The Beatles, Brian Wilson, The Kinks, Faces, Television, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Doc Watson, Norman Blake, 50's rock and roll, 60's pop radio, 20th century popular song, early jazz, David Bowie, Frank Sinatra, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jimmie Webb, Sun Studios, Stax-Volt, Olympic Studios, Glyn Johns, Eternity's Children, Radiohead, Feist, Fred Neil, Pentangle, Catherine Howe...
Sounds Like: "Lyrical depth and maturity tinged with the melodic
hues of classic 60's rock. The ballads have a brooding
intensity."
-Dean O'Brien
Host of "The Vinyl Departure" WVBR 93.5 FM
Ithaca, NY."Solo artist Derek Knott's songs are like little prayers-
little secular prayers. That's not to say there isn't plenty
of soul and spirituality in his acoustically rooted music.
Even the laid back tunes on his recent "Cathedral of Trees"
smile warmly and swing sweetly."
-Rochester's City Newspaper Vol. 35, no. 48."We heard a lovely new CD from acoustic guitarist/vocalist
Derek Knott entitled "Cathedral of Trees". The all original
effort offers glimpses of power-acoustic band America at times,
with the folk-leanings of a Crosby,Stills,Nash&Young ever present
as well."
-Freetime, Western New York's Arts & Entertainment Guide Vol.
30 No.8." Knott is touring behind his latest CD, "Cathedral Of Trees", a collection of original acoustic songs that combine a contemporary lyrical approach with the melodic flavor of 1960's and'70s-era singer-songwriters".
- Williamsport Sun-Gazette."Knott's music manages to alternate the angst and world-weariness of a Nick Drake and Leonard Cohen with the emotional vulnerability of guitar-pop romantics from Big Star to Mathew Sweet, all laced with intricate, finger-picked guitar figures played with fluid precision."
- Cortland Standard
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