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Remembering Gene: Michael Knott
1) When/how did you first meet Gene?
When he asked me at a gig why I had signed Sincerely Paul.
2) What projects were you involved in with him?
Too many to count.
3) How do you think Gene impacted the music scene?
He knew how to record and bring the life from his subjects.
4) Three words you would use [...]
Review: Overflow by Windy Lyre
WINDY LYRE
OVERFLOW
2008 Independent CD-R
Purchase: MySpace
Review by: Steve Ruff
This is Windy Lyre’s second album. Her first was on Blonde Vinyl back in 1991, and this is a beautiful follow up. Windy’s vocals are ethereal and remind me of the Cocteau Twins, maybe even Natalie Merchant from 10,000 Maniacs. She has an incredible voice and the music [...]
Knott And Doidge: Current Projects
by Steve Ruff
Brian was 15 years old when he first met Michael Knott. They have a long personal and musical relationship. I talked to Brian about reconnecting with Michael and about their upcoming projects. This is what he said, “Mike and I just ran into each other a few months back. He asked what I [...]
Brian Doidge: In His First Interview Ever
“The normal, mundane things you become grateful for”
By Steve Ruff
Photos by Rick McDonough
This was one of the coolest interviews I have ever done. I always enjoy talking to anyone associated with Michael Knott and any of his projects. Contrary to the press that I have seen in most other places where I have read about [...]
Doidge, On Working With Michael Knott
by Steve Ruff
I had to ask Brian Doidge about working with Knott. If you’ve ever seen the footage of Cornerstone ‘93, or if you were fortunate enough to have been there, they always seemed to have a zany sense of humor. There were the outfits… Doidge in the clown mask next to Knott wearing a [...]
Review: The Rover’s Three
THE ROVER’S THREE
A KIND O’ IRISH BAND
2007 Independent CD-R
Purchase: theroversthree.com
Review by: Steve Ruff
The Rovers Three are exactly what the name implies, ‘A Kind’ a Irish Band’. This is one of Michael Knott’s ever expanding side projects, if it can be called a side project. This is a fun, eclectic mix of traditional Irish songs, as [...]
Review: 16 Flowers by Struck Last May
STRUCK LAST MAY
16 FLOWERS
2007 Hill deg Maria Records
Purchase: strucklastmay.com
Review by: Steve Ruff
Struck Last May’s offering 16 Flowers was released in 2007 and is the latest brainchild of Michael Knott. Rick McDonough is the second half of the band here, and Michael and Rick play all the instruments with Michael carrying the majority of the vocals [...]
Review: Comatose Soul by Michael Knott
MICHAEL KNOTT
COMATOSE SOUL
2005 Blonde Vinyl Recordings
Purchase: michaelknott.com
Review by: Steve Ruff
This album dropped sometime in 2004 and I didn’t actually get it until 2005… I wish I had heard it sooner. This is probably my favorite Knott solo album. Actually, Michael is backed up here by a bunch of guys that are really talented. Andrew Prickett [...]
Michael Knott: The Songs That Sometimes Take on a Life of Their Own
by Steve Ruff
When I was talking to Michael about the new L.S. Underground record, we also started talking about songs and their meanings. Songs are really interesting in the sense that they can take on a life of their own. I have always been attracted to music based generally on the lyrical content first, and [...]
Michael Gerard Knott: Things He’s Done, Things Still To Come
By Steve Ruff
Michael has to be the busiest man in music. If you didn’t already know, not only is he a musician, but he is also a painter, the curator of an art gallery and hard at work on several different projects. In addition to the new L.S. Underground album, there are many things on [...]
