⬇️ MARQUISE KNOX ⬇️
(8CD/DVD)
Marquise Knox was born in 1991 in St. Louis while his mother was
visiting family. They returned to Granada, Mississippi, but moved to
St.Louis for good a couple of years later.
Marquise still resides in St. Louis, Missouri, but also spends a lot of time in Grenada, where he loves to fish and visit friends and family.
Marquise hails from a musical family deeply entrenched in the Blues. He learned how to play guitar from his grandmother whose family were sharecroppers and whose great, great grandparents were slaves.
He also played with his uncle Clifford, who was a major influence in Marquise's life.
For Marquise, Blues is his heritage and a way of life. He spent his early teenage years in St. Louis mentoring under the late great Blues legend, N.E.A. Heritage Fellowship recipient and Grammy Award winner Henry James Townsend.
Marquise's talents have earned him performing rights with some of America’s most notable blues performers such as blues legend and Grammy Award winners B.B. King, Pinetop Perkins and David “Honeyboy” Edwards (the latter two also NEA Heritage Fellows). He has also performed at dozens of festivals, and has toured Germany and played the Baden Blues Festival in Switzerland.
(8CD/DVD)
BIOGRAPHY
Marquise still resides in St. Louis, Missouri, but also spends a lot of time in Grenada, where he loves to fish and visit friends and family.
Marquise hails from a musical family deeply entrenched in the Blues. He learned how to play guitar from his grandmother whose family were sharecroppers and whose great, great grandparents were slaves.
He also played with his uncle Clifford, who was a major influence in Marquise's life.
For Marquise, Blues is his heritage and a way of life. He spent his early teenage years in St. Louis mentoring under the late great Blues legend, N.E.A. Heritage Fellowship recipient and Grammy Award winner Henry James Townsend.
Marquise's talents have earned him performing rights with some of America’s most notable blues performers such as blues legend and Grammy Award winners B.B. King, Pinetop Perkins and David “Honeyboy” Edwards (the latter two also NEA Heritage Fellows). He has also performed at dozens of festivals, and has toured Germany and played the Baden Blues Festival in Switzerland.
Marquise met Sam Lay during a visit to Clarksdale, Mississippi. Like
other statesmen of the Blues, Sam took an immediate liking to Marquise and
took it upon himself to help give Marquise's career a boost by insisting
that Chad Kassem bring Marquise to the celebrated Blues series
"Bluesmasters at the Crossroads", which has showcased a virtual who-who of
the Blues at Blue Heaven Studios in Salina, Kansas.
Marquise was an immediate crowd favorite, and was adopted by all of the
elders of the Blues in attendance that year. His obvious talent along with
his deep knowledge of the Blues and vast respect for his elders made it
clear Marquise had something special, and Kassem signed him to a three
album deal.
Knox’s debut album MANCHILD was nominated for a Blues Music Award for
Best New Artist Debut. The album was recorded when he was 16, in two
nights, during an ice storm in a church with the world renowned Michael
Burks and his band. There is even a song called Ice Storm on the album.
The release received worldwide acclaim, including Living Blues' Best Debut
Artist Award and a Blues Music Award nomination for Best Debut Artist.
Marquise then recorded a direct-to-disc album while in town for the next
year's Crossroads.
Marquise recently released his third album, Here I Am, once again
recorded at the legendary Blue Heaven Studios in Salina, Kansas. It
features Marquise and his band, with a little help from Wayne Sharp of
Michael Burk’s band sitting in on B-3 and piano. Nine originals, and three
reverent covers of Marquise’s favorite Muddy Waters tunes.
NEW:
2011.03.20-Southern Bluesnight, Heerlen, The Netherlands @FLAC