Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Red Distribution) - The release date for Chris Knight's fifth album,
Heart of Stone, has been moved to
September 2nd due to production issues. The album was produced by Dan Baird (of Georgia Satellites fame, as well as producer of Knight's widely-praised A Pretty GoodGuy and The Jealous Kind discs).
Guest musicians on Heart of Stone 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. Producer Dan Baird also contributes on guitar and vocals.The 12 songs on Heart of Stone represent a creative maturity indeed unlike anything Knight has done before. The music itself is a richly organic sonic mosaic where snarling guitars and pounding drums live alongside mournful violas, plucky banjos, and even the occasional trombone and bouzouki.
Knight, who's been compared to such legendary songwriters as Steve Earle and John Prine has finally conquered his most demanding critic: himself. "Right now, this is my favorite record," Chris Knight. "It 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 Knight's label Drifter's Church Productions with marketing and distribution handled by Thirty Tigers/RED.
