09/12/2003

Nashville, August 22, 2003 - Chris Knight makes his music like he lives his life – honest, close to home, with a penchant for the Southern gothic in all its stark intensity and raw emotion. His newest release, The Jealous Kind, won’t disappoint those who have come to expect this from the Kentucky native. Chris' debut garnered staggering critical acclaim only to have the label fold. With a new label behind him and an eagerly anticipated sophomore release, his second recorded effort was released on September 11, 2001. The third time is a charm for Chris Knight as he releases his third and best album The Jealous Kind.

“This album may not be quite as personally intense as some of the earlier stuff,” says Knight, “but they’re still all songs without compromise.”
His newest songs are stories of losers, lovers and real people cut on the sharp edges of life -- all delivered with the energy and kick that makes them (sometimes painfully) real. In The Jealous Kind, Knight explores strained father/son relationships (“Hello Old Man”), ignorant bliss (“Banging Away”), outlaws on the run (“The Border”) and so much more. “Me And This Road,” perhaps Knight’s most personal statement, is a metaphor for his life in Slaughters, KY, where the blacktop road dead-ends at the riverbank.

“Basically, Chris writes four minute movies,” says co-producer Dan Baird. “As a producer, you’ve got to get to the point where Chris can open his mouth and then the character in the song comes to life.”

Bringing the characters to life comes natural for Knight. Critics and fans alike hailed his first two albums --Chris Knight and A Pretty Good Guy –, as he was likened to “a grown-up Huck Finn with an acoustic guitar as well as a college degree.” The Jealous Kind further confirms Knight as that rare breed of American songwriter – hard to pigeonhole but passionately open, real, and startlingly literate.