Steve Knight (musician)

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Steve Knight
Birth name	Stephen Sanders Knight
Born	(1935-05-12)May 12, 1935 New York City, US
Died	January 19, 2013(2013-01-19) (aged 77) Riverdale, New York, US
Genres	Rock jazz Middle Eastern jazz folk
Occupation	Musician
Instruments	Keyboards piano bass guitar trombone guitar tuba banjo organ French horn
Formerly of	The Devil's Anvil Wings Mountain Red Onion Jazz Band Taksim

Stephen Sanders Knight (May 12, 1935 – January 19, 2013) was an American musician best known as the keyboardist for the rock band Mountain from 1969 until his departure in 1972.

Early life and education

Knight was born in New York to artist parents. From 1938–1950 his family lived in Woodstock, New York. In 1950, his father became a professor at Columbia University and moved the family to New York City. In 1952, Knight graduated from high school (New Lincoln School) and enrolled at Columbia later that year. He stayed at Columbia for most of the 1950s (1952–1959) studying art, music and psychology. He earned a B.S. degree majoring in psychology, and had one year of graduate work in psychology.^[1]

Career

From 1959 to 1968, Knight recorded with or was a member of various bands including the Feenjon Group, the Peacemakers, Devil's Anvil and Wings (not McCartney's group).

Mountain

In 1969, producer/vocalist/bassist Felix Pappalardi organized Mountain.^[1] The initial line-up included Leslie West (guitar/vocals) and N.D. Smart (drums).^[2] Prior to release of Mountain's debut album, Climbing!, Pappalardi, who had known Knight from prior musical affiliations, added him to the line-up on keyboards.^[3] He performed with the band at Woodstock in August 1969. Later Corky Laing replaced Smart on drums.^[2] The band enjoyed a great deal of recording and touring success in the early 1970s including 3 gold albums,^[1] but called it quits in 1972.^[2]

Knight then returned to traditional jazz.

Later life

For the next 25 years, Knight worked in specialty engineering (as a door engineer), and as a songwriter, author and part-time musician.^[1]

In the mid-1990s, Knight left New York City and returned to Woodstock. In November 1999, he was elected to a seat on the Woodstock Town Board.^[1]^[4] He was re-elected to a second term in 2003. In 2007 Knight chose not to seek a third four-year term, instead choosing to focus on his personal life including several music projects.

Death

Knight died on January 19, 2013 in New York of complications from Parkinson's disease at the age of 77.^[5]

Discography

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Steve Knight". Pappalardi.com. Retrieved October 17, 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Music DVD Review: Mountain – Live in Paris". BC Music. Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved October 17, 2007.
^ "Mountain History". Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved October 17, 2007.
^ "Town of Woodstock Supervisors and Town Board Members 1940–2005" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
^ "Stephen Sanders Knight Obituary: View Stephen Knight's Obituary". New York Times. Retrieved July 22, 2014.

v t e Mountain
Leslie West Felix Pappalardi Steve Knight Corky Laing N. D. Smart Bob Mann Allan Schwartzberg David Perry Miller Anderson Mark Clarke Richie Scarlett Randy Coven Noel Redding Rev Jones
Studio albums	Climbing! Nantucket Sleighride Flowers of Evil (Side 1) Avalanche Go for Your Life Man's World Mystic Fire Masters of War
Live albums	Flowers of Evil (Side 2) Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On Twin Peaks Greatest Hits Live Eruption
Compilations	The Best of Mountain
Videos	Sea of Fire
Songs	"Mississippi Queen" "Theme for an Imaginary Western" "Hotel Happiness" "Nantucket Sleighride"
Related articles	Cream Creation Gail Collins Pappalardi Mountain West, Bruce and Laing

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