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Bill Knight, Musician. is Poet, South African Singer-Songwriter, Storyteller, Weaver of Tall Tales and Short Truths, layers his authentic contemporary Cape-Folk music with poetic lyrics of depth and intensity. He is a Purveyor of Dreams, a Smous of Songs. His Kaapse Mengsel Style, written in a characteristic Bredie of English and the Afrikaans Vernacular of the Western Cape, provides a personal but universal insight into the not-so-ordinary lives of everyday people, drawing strongly on Myth, Mystery, Legend and Folk- Lore. He subscribes strongly to the Ethics and Traditions of the Troubadours- Minstrels and Social Commentators; ranging from the Myths and Legends in the Fireside Tales of Early Man, to the Welsh Bardic Tales, Scandinavian Sagas, and the Political Activists of the Middle Ages. Bill calls himself a KhakieBoer- half Brit, half Boer- with all the Tensions and Paradoxes that such a blend suggests, but his Fireside Ballads and Torch-songs are more universal than any divisions that might be expected. Influences: Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Patti Smith. Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens, Amaswazi Emvelo, Marks Mankwane, David Kramer, Jonny Clegg, Tony Bird, Bright Blue. Bands: Although most of his Work has been performed Solo, Bill has, over the years worked in a number of bands: 1976: Head Office, with Carl Raubenheimer, Eugene Van Heerden & Tony Wood. 1982: Cape Smoke, with Richard Tait. 1983: Earthen Vessel, with Richard Tait, James Kibbey & Nick Krone. 1994: the Skollierock Band, with Roger Lucey, Caroline Blundell, Dave Ledbetter & Terrence Scarr. 1995: the Harbour Band, with Seymour Howe, Hilton Vermaas,& Dan Darlow, with guest, Caroline Blundell. 2011: Scarecrows in a Field, with Chris Davidson. Collaboration with James Eickman on The Edge Project. The Making of: Many, Many Years of Struggle (2018) For Music downloads, videos, lyrics, and photos, visit facebook.com/billknightmusic. Digital downloads can be purchased at Reverbnation. Songs can be purchased at Itunes by searching Birds of a Feather.

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