Bradford J. Salamon Paints To Cruz’n Ride

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The video below features Bradford J. Salamon working on a painting called ”Harley Knucklehead.” The video is a film By Eric Minh Swenson and is set to “Cruz’n’ Ride” by Michael Knott. Fans of Idle Lovell will remember Bradford as the drummer and artist for the Surge et Illuminare album. Bradford had this to say on Facebook:

“just posted on YouTube my film with Michael Knott song Cruz ‘n’ Ride showing my new paintings. Mike is very old friend and I got his permission and payed him as well. I played drums in his first real band called “The One” when we were 14 years old. We surfed, got in fights, lived in Hollywood, traded girlfriends and had a blast!”

Deni Gauthier’s Homage to Mike Knott

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Always glad to hear any covers/tributes/homages/etc to Michael Knott. Got this note today from a Knott fan who is also a musician:

I’m a long time Knott fan, full time Canadian musician… I popped his lyrics from “This Is The Healing” in the bridge of a song on my latest album release, with Knott’s blessing.  It fit perfectly :)
Thought you might like to hear it!

http://denigauthier.bandcamp.com/track/i-need-you

Cheers!
Deni Gauthier
www.denigauthier.com

You can hear the homage a little after the two minute mark, and it does fit perfectly. Also check out the rest of the album or other albums by Deni at this Bandcamp page. I’ll be getting this added to the discography page when I get a chance.

Knott Tribute in the Works

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Joshua Lory, current bass player for L.S. Underground and Lifesavers (as well as leading his own excellent bands Western Grace and The Bloody Strummers), is putting together a Michael Knott tribute album for the end of 2012. The goal is to have songs in by September 2012 and then have the CD out by the end of the year. So far the line-up looks amazing, but anyone else interested in being on the tribute should contact Josh by finding him on Facebook. Or let me know and I can pass it along to him.

The site discography has been updated a bit – added a few new items. The list of site updates has been moved to the bottom of the page for those that watch that – you can see the new pages added there.

There are some interesting new Knott projects coming in 2012, as well as some interesting re-issue possibilities – so stay tuned for updates as they became available.

New Site Partially Up

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Been quiet around here, but the good news is that the new site design is up and running. The news and discography sections have been moved over to the new look, but if you click around on any other areas you’ll still see the old look. As I get time, I’ll get the whole site moved over. And I also apologize if anything doesn’t work – let me know if anything breaks!

The news section is now run by a blog, which should also make the updates autopost to Facebook (and hopefully soon to Twitter). You can also comment on the news posts if you would like.

I’m also currently working on some biographies for various bands. See the new Lifesavers for a peek at what that will look like.

After that? Hopefully some other new features and some updates on current Knott-related projects.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Watch Me Fall by Kevin Clay Re-issued

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Fans of Michael Knott’s production work will be interested to know that Kevin Clay’s 1996 Knott-produced album “Watch Me Fall” has been re-issued by Clay himself. The album has been re-mastered and released as a digital download on BandCamp. Also up on BandCamp are other classic Kevin Clay and My Little Dog China albums.

See this page: http://thescienceoflettingon.bandcamp.com/album/watch-me-fall

Help Support a New Lifesavers Album

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The Lifesavers are recording an album and they need your help. The name of the album will be Dog Days of an Indian Summer and according to the band:

13 songs are written, recording has already begun! This album will be classic Lifesavers Surf/Punk, a soundtrack for Summer if you will. Recording will be done by Joshua Lory at his home studio as well as One Way Studio with Masaki Liu, who will more than likely mix it. Mastering will be done by J. Powell at Steinhaus Mastering. The money we raise here will go to studio cost for recording drums, guitar, and mixing, as well as CD pressing. Those that donate $15.00 and up will receive a download link sent to their email the day the album is finished mixing as well as a copy of the disc before it hits any stores!

See the this link for their Kickstarter page to make donations: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lifesavers/dod-days-of-an-indian-summer-new-lifesavers-2011