In September 2001, the official Michael Knott site announced that Michael would be on tour in September/October 2001 filming a documentary movie: “Be prepared to see Michael in action with his tour manager and filmmaker on the road. This film will allow you to see Michael Knott in many different contexts: in the car, in hotel rooms, performing, interacting with fans, etc. Its purpose is to allow people to catch a glimpse into the inevitable mystique surrounding Michael and his unique world. This is also a medium for fans/unfans to express their opinions on Michael’s music and art from all points of view. If you are one of the lucky fans to be see Michael on this tour, be ready to be documented!” After the tour, it was announced that Bob Wilkinson (the filmmaker) was busy editing up all of the footage from the tour. Then it was never heard of again. One article from Spring 2002 mentions the documentary by name: “Last year, he went on tour with musician and artist Michael Knott to direct and shoot Kill Gerard, a moving and often hilarious documentary about a man who is — as Knott’s own website describes him — ‘a rock and roll maverick and introspective troubadour.'” In 2022, Knott’s your manager from this tour said that “after seeing a rough cut [Wilkinson] vowed to never release it.”
Matt where do you find all this great info, I’ve never heard of this documentary! Searching the net it does seem like this Bob guy does a lot of documentary work though.
I found it while doing some research for a gigography that I will hopefully get online this week 🙂 It was buried in the tour section of an old version of the official site on archive.org (great source for research, BTW).
Just found this online (http://www.wvculture.org/arts/Artworks/Spring02/filmmaker.html) “Last year, he went on tour with musician and artist Michael Knott to direct and shoot Kill Gerard, a moving and often hilarious documentary about a man who is — as Knott’s own website describes him — ‘a rock and roll maverick and introspective troubadour.'”