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Knox Marquise Knox is a blues prodigy, who exploded on the St. Louis scene! Marquise grew up listening to Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters, Johnny Lee Hooker, and B.B. and Albert King. He’s since performed with legends like Henry Townsend and Honeyboy Edwards! One of the most exciting young players to emerge in St. Louis, Marquise embodies the soul and essence of a veteran bluesman, with his command of guitar and harmonica combining with his energetic showmanship. Get out and see Marqusie live, in the meantime here's a brief look at Marquise Knox!  WHERE
ARE YOU FROM?I'm from St. Louis Mo. where I've lived the majority of my life. Guitar is my preferred musical instrument, because I can express myself. I can play the strings any way that i want. My early musical influences were my great uncle Clifford and my grandma Lillie Mae and my great uncle Joe - he brought me my first guitar. Somewhere along the line the whole family is musically inclined. I grew listening to Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, B.B. and Albert King and so on.. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MUSICAL MOMENT? I have done one recording but I'm working on another one. I've had some great gigs at B.B.s and I've got to play bass behind Honeyboy Edwards and talk to Louisiana Red. My favorite gig was playing gospel for my uncle Tom. He lived down in Grenada, Ms. so he couldn't hear me play. So I went down there and played for him. it was my favorite but all at the same time it was hard because he was on the bed side looking at me straight at me - he and the family knew what each other was thinking because he was there dying with lung cancer. DESCRIBE YOUR MUSICAL PATH My musical path was and still is hard. For me it was easy getting known in St. Louis because everybody wanted to help this kid out. Then after I got in to what I call the small chittlin' circut that where the business got going. Some places would pay you good, real good then it almost like you were B.B. King. But there are people that underpay you, by this I mean $50-$75 for the whole thing. Now I've been doing this not a long time but a long while. I know that it's time for the other side of the world to know who I am. I work so hard in St. Louis now it's time for someone to help me get known across seas. that's how my path has been. I want to be known and as big as B.B. King throughout the whole world. I want everyone to know about this 15-year-old kid that can play the blues as if I was there when it was made, and to show that the young kids can do something with their life. STATE OF THE BLUES People don't appreciate the blues as the people in other cities do, but St. Louis does have some of the most talented bands in the world... we are just overlooked. www.MarquiseKnox.com |