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  • I'll buy 10 never get burned out listening to this guy Awsome

  • Chris Knight reminds me of the Josh Brolin's character Llewelyn Moss in No Country for Old Men.

  • What?! Chris Knight wrote a slow song in "G"? Shocking :) Love Chris Knight. Living proof that all you need is "3 chords and the truth".

  • ill bet theres a wet spot on that white chair.

  • haha i was thinking that same thing

    

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  • this guy should be at the top of the charts sings about real life-he is one of a kind

  • Chris Knight is the fucking king

  • Surprised he made it on GAC with all the bullshit they play on there. Jason Aldean, Justin Moore, fuck 'em.

  • whens the last time you and debbie came to see chuck and charlie you know lana sold her part of good ole boys

  • Sign in and click LIKE, please...

  • as country as it gets... lives by it doesnt just sing it....

  • that was great!!

  • Chris Knight has some absolutely brilliants songs...anybody who appreciates his music has great taste and soul...

  • It's always nice to hear a song that's about something, rather than the cookie-cutter jingles being pounded out of Nashville by random songwriters held up in motel rooms with laptops and cocain, trying they're best to write songs that include the words "Beer, God, Friday Night, and Sunday morning" -- So that they may make to Some Singer who doesn't care that the song is fabricated.

  • Chris Knight is an amzing song writer. To bad he will never be noticed for it(like many others), although I'm sure he could care less if he is.

  • What a great storyteller, like Guy Clark

  • Chris knight is a common man ,a real human being , self made . He is the greatest song writer of our age ,in the same leage as John Prine or Bob Zimmerman . If the absolute truth was known i bet there are a hundreds of nashville country music icons that wish that they had the song writeing capabilities and just one third of the tallent that chris has and that is a fact.

  • He's stoned... really.

  • @KEEFJONZE no dude he is not stoned, he is from kentucky even though it is the land of some wicked ass red top crop grown in the hills of the state. The thing about people from kentucky is the fact that it is hard to know if they are stoned or just swimming in kentucky the gene pool.

  • @KEEFJONZE probably

  • Just discovered him! I am in LOVE! Good music still exists!! :)

  • True hillbilly Singer! Love everything he does

  • Damn thats down south america........ 

  • There are tons of artist like this here in Texas.... Nashville is a shame for music.

  • @johnsprostock maybe jealous? if yall got em, lets hear em. i aint got a complaint about this one...

  • @johnsprostock 1.) Texas doesn't have any more Kentuckians like Chris Knight to claim as their own 2.) Nashville may be a musical dead zone but only as far as radio is concerned.

  • This is what true country is. He's humble and just telling a story not trying to be the biggest redneck he can be like a lot of nashville singers.....i wish there were more artists like him

  • @itchthisbitch13 Chris Knight sings hillbilly anthems. Anyone who likes this song should do themselves a favor and find the rest of his music.

  • theres always enough rope...

  • @roscoeD12 ...or a bridge....or Daddy's gun.

  • i put the guitar down a couple months ago and this dude inspired me to start back up you just gotta love down to earth music

  • As a single mom that grew up in a town of less than 500, thought I made it out and ended up back after all and now I have to drive 86 miles one way to have a job, but at least my son is well taken care of and is growing up the best way possible... some dreams will come true, some won't and sometimes new ones get thrown at you.

  • You should listen to his cover of Robert Earl Keen's "Undone" (title track) on the REK tribute album. He takes that song to a new level that I didn't think was possible. (No offense to Robert Earl, but the song was meant for Chris Knight.)

  • that woman wants to have aggressive sex with the best country singer ever.. NO HOMO! lawls he is my inspiration for playing i just need to find the chords and stuff to his songs

  • @zackwinsett just watch his finger movements on this video and you could probably figure it out ive done it

  • unbeatable

    has ne body heard the trailer tapes?....im sure u have.

  • Everybody check out my video response! It's a cover of this song, it's my first youtube video!

  • what a song writer

  • What an amazing artist.

  • Strong.

  • Chris Knight is a true country musician. Haven't been into him long but so far, all I have heard Is great country music. Keep on Keepin On !!!

  • Chris Knight is SO country, it's not even funny. God bless that man and his music. I like all kinds of genres, but country and rock are two that I grew up on, and keep coming back to. I'm so glad there's some real passion in music that I can keep coming back to.

  • Damn, like his music but why won't he face the girl he's talking with? Just staring off in some other direction. If he ain't blind thats just plain rude.

  • wow.. he was amazing

  • Chris Knight at Club Cafe Friday September 10th!!

  • So god damn good.

  • Chris sure talks like a country boy, just discovered him and I love it...something different

  • I Just got into Chris Knight. gives me hope for country music. This guy is great.

  • Such a fucking bad ass song

  • very good

  • One of the best song writers there is

  • go on brother go on

  • Just saw him at the LJT Festival. Chris Knight doesn't really care what people think and thats what I like about him.

  • The rope symbolizes the reason to hang himself, without having enough rope, you can't do it; he's got it pretty good for how little he's got--just enough to get by. It's hard to take advantage of the good things in life, if the good things in life are limited... Beautiful song. Heart of Country? I couldn't agree more.

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  • This is Country...not that Rascal Fag bull shit. Long live the good stuff!!!

  • This ain't on the edge of country , it's smack dab in the heart of it.

  • CHRIS YOU FUCKIN RULE!!!!

  • What are yall even talking about?!? I'm from Texas this guy plays all the time. And about the bigger and better things. He knows that if he did go bigger someone would try and change him and make him more of a country pop idol. That's why he remains where he is. And us people from Texas get to see him play quit often!!!

  • Lucky you!

  • Best songwriter of all time

  • I like chris knight as much as anybody but the title of best songwriter of all time would got to Mr.Hank Williams SR.

  • Chris is the man. One of the greatest song writers of out time.

    He`s just announced some more tour dates , check out his website, he might be coming to a town near you.

  • tears is all I can say, this is truly a blues song by all merit.

  • amazing lyrics.

  • Chris Knight is a songwriting GENIUS! No doubt about it. But this is one of those songs I hate just as much as I love. I have a hard time listening to it. Hits way too close to home. I guess that's how you tell a phenomenal songwriter from a run-of-the-mill songwriter... By how deep they can cut you.

  • Wow. This is a great song. I am from WV and think Chris is from KY. Same kind of area. I can relate to the person in the story a little. I; however, went to school and got out...so I made it right? Then why do I miss home so much ;) Love these strory songs! Great job songwriting!

  • Can anyone help me out with the picking progression?

  • What a great singer/writer. I LOVE all his music!

  • love this damn song

  • This is really sweet but the lyrics really remind me of Bruce Springsteens 'The River' - the theme etc. Anyone else?

  • amazing song about all of us working stiffs who work a thankless job and try to make sense of it all

  • i love him so much he rocks!!!!

  • He is the man! If you get the chance you should see him live...he puts on a pretty good show.

  • oh yes i know ive seen him with my dad many times,,im only 13 so its sort of hard,,but he is great i love the stories behind his music.

  • Check out a few of my cover songs of the greatest songwriter of all time, Chris Knight. Comments would be nice, good, bad, I'll take 'em all. If you have not heard all that Chris Knight has to say........you should.  Jon Sizemore

  • This is a response to the description by mistascott007. That was one of the best, most concise, clearest and most insightful comments on this or, to be frank, ANY song I think I have seen. I plug CK on my Fbook page and I just plain stole your description and posted it. Excellent. I am headed out to see Chris tonight in VA

  • Great that you like it! Where in VA did you see him? I saw him in Harrisonburg a few months back and just recently in Arlington.

  • You should listen to 'It aint easy being me' by Chris Knight....It's my favorite

  • It`s great! All his stuff is good.

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  • Locked up in Lagrange. In Oldham County?

  • Lagrange KY, I don't know what County, but it's up by Shelbyville and Frankfort. Chris is from KY.

  • yea the prison

  • I heard "Rita's Only Fault" about 5 months ago on the Campus Radio Station in Raleigh NC and it was such a PILE DRIVER that I pulled off the road to listen to it. I thought "who IS this guy?" Fortunately WKNC has an online component and you can get the playlist. I have since become a huge huge fan.

  • Thats an awesome song! All his stuff is so good though!!! Rita`s Only Fault is off The Trailer Tapes album. Do you have any of his cd`s yet?

  • I just love to listen to this old boy. He's from my part of the world, and he reminds me of several folks I grew up with. He always writes from the heart.

    Thanks for posting this.

  • Love how he talks!!

    "he plays in my baaand sometimes"

    CK=badass

  • just freakin beautiful!

  • unreal talent. what exactly does he mean when he said "you can't hang yourself if you ain't got enough rope?"

  • lack of means (money/talent/education/etc.) will prevent you from getting yourself into trouble because you can't afford it. That is why you follow the rules.

  • You can't lose what you don't have. The guy he describes lives in a small, simple world. As long as he is confined to it there really isn't much he can screw up. He made decisions early in his life that limited his future. So, while he could have done bigger things with his life, his only consolation is that he can't fail to reach his dreams because he has given up on reaching them long ago.

  • I kinda disagree, I mean yes, he could have done bigger and better things, but I wouldnt say his only consolation is that he cant fail to reach his dreams, seems to me, he has changed his dreams and now realizes what his priorities in life are, and should be. working hard, and loving his family. At least thats what it means to me.

  • @mistascott007 its obvious you've never lived in a small town, you don't have a choice, there's no greener side. You've never had to live without enough rope.

  • @mistascott007 well said

  • Isn't it great to hear live music???No bullshit studio stuff like 90% of what you hear today.........

    Just a man and his guitar.............Beautiful!!­!

  • @Duder1969 Amen brotha....

  • That lady probably wet herself at the sight of CK.

  • Never heard of him before,but that is a awesome song!

  • he sounds like Kris Kristofferson when he talks.

  • You can tell that woman is creamin her jeans.

  • Now that's badass talent.

  • I love this song. One of my favorites

  • hell yea such a good song

    chris knights so awesome

    he's just a good ole simple country boy

  • There's one of Chris's songs whre the chorus goes "someones crying uin the hall, Oh lord help us all, were just trying to stay afloat, If you could lord send a boat" can anyone tell me the name of that song please

  • Send A Boat. That's a great song

  • that's the song i discovered him with. i actually heard it on the radio (crazy huh) and HAD to find out who he was. he's become my favorite, along with miranda lambert. he's just great.

  • Random top 2 but I like Meranda also.

  • haha actually, before miranda was on nashville star, she started in the texas country scene (i have her cd from before she was on it) and chris is considered red dirt for the most part. :)

  • What's the deal with all these goddamn Brits and Aussies in broadcasting? I don't really have anything against them, I just get tired of hearing their tiresome accents on the air.

    BTW, Chris is great, ain't he? Good ol' boy, too, from what I hear from friends in the music biz.

  • fucking unreal

  • Chris Knight goes so fuckin hard. If you don't feel his lyrics you're probably some rich asshole that had everything handed to him. CK is the real fuckin deal, he writes from the heart. The last of a dying breed

  • That's no shit.

  • She looked like she about creamed herself from ol' boy.

  • @freetickeys i thought the same damn thing lmao!

  • Nice beard.

  • The man is awesome!

  • dude is my favorite singer song writer. down the river gives me fuckin chill bumps

  • genius

  • Chris Knight is an awesome storyteller! BTW, is it bad that we find his music so dear to our hearts, here in Kentucky, we cannot resist the urge to sing along, very loudly! Great singer songwriter with a voice as gritty as some of the folks who find themselves in his character studies. He is also generous with his time and kind to his fans.

  • he is an extremly awesome talent

  • You can't hear him or the band in Kentucky, cause the fans drown them out singing along. Chris is the best singer/songwriter that ever lived.

  • i love his songs i met chris he is as down to earth as they come you wouldnt know he had a dime to his name a real good guy hope he keeps em coming

  • i hope to god he doesnt become a sell out

  • He won't.

  • This is about as good as it gets, much better than the garbage country that the radio plays.

  • Thank God for alternative music. I would never found him any other way. Country music sold out a long time ago and It's a shame. How will the next generation of singer songwriters come along? Oh yea, they will have to go back two or more generations to be inspired. I hate to see what will become of country when this trend continues.

  • We jsut saw Chris Knight in Dallas he was good but the music was too loud. This guy kicks, much better than the pop country crap thats out right now.

  • STOP THE PRESS, this guys is like no other! a true badd ass.

  • I heard Chris in concert at the Handlebar in Greenville, S.C. and the band overwhelmed his vocals all night. This is much better.

  • legrange is a prison here in Kentucky

  • what is the name of the song where he says im never going back to danville till im dead

  • The name of that song is "Danville" it`s off the new album, Heart of Stone. It`s an awesome CD! I think I have a video of him playing it live, I`ll try to get that up for you.

  • Check out my video response. Chris Knight playing Heart of Stone!

  • Thanks for the reply video and great to see him performing from the new album! Heart of Stone is a great album and should be bringing him much success.

  • I hope it does. I hoe putting these videos up will help spread the word...

  • good times..

  • this song is on gac a country tv station on the sattilite.. and this is a damn good song but down the river is the best song.. or it aint easy being me

  • Yea Down The River is awesome!!! I love Crooked Road to...

  • I do love "Down the River" as does my sister and me Mam.

    All of us are from Lancashire in the North West of England and we really wish he'd come to England for just one gig. In the meantime we're saving to travel to the U.S. purely to listen to the guy.

  • he played uk autumn last year!!!

  • Really! damn, next time I'll be there. Heres hoping he comes again.

  • best. song. ever.

  • One the of the best songwriters...dead or alive. KILLER!

  • Slaughters KY is smaller than 800 people.

    Ahaha.

  • where is this show from? that nice lady sound like she aint from round here

  • wait, is this the same guy from "Brady Bunch"?

  • You can hear two of his new songs in their entirity on his myspace page (chrisknightmusic). Sounding good and as I predicted, a bit more rocking....

  • out of all of his songs, this one if my absolute favorite! it reminds me so much of my daddy and everyone in our tiny little town. my dad doesn't work for the city, but he does work for the county. but we're just blue collar people like in the song, trying to make a living.

  • My husband got me listening to him. I love this song!

  • I used to hate him, but then my brother had made me listen to it...Now I love him!!!

  • i just seen him friday in town and we heard him play some of his new songs and they were great... can't wait to get the cd.........

  • Very good to hear! How were the new songs? Were they more rocking like some songs on Enough Rope or more country sounding?

  • this is why I listen to music...

  • Awesome song! The new Chris Knight cd Heart of Stone comes out in August, should be able to order it off his website in about a month. Can`t wait!

  • How come they don't play this stuff on the radio? Great Song!

  • For the same reason they don't play Steve Earle much...its just too damn good! (Saying that, Chris Knight was played on BBC Radio 2 last Thursday!)

  • Stay out of the mines, Grandpa! Or off the Marlboro reds!

    Love the song though!

  • Never heard this artist before.

  • so do you like what you hear so far?

  • Hell yes!!! Makes me proud to be a fellow Kentuckian!

  • chris knight is amazing his lyrics realy do speak to you unlike most of this mainstream shit

  • Chris Knight goes hard. He's not a rockstar. I don't care about him not puttin on a show. I like it when bands cut the bullshit and they just sing their damn songs.

  • Chris Knight is the shit, great song

  • I'm going to disable comments if they carry on like this. Come on guys, its about Chris Knight. If you love it, then leave a comment, if you don't, then move on.

  • That's pretty fucking sad you'd think Trace Atkins is a big queer.

  • On the edge of country huh? Sounds more country than this shit on the radio

  • How can one not like this guy?

    Maybe he is a little different but differnt can be so good if one gives it a chance.

  • For all the people that don't like this...then don't listen to it. Go watch your Kenny Chesney and and the big queer that sings that I got my game on song(cant remember his name). You wouldn't know talent if hit hit you in the ass.

  • Chris Knight isn't trying to be a showman. All he's doing is writing what he knows and putting all of his heart behind the songs, if you're looking for showmanship go pay 80$ for some nash-vegas singers that dont even know how to play guitar. If you're looking for true lyrics and heart go see Chris Knight.

  • I saw him live. Love his music but he puts on a terrible show.