During the 1970's, Curtis moved to London, England
where he formed his group "Curtis Knight, Zeus" and toured
throughout Europe. This is also where he showed his phenomenal ability
to find and develop new raw talent. Curtis discovered another unknown
amazing guitarist: Eddie Clarke, also known as "Fast Eddie", who after
spending time with Curtis Knight In The Group Zeus became world famous
with the group Mötorhead.
"Curtis Knight
in 1972, signed a recording agreement with "Pye Records"
of England and released an album titled "The Second Coming"
on the "Dawn" Label.
In the latter part
of the 1970"s, during the "Punk Rock" explosion,
Curtis Discovered the first black Punk Rock group, he brought them
to England and they quickly became famous throughout Europe. The
group was known as "Pure Hell".
During the 80's and
into the 90's, while he was running his own "limousine business",
Curtis worked with a multitude of singers and musicians, helping
them to have an opportunity to have a chance in the music business.
In 1989 "SPV"
records, Germany, released the best selling CD by Curtis and
the Midnite Gypsy's titled "Eyes Upon The Sky"
In 1992 Curtis packed
his bags and moved to Amsterdam, and in 1997 to Lelystad-Haven,
Flevoland.
Since then he recorded
three new CD's:
MEAN GREEN,
(Universe/Virgin)
LONG LIVE ROCK'n'ROLL,
(Golden Sphinx Records)
ON THE ROAD AGAIN,
(Columns/Virgin)
Together with Martin
Weber-C he founded the DoubleRainbow / HappyDream-Music Label in
1999
and has written and
co-produced:
DOUBLE RAINBOW Collections
Volume I, II and III
(Vol.I released December
21st on HappyDream-Music Publishing)
CURTIS KNIGHT, photogallery
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