music.wikisort.org - SingerKeith A. Knudsen ( kə-NOOD-sən; February 18, 1948 – February 8, 2005) was an American rock drummer, vocalist, and songwriter. Knudsen was best known as a drummer and vocalist for The Doobie Brothers. In addition, he founded the band Southern Pacific with fellow Doobie Brother John McFee. He was posthoumusly inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Doobie Brothers in 2020.[1]
American musician
Keith Knudsen |
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Born | (1948-02-18)February 18, 1948 Le Mars, Iowa, U.S. |
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Died | February 8, 2005(2005-02-08) (aged 56) Kentfield, California, U.S. |
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Genres | Rock, Country rock, Southern rock |
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Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
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Instruments | Drums, vocals |
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Musical artist
Biography
Knudsen was born in Le Mars, Iowa. He began drumming while attending Princeton High School in Princeton, Illinois, where he graduated in 1966. After short stints playing in a club band and the Blind Joe Mendlebaum Blues Band, he became the drummer for organist/vocalist Lee Michaels. He played in The Hoodoo Rhythm Devils from late 1972 through mid 1973. He never participated in any formal studio recording with them, but recorded a live Texas Special on KSAN-FM in San Francisco with the Hoodoos and Johnny Winter. His big break came in 1974 when he was invited to join The Doobie Brothers, replacing the departing Michael Hossack. Knudsen joined the band during the recording of the 1974 Top 10 platinum album, What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits. He made his recording debut with the Doobies on that album in 1974, performing backing vocals over instrumental tracks that included Hossack.[2]
Knudsen did not get behind the drum kit in the recording studio until Stampede in 1975. Knudsen was co-drummer with John Hartman, (and later, Chet McCracken) until the Doobies disbanded in 1982. His contribution to the group's vocal harmonies in the studio and in concert was as crucial as his drumming.
After the Doobies disbanded in 1982, Knudsen and fellow Doobie John McFee formed the country rock band Southern Pacific.[3] The group was successful in the country charts but disbanded in the early 1990s. By then the two men had formed a writing partnership and despite not rejoining the group at that time, co-wrote the song Time Is Here And Gone with Doobies' percussionist Bobby LaKind, featured on the Doobies reunion album Cycles in 1989.[4]
Knudsen organized a one-off Doobies reunion in 1987 to raise funds for the National Veterans Foundation. After Southern Pacific folded, both he and McFee rejoined the Doobie Brothers on a full-time basis in 1993. Ironically, Knudsen found himself drumming alongside Michael Hossack, whom he had replaced all those years ago. Of the multiple pairings of Doobie Brothers drummers over the decades, Knudsen's time-keeping partnership with Hossack lasted the longest.
He featured prominently as a songwriter on the album Sibling Rivalry (2000), which was, at the time, only the band's third studio album since reuniting. He also featured on the albums Rockin' Down the Highway: The Wildlife Concert (1996), and Live at Wolf Trap (2004). In 2005 he played drums on Emmylou Harris Shores Of White Sand off the All I Intend To Be record.
Though Knudsen was a frequent backing vocalist for the Doobie Brothers, he did not sing lead on many released Doobies tracks. On "Double Dealin' Four Flusher" (from Stampede) he is heard trading brief lead vocal lines with Pat Simmons and Tom Johnston. (The box set Long Train Runnin': 1970–2000 has an early rehearsal version of this song, called "Shuffle," with vocals only by Simmons and Knudsen.) Knudsen can also be heard singing lead on songs from the 1982 Doobie Brothers Farewell Tour ("Don't Start Me To Talkin'" from Farewell Tour; "Listen To The Music" from the Farewell Tour video and the album Live at the Greek Theater 1982). Sibling Rivalry features two later, and very different sounding, Knudsen lead vocals.
Knudsen died of pneumonia at a rehabilitation hospital in Kentfield, California, at the age of 56. He was living in Sonoma County with his wife, Kate, and his daughter Dayna at the time of his death.[5]
Discography
With the Doobie Brothers (studio albums)
With Southern Pacific
- Southern Pacific (1985)
- Killbilly Hill (1986)
- Zuma (1988)
- County Line (1989)
References
External links
Awards for Keith Knudsen |
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Grammy Award for Record of the Year |
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1959−1980 |
- "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" by Domenico Modugno (1959)
- "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin (1960)
- "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith (1961)
- "Moon River" by Henry Mancini (1962)
- "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" by Tony Bennett (1963)
- "Days of Wine and Roses" by Henry Mancini (1964)
- "The Girl from Ipanema" by Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz (1965)
- "A Taste of Honey" by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (1966)
- "Strangers in the Night" by Frank Sinatra (1967)
- "Up, Up and Away" by The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, Ron Townson) (1968)
- "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1969)
- "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, Ron Townson) (1970)
- "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1971)
- "It's Too Late" by Carole King (1972)
- "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack (1973)
- "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack (1974)
- "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John (1975)
- "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille (Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille) (1976)
- "This Masquerade" by George Benson (1977)
- "Hotel California" by Eagles (Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Joe Walsh) (1978)
- "Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel (1979)
- "What a Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers (Jeffrey Baxter, John Hartman, Keith Knudsen, Michael McDonald, Tiran Porter, Patrick Simmons) (1980)
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1981−2000 |
- "Sailing" by Christopher Cross (1981)
- "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes (1982)
- "Rosanna" by Toto (David Hungate, Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Porcaro) (1983)
- "Beat It" by Michael Jackson (1984)
- "What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner (1985)
- "We Are the World" by USA for Africa (1986)
- "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood (1987)
- "Graceland" by Paul Simon (1988)
- "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin (1989)
- "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler (1990)
- "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins (1991)
- "Unforgettable" by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole (1992)
- "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton (1993)
- "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston (1994)
- "All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow (1995)
- "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal (1996)
- "Change the World" by Eric Clapton (1997)
- "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin (1998)
- "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion (1999)
- "Smooth" by Santana (Rodney Holmes, Tony Lindsay, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow, Benny Rietveld, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson) featuring Rob Thomas (2000)
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2001−2020 |
- "Beautiful Day" by U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2001)
- "Walk On" by U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2002)
- "Don't Know Why" by Norah Jones (2003)
- "Clocks" by Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion, Phil Harvey, Chris Martin) (2004)
- "Here We Go Again" by Ray Charles & Norah Jones (2005)
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Frank Edwin Wright III) (2006)
- "Not Ready to Make Nice" by Dixie Chicks (Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison) (2007)
- "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse (2008)
- "Please Read the Letter" by Alison Krauss & Robert Plant (2009)
- "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon (Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill) (2010)
- "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum (Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood) (2011)
- "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele (2012)
- "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra (2013)
- "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo) featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers (2014)
- "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) by Sam Smith (2015)
- "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (2016)
- "Hello" by Adele (2017)
- "24K Magic" by Bruno Mars (2018)
- "This Is America" by Childish Gambino (2019)
- "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish (2020)
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2021−present | |
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Performers |
- Depeche Mode
- Vince Clarke, Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Alan Wilder
- The Doobie Brothers
- Whitney Houston
- Nine Inch Nails
- The Notorious B.I.G.
- T. Rex
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Non-performers (Ahmet Ertegun Award) | |
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The Doobie Brothers |
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Singles | |
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Related articles |
- Discography
- Band members
- Southern Pacific
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Southern Pacific |
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Notable singles | |
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Other | |
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