{{Short description|American singer, songwriter, and bassist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Cheri Knight | image = | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | origin = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = Alternative country<br/>Rock music | occupation = Singer-songwriter | instrument = Vocals, bass | years_active = 1990s-present | label = East Side Digital<br />E-Squared | website = <!-- {{URL|martijonesdixon.com}} --> }}

'''Cheri Knight''' is an American singer, songwriter, and bassist known for her albums (solo and with the band Blood Oranges).

==Early music career== After performing in various Northampton-area bands, Cheri Knight was the singer, songwriter and bass player with the alternative country band Blood Oranges.<ref name="WolffDuane2000">{{cite book|last1=Wolff|first1=Kurt|last2=Duane|first2=Orla|title=Country Music: The Rough Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Jorozp1yp4C&pg=PA573|access-date=August 6, 2012|date=August 1, 2000|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781858285344|pages=552–}}</ref><ref name=CK-mycity-1998>{{cite news|last1=Detweiler|first1=Margit |title=Flower Power: The transcendental twang of singer-farmer Cheri Knight|url=https://mycitypaper.com/articles/031298/musiclead.cheri.shtml|accessdate=March 20, 2017|work=MyCityPaper|date=March 12, 1998}}</ref>

==Solo music career== When East Side Digital Records folded, Blood Oranges amicably disbanded.<ref name=CK-mycity-1998 /> Cheri then recorded two solo albums during her active music career.

''The Knitter'' (1996) was produced by Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, and released on East Side Digital Records. Artists involved included guitarist Eric Ambel (The Del-Lords), bassist Ray Mason, drummer Will Rigby (The dB's), guitarist Mark Spencer, Andy York (bass).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2008/12/pearls-from-the-red-sea/cheri-knight-overlooked-queen-of-alt-country.html |title=Cheri Knight: overlooked Queen of Alt. Country |author= J. MARK BEAVER |publisher=Amoeblog. |accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref>

''The Northeast Kingdom'' (1998) was produced by the Twangtrust (Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy) and released on E-Squared Records. Musicians include Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris (vocals), Tammy Rogers (fiddle), Jimmy Ryan (mandolin), Mark Spencer (guitar), and Will Rigby (drums).<ref name=CK-nodep-1997>{{cite news|title=Album Review: Cheri Knight – The Northeast Kingdom|url=http://nodepression.com/album-review/cheri-knight-northeast-kingdom|accessdate=March 20, 2017|work=No Depression|date=December 31, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321171434/http://nodepression.com/album-review/cheri-knight-northeast-kingdom|archive-date=March 21, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Post-music career== There has always been a strong link between gardening and Cheri's music. When not performing music, Cheri tended an organic farm in Massachusetts.<ref name=CK-loe-1998>{{cite news|last1=Curwood|title=Cheri Knight: Farmer-Musician of the Northeast Kingdom|url=http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=98-P13-00019&segmentID=6|accessdate=March 20, 2017|work=Living on Earth|date=May 8, 1998}}</ref>

Since the release of ''The Northeast Kingdom'', Cheri has focused on flower farming, and has rarely recorded or performed.<ref name=CK-rbhs-2015>{{cite web | url=https://rbhsjukebox.wordpress.com/2015/03/01/album-of-the-week-march-1-the-northeast-kingdom-by-cheri-knight/ | title=Album of the Week, March 1: The Northeast Kingdom by Cheri Knight | work=Music and Meaning: The RBHS Jukebox| accessdate= March 20, 2015| author=uncredited}}</ref>

==Discography== ===Albums=== * 1996: ''The Knitter'' (East Side Digital) * 1998: ''The Northeast Kingdom'' (E-Squared) * 2022: ''American Rituals'' (Freedom To Spend)

===Compilations=== 1996: Various Artists – ''Rig Rock Deluxe (A Musical Salute to the American Truck Driver)'' (Upstart Sounds) – track 9, "Wagon Of Clay" * 1999: Various Artists – ''It's Heartbreak That Sells: A Tribute To Ray Mason'' (Targa Records), track 4, "Down In The Night"

===Appears on=== * 1996: Kevin Salem – ''Glimmer'' (Roadrunner Records) – background vocals on track 6, "Sleep" and track 8, "All On Trial" * 1998: Ray Mason – ''Old Souls Day'' (Wormco Records) – background vocals * 1996: Ray Mason – ''Missyouville'' (Ocean Records) – background vocals * 1996: Wooden Leg – ''Wooden Leg'' (East Side Digital Records)

===With Blood Oranges=== See Blood Oranges discography

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{AllMusic | id= cheri-knight-mn0000775725 | label= Cheri Knight}} * {{discogs artist|652725|Cheri Knight}} * {{LastFM music|Cheri+Knight|Cheri Knight}} * {{AllMusic | id= the-blood-oranges-mn0000052749 | label= Blood Oranges}}

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