American singer-songwriter
E.G. Kight
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E.G. Kight on stage (2007)
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Birth name
| Eugenia Gail Kight
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Also known as
| The Georgia Songbird
[1]
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Born
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1966-01-17
)
January 17, 1966
(age 58)
Dublin, Georgia
, United States
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Genres
| Chicago blues
[2]
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Occupation(s)
| Singer, guitarist, songwriter
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Instrument(s)
| Guitar, vocals
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Years active
| 1980s–present
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Labels
| Blue South, M.C. Records
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Website
| www
.egkight
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Musical artist
E.G. Kight
(born January 17, 1966) is an American
Chicago blues
singer, guitarist and songwriter. She has worked with many musicians, including
George Jones
,
Jerry Lee Lewis
,
Conway Twitty
,
Merle Haggard
,
Luther Allison
,
Hubert Sumlin
,
Pinetop Perkins
,
Taj Mahal
,
B.B. King
, and
Koko Taylor
.
[2]
[3]
Kight has recorded seven albums to date and received several nominations for
Blues Music Awards
, in the categories Contemporary Female Artist and Song of the Year.
[2]
Kight is billed as "The Georgia Songbird".
[1]
Her main musical influence was Koko Taylor.
[2]
Life and career
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Eugenia Gail Kight
was born in
Dublin, Georgia
. At the age of five her grandmother taught her to play the guitar.
[2]
In her youth she watched
Elvis Presley
perform in
Macon, Georgia
.
[4]
Initially raised on a musical diet of
gospel
and
country music
, she gravitated towards the
blues
after hearing a
recording
of
Koko Taylor
. Already a professional musician in her mid-teens, Kight moved away from playing country songs and began her career in
Chicago blues
. She appeared regularly on the television program
Nashville Now
in 1989 and toured extensively in the late 1990s and into the new millennium.
[1]
[4]
Her 1997 album,
Come into the Blues
, includes a version of "
I've Been Loving You Too Long
". In 2002, she performed at the ceremony when a statue of the song's writer,
Otis Redding
, was unveiled at the
Georgia Music Hall of Fame
. The same year, Blue South Records released
Trouble
.
Southern Comfort
followed the next year,
[2]
with
Chuck Leavell
playing piano; the album contained her
cover version
of
John Prine
's "
Angel from Montgomery
".
[5]
In 2004, she released
Takin' It Easy
, which included, along with her own compositions, covers of
Duke Ellington
's "
I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues
" and the
Allman Brothers Band
's "Southbound." Guest musicians on the album were
Ann Rabson
, Chris Hicks (of the
Marshall Tucker Band
), and Greg Piccolo (formerly with
Roomful of Blues
).
[2]
In the same year she was nominated for three Blues Music Awards.
[1]
On Kight's 2008 album,
It's Hot in Here
, released by M.C. Records, she wrote or co-wrote most of the tracks.
[2]
It attained number one on the root blues chart and on
Sirius XM Radio
.
[3]
Prior to Kight's album release,
Lip Service
(2011), she had two stays in hospital due to a combination of
meningitis
and
encephalitis
.
[6]
[7]
The album again had musical and production input from
Paul Hornsby
and contained "Koko's Song", a tribute to Taylor.
[8]
[9]
The album also had her duet with
John Nemeth
.
[7]
Her songs have been recorded by Taylor,
Dorothy Moore
,
Saffire ? The Uppity Blues Women
, and
Shakura S'Aida
.
[1]
She endorses
Taylor Guitars
.
[3]
Kight continues to live in Dublin, Georgia, on land that has belonged to her family for four generations.
[7]
Discography
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Solo albums
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Year
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Title
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Record label
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1997
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Come into the Blues
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Blue South
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2002
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Trouble
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Blue South
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2003
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Southern Comfort
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Blue South
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2004
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Takin' It Easy
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Blue South
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2007
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EG Live and Naked
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Blue South
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2008
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It's Hot in Here
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M.C. Records
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2011
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Lip Service
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Blue South/Vizzitone
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2014
|
A New Day
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Blue South
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See also
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References
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External links
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