Chester Knight is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter from Saskatchewan."Chester Knight nominated for aboriginal Juno".

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, February 3, 2000. He is most noted for the 1999 album ''Falling Down'', which won the

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for Best Aboriginal Recording at the Juno Awards of 2000."Local band wins Juno: Chester Knight and the Wind claims award". ''

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'', March 13, 2000.

Background

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musician originally from the Muskoday First Nation near

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, Knight also worked as an academic counsellor at the

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, later known as First Nations University of Canada, in Saskatoon. He is the uncle of musician Eekwol.

Musical career

He was initially active in music as leader of the band Chester Knight and the Wind, in which he was the sole constant member; other supporting musicians over the band's lifetime included his brother Vernon Knight on backing vocals, bass player Darryl Ross, lead guitarists Malcolm Pooyak and Todd Duncan,"Knight, band take L.A. by storm". ''

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'', March 7, 2002. and drummers K.K. Nogada, Robin Turner and Hal Schrenk. In 1996 the band released its debut album ''Freedom'', which was shortlisted for Best Aboriginal Recording at the

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. ''Falling Down'' followed in 1999; in addition to its Juno Award win, the album won a Prairie Music Award and an Aboriginal Music Award. The following year, ''Falling Down'' was reissued in the United States with the alternate title ''Windfall''. Knight released the album ''Standing Strong'' in 2002 as a solo artist, although he still toured under the band name."Loyal to 'the gift': Art at the heart of society". ''

'', May 22, 2004. Guest musicians on the album included

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, Lucie Idlout, Derek Miller and

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. The album was again a Juno nominee for Aboriginal Recording at the Juno Awards of 2003, and Knight won Songwriter of the Year for "Cochise Was a Warrior" at the Aboriginal Music Awards. In 2004, his music video for "Love Fades Away" won the award for Best Music Video at the

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. With his band now consisting of his sons Lancelot and Daniel, a new album was in the planning stages in 2004. The album did not materialize, although Knight continued to perform selected festival tour dates in Western Canada. In 2013, he released "Idle No More (Tomahawk)", a song inspired by the Idle No More activist movement which was his first new release since ''Standing Strong''. He followed up in 2015 with the single "Indian Girl"."Don't miss". ''

'', May 7, 2015.

References

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