The Saturday Knights

Infobox Musical artist
Name = The Saturday Knights


Img_capt = The Saturday Knights at Bumbershoot 2008. Left to right: DJ Suspence, Tilson, Barfly
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Genre = Hip-hop, Indie rock
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Label = Light In The Attic
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Current_members = Barfly
Tilson
DJ Suspence
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The Saturday Knights are a Seattle [Andrew Matson, [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2004158456_hiphop030.html Live from Seattle, The Saturday Knights] , "Seattle Times", February 3, 2008. Accessed online 14 August 2008.] and Tacoma,Sara Brickner, [http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-06-25/music/the-saturday-knights-flirtin-with-disaster/ The Saturday Knights: Flirtin’ With Disaster] , "Seattle Weekly", June 25, 2008. Accessed online 14 August 2008.] Washington-based musical group whose music spans many genres, ranging from hip hop to pop music.Chris Burlingame, [http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/recordreview/2008jun/mingle The Saturday Knights—Mingle] , review on Three Imaginary Girls, 30 June 2008. Accessed online 14 August 2008.] Their debut full-length CD, "Mingle" (2008) features guest appearances from the Dap-Kings, Chris Ballew, Jack Endino, Holly Deye (the bassist from Lillydale), Kim Thayil, and Jim Horn & the Muscle Shoals Horns. This crew of guest artists allowed them to recreate samples they wanted to use on this album but could not for legal reasons.

Its members go by the names Tilson, Barfly, and DJ Suspence (Spencer Manio [Eric Grandy, [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=272424 It Takes Two] , "The Stranger", July 25, 2007. Accessed online 14 August 2008.] ). The group originally included multi-instrumentalist Brian Weber (ex-Dub Narcotic Sound System), who went by the name of "B-Web" and who left the group shortly before their 2007 South by Southwest appearance. [Eric Grandy, [http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/03/brian_weber_kicked_out_of_saturday_knigh Brian Webber Kicked Out of Saturday Knights?] , "The Stranger" LineOut, March 27, 2007. Accessed online 14 August 2008. Misspells Weber's name as "Webber".] [Larry Mizell, Jr. [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=606303 Let's Get Ready to Mingle] , "The Stranger", June 25, 2008. Accessed online 14 August 2008.]

A June 2007 piece in the "Seattle Times" states that the "genre-flouting" group have been praised by virtually all media in Seattle who cover popular music, but have yet to get geographically broader attention, partly (it conjectures) because their 2007 appearance at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas has been their only non-Seattle-area performance to date. [Jonathan Zwickel, [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008019259_nite27.html C'mon, America, the Saturday Knights are a hip-hop marvel] , "Seattle Times", June 27, 2008. Accessed online 14 August 2008.]

Members

* Barfly - vocals
* Tilson - vocals
* DJ Suspence (Spencer Manio) - beats

Discography

* "The Saturday Knights", Light In The Attic (2007), 4-song EP
* "Mingle", Light In The Attic (2008), full-length CD

References

External links

* [http://www.lightintheattic.net/releases/saturdayknights/ Light In The Attic Records band page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thesaturdayknights Myspace page]
* Andrew Matson, [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2004158456_hiphop030.html Live from Seattle, The Saturday Knights] , "Seattle Times", February 3, 2008 includes 10 photos.