Will Knaak currently plays guitar and pedal steel in Parker McCollum's band.
16 Facts About Will Knaak
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Will Knaak's father played piano and fronted his own band Mad Knaak and the Revolution, and briefly played keyboard in The 13th Floor Elevators.
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Will Knaak's grandmother played violin, and his uncle was a guitar player.
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When Knaak was eleven, his mother died in a house fire.
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Aged 13, Will Knaak joined the kid band Redheaded Stepchild along with future Snarky Puppy guitarist Chris McQueen and other classmates.
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Will Knaak recorded his first solo album The Only Open Road at Shine Studios in Dripping Springs, Texas with producer Jeff Plankenhorn, longtime guitarist in Bob Schneider's band.
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Will Knaak played national tours with acts such as Angela Peterson, Johnny Solinger of Skid Row, Parker McCollum, and Wade Bowen and Randy Rogers.
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Will Knaak joined Bowen's band for the tour in support of Bowen's 2014 self-titled album, which included an appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
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Will Knaak then played banjo and guitar on Bowen and Rogers' 2015 collaborative album Hold My Beer Vol.
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In November 2022 Will Knaak launched a kickstarter campaign for his next solo album Dying Day which he described as a "gritty, soulful, bluesy, and roots-based".
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Will Knaak's goal was to record the album by June 2023 and release it in 2024.
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When Noveskey's band Blue October found themselves in need of a guitarist in February 2018, Will Knaak jumped at the opportunity.
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Will Knaak appeared in the music video for the single "Daylight".
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In 2020 Will Knaak played lead guitar on Blue October's tenth album This is What I Live For and received co-writing credit for the song "Stay with Me".
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Will Knaak contributed guitar to Matt Noveskey's side project Icarus Bell, co-writing the band's debut single "Aces".
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Will Knaak played guitar on the first leg of the album's supporting tour in late 2022.