The Knitters were formed in 1985 as an acoustic country side project by Exene Cervenka, John Doe, and DJ Bonebrake all of the legendary punk band X, Dave Alvin of The Blasters, and more recently, Johnny Ray Bartel of The Red Devils. The name is a play the on name of the legendary group The Weavers. They released one album, "Poor Little Critter on the Road," in 1985 and returned 20 years later with "The Modern Sounds of the Knitters."
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The Knitters / Dave Alvin Dec 3, 2007 St. Louis, Missouri, United States Uploaded by Gary Joann Elgin
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The Knitters has had 99 concerts.
The Knitters is most often considered to be Folk, Country, Roots Rock, Americana, Rockabilly, Alternative Country, Alt-Country, Outlaw Country, and Cowpunk.
The last The Knitters concert was on September 20, 2014 at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California, United States. The bands that performed were: "Make The Music Go BANG! Festival" / X / Los Lobos / Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones / Wanda Jackson / The Knitters / Junior Brown / Lee Rocker / The Paladins / los straitjackets / Ray Campi / The Avengers / James Intveld / Kid Ramos / Victoria Williams / The Farmers / Hula Girls / The Crowd / Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss / Moonsville Collective / Small Wigs / The Abigails / Robert Francis / Buzzcocks.
The songs that The Knitters performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the September 20, 2014 concert at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California, United States:
