McKnight's career began at 19 when he signed his first recording deal with Mercury Records subsidiary, Wing Records. "His voice was on point and, oh my God, he's looks better now than he did back then!" "I want them to leave knowing I played everything they wanted to hear, that I sang as well or better than they thought I would, that I was funnier than they thought I would be and that they leave saying 'When he comes back, I'm definitely coming back to see him again.'"Īnita Brown, a fan from New Orleans, said there's no doubt about that.īrown said his performance was "brilliant" and she'd definitely "invest in a ticket or two" if he returns to the Big Easy. "When someone is paying to see me, I want them to think when they leave that they didn't pay enough," he said. McKnight went through songs like "Never Felt This Way," ''Crazy Love," ''Back at One," and "Anytime," bringing familiar screams from the women in the audience. That was evidenced during his July 4 show at New Orleans' legendary music hall Tipitina's, where he closed out an appearance broadcast live on Sirius XM's "Heart and Soul" channel that included sets by singers V. "My joy comes from seeing their faces when I sing a song or I'm about to play a song I wrote and they recognize it." "I feel very fortunate after all this time that there are people in this world who still want to pay to hear me sing songs that I've created, some more than 20 years ago," McKnight said.
"Bedtime Story," featuring the single "When I'm Gone," follows his 2017 release "Genesis," which included the single "I Want U." "It's been fun and a challenge to make because all the songs are about the same tempo, and how do you make a whole record this way and not repeat the same idea without being redundant?" "We'll see if those people, who think they're genius and know what I should be doing, know what they're talking about," he said laughing. McKnight, now 50, has been serenading fans for nearly 30 years and in that time, he said he's been asked over and over to make an entire record dedicated to love - and all that that entails. "I don't know what anybody else's situation is, you might just need 7 minutes or 12 minutes or 20 minutes, but I'm giving you 60 so that you can just press play and let it flow, let it happen." "It's 60 minutes of love-making music," the crooner said, with a smile, about the new release. You just have to know where to look."ĭuring a recent tour stop in New Orleans, the 17-time Grammy nominated artist sat down with The Associated Press to discuss his latest project, "Bedtime Story," which was scheduled for release in June but has been pushed to the end of the year, and his thoughts about music today. "If you're an avid concertgoer, you'd know I do 150 shows every year. "That question tells me you don't really follow me on Instagram and you're not really in tune with where R&B is today," McKnight said. That question is really telling, he says, because his true fans know where to find him. NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Don't ask Brian McKnight where he's been.
Brian McKnight says he's been asked several times over the years to make an entire record dedicated to love and now he has
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