E.G. Kight

Quick Facts

Full Name	E.G. Kight
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Jan 17, 1966(1966-01-17)
Age	58
Birthplace	Dublin
Country	United States
Horoscope	Capricorn

E.G. Kight Biography

E.G. Kight is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on January 17, 1966 in Dublin, United States. E.G. Kight (born January 17, 1966) is an American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. She has worked with many musicians, including George Jones, Jerry Lee Lewis, Conway Twitty, Merle Haggard, Luther Allison, Hubert Sumlin, Pinetop Perkins, Taj Mahal, B.B. King, and Koko Taylor. Kight has recorded seven albums to date and received several nominations for Blues Music Awards, in the categories Contemporary Female Artist and Song of the Year.

On Kight’s 2008 album, It’s Hot in Here, released by M.C. Records, she wrote or co-wrote most of the tracks. It attained number one on the root blues chart and on Sirius XM Radio.

Her songs have been recorded by Taylor, Dorothy Moore, Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women, and Shakura S’Aida. She endorses Taylor Guitars. Kight continues to live in Dublin, Georgia, on land that has belonged to her family for four generations.

In 2004, she released Takin’ It Easy, which included, along with her own compositions, covers of Duke Ellington’s “I Ain’t Got Nothin’ but the Blues” and the Allman Brothers Band’s “Southbound.” Guest musicians on the album were Ann Rabson, Chris Hicks (of the Marshall Tucker Band), and Greg Piccolo (formerly with Roomful of Blues). In the same year she was nominated for three Blues Music Awards.

E.G. Kight Net Worth

E.G. Kight is one of the richest Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, E.G. Kight 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Eugenia Gail Kight was born in Dublin, Georgia. At the age of five her grandmother taught her to play the guitar. In her youth she watched Elvis Presley perform in Macon, Georgia. Initially raised on a musical diet of gospel and country music, she gravitated towards the blues after hearing a recording of Koko Taylor. Already a professional musician in her mid-teens, Kight moved away from playing country songs and began her career in Chicago blues. She appeared regularly on the television program Nashville Now in 1989 and toured extensively in the late 1990s and into the new millennium.

Her 1997 album, Come into the Blues, includes a version of “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long”. In 2002, she performed at the ceremony when a statue of the song’s writer, Otis Redding, was unveiled at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. The same year, Blue South Records released Trouble. Southern Comfort followed the next year, with Chuck Leavell playing piano; the album contained her cover version of John Prine’s “Angel from Montgomery”.

Prior to Kight’s latest album release, Lip Service (2011), she had two stays in hospital due to a combination of meningitis and encephalitis. The album again had musical and production input from Paul Hornsby and contained “Koko’s Song”, a tribute to Taylor. The album also had her duet with John Németh.

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E.G. Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. E.G. Kight celebrates birthday on January 17 of every year.