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Full Name - EG (Eugenia Gail) Kight
Nickname - The Georgia Songbird
Date / Place of Birth - January 17 in Dublin, Georgia
Favorite Foods - Hotdogs, salmon, shrimp, peanut butter,
greens, home cookin'
Favorite Drink - Sweet iced tea
Favorite Color - Blue
Favorite Pastime - Walking with my dog, Dixie and cat, Albert,
fishing, shopping, digital photography
(EG's photos won several ribbons at the 2003 Georgia National Fair.
Look in the photo gallery for
some of them!)
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Favorite Male Entertainers - |
Elvis, BB King, Merle Haggard, John Berry, Willie
Nelson, Solomon Burke, W.C. Clark, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Delbert McClinton
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Favorite Female Entertainers - |
Koko Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Phoebe Snow, Etta James,
Tina Turner, Anne Murray, Gus Hardin, Celine Dion,
Dolly Parton, Eva Cassidy, Norah Jones, Dorothy Moore, Loretta
Lynn, Tammy Wynette |
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Favorite Music Genre - |
Blues, Country, Old Pop |
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In EG's CD Player Now - |
Ann Rabson, Eva Cassidy, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Microwave Dave, Brothers
and Sisters w/Maria Muldaur, Eric Bibb, Rory Block, Dalton Roberts,
Delbert McClinton |
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First Performance - |
At age 4 sang "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands"
in church. |
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First Professional Performance - |
Civitan Banquet at age 16. |
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Most Memorable Performances -
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~ At the 2004 WC Handy Awards Show
~ On Mountain Stage Radio Show with Robert Cray, Kim Wilson, NRBQ
and Don Dixon
~ With Phoebe Snow and Merle Haggard in Alexandria, VA
~ CD Release Parties in Macon, GA and Chattanooga, TN
~ Several appearances on TNN's "Nashville Now" TV show / In Atlanta
for over 4,000 Disabled American Veterans
~ Dedication Ceremony of the handicapped playground at Pearl Stephens
School in Georgia
~ Koko Taylor's private birthday party in Chicago
~ In Warm Springs, GA for the Georgia Special Olympics Camp
~ The Biltmore Estate Winery in Asheville, North Carolina
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Has Shared the Stage With - |
Koko Taylor, Delbert McClinton, Luther Allison, Susan Tedeschi,
Kenny Neal, Bernard Allison, Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women,
Merle Haggard, Phoebe Snow, Kim Wilson, Shirley King, Brenda Lee,
George Jones, Conway Twitty, Jerry Lee Lewis,
Barbara Blue, Billy Gibson, NRBQ, Taj Mahal, Tinsley Ellis, Little
Feat, Robert Cray |
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Endorsements - |
Gibson Guitars |
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Record Label - |
Blue South Records |
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Publishing Companies -
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Georgia Songbird Music (BMI)
Kight Flying Music (ASCAP)
PO Box 13473
East Dublin, GA 31027 |
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