Son to George and Elaine Knight (Lal Waterson) with one sister Maria Knight (Marry Waterson), he and his family lived in Park Avenue, Hull until 1976 and then moved to St. Ives Farm, Robin Hood's Bay.
"[citation needed] He did various labouring jobs until settling down in 1989 as a self-employed subcontracting gardener for a local firm based at Ravenscar, North Yorkshire.
After buying a four-track machine, Knight started experimenting with recording music, leaving home temporarily and playing in various blues and rock cover bands, but moving back to his parents' house in 1993.
His mother had been asked to provide a track for a sampler CD for the musicians' co-op No Masters, to highlight the songwriting talent they had in their organisation.
"[citation needed] Knight developed a writing partnership with his mother and eventually they collaboratively recorded the studio album Once in a Blue Moon released in 1996 to much acclaim, with a vinyl reissue in 2009.
[1] In 1994, Knight decided to branch out as a live sound engineer and his first job was with a band called The Whisky Priests.
"[citation needed] The song "Midnight Feast" was recorded at a studio in North Dalton called Panda Sound (P.A.
Knight and his family moved out of Robin Hood's Bay and now live in the neighbouring village of Fylingthorpe.