Curtis Knight (b. Curtis McNear, 1945 - 29 November 1999) was an American music artist and band leader who is famously known for his connection to Jimi Hendrix. Knight was an artist in the 1960s Harlem music scene, usually fronting his own band "the Squires". This band gigged in clubs in New York City, and other surrounding areas. It was through Knight that Hendrix got involved with Ed Chalpin, a record producer who signed the future superstar to a contract which Hendrix soon forgot about and left for England to form "The Jimi Hendrix Experience". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.