The Knitters was a one-off country side project of the famed Los Angeles punk band
X featuring the group's vocalist
Exene Cervenka, singer/bassist
John Doe, and drummer
D.J. Bonebrake as well as
the Blasters' guitarist
Dave Alvin. (Ironically, when original
X guitar player
Billy Zoom left the band in 1986, it was
Alvin who replaced him, albeit briefly.)
The Knitters' lone LP, 1985's Poor Little Critter on the Road, was a collection of originals, covers, and acoustic revampings of earlier
X material, redone in a variety of country-based styles running from swing to traditional. ~ Jason Ankeny