About
Be Like Water
Melody - Rhythm - Beat
Be Like Water - an original three piece band based in Wiltshire, UK. A cosmic creative compote of musical influences: from classical, blues, jazz, to rock, metal, World, and a healthy chunk of theatre...
An eclectic gathering of musical personalities, Be Like Water brings together singer songwriter Lee Knott - with his powerful soulful vocals and rock/blues/romantic-punk roots; Adriana Saliu (aka Adriana’s Keys) - a classically trained pianist, jazz and World music inspired soundtrack composer, and…Gav Lar - the rocket of a drummer, rhythmic shape shifter, metal head and the king of polyrhythm.
Be like water
Name: Lee Knott
Rank: Singer-songwriter
Born and bread in Partington (Partytown), Manchester, now a proud Swincunian, I'm a people loving party animal, singer songwriter, painter, and infectiously passionate in all things art. Influences: David Bowie, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, Ritchie Havens, The Smiths, Stone Roses, Black Pumas, Curtis Mayfield, Al Wilson, Gregory Porter. The first band I ever joined was The Silent Getaway, I then formed my own bands: The Knott, COACH, Spidasense, and Here Come The Crows. Inspiring gigs: playing at St George's Hall and The Fleece in Bristol, performing at Glastonbury 2022, 2023 and 2024 in The Greenfields, a regular at Minety festival, supporting The Farm at Pimm's In The Park 2023, performing at Bearded Theory 2016, supporting and performing with Lord Bishop Rocks at Riff's Bar.
Name: Adriana Saliu (aka Adriana's Keys)
Rank: Pianeur/pitch setter
I'm a classically trained pianist, half Polish half Albanian, with love of cinematic and World music. Songs to me are movie sets full of interesting and funny characters (motifs) that are likeable just like real people are. You can tell, I live in my own world, and it's in free time, so I'm mostly late to appointments, on the way to which I tend to lose personal items. Influences - Chopin, MUSE, The Doors, Gershwin, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Hans Zimmer, Queen, Ennio Morricone, Black Pumas, John Williams, Antonio Badalamenti, to mention a few.
Name: Gavin Loynes
Rank: Drummist/Percussioner
I'm a Paultonian, from South West of England, and I'm the opposite of overconfident, with a lack of self-awareness and being crap at dancing with no sense of rhythm.
Influences? Soundgarden, Faith No More, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Sparks, Mr. Bungle, Simple Minds, Police, Depeche Mode, John Denver and Barry Manilow (my life long appreciation of his music must have begun when I was a baby - my parents ran the Barry Manilow Fan Club and I got a mention every now and again in the official Manilow magazines, Barry even used to send us framed roses at Christmas).
The good, the bad and ugly bands I've played in before, from past to Christmas present: La Horse, The Real Oasis, Blake, Dante, Kingpin, Aorta, Dante again, Karmadeva, Joli and The Souls, Here Come The Crows.
photo by Elmar Rubio