Jerry Knaack

Shawnee Mission East High School , Kansas City. Jerry continued playing at Kansas University where his band included his brother and others who went on to Grammy nominees, hall of fame members and the owner of a successful speaker company. Jerry was playing with Spider and the Crabs when he joined The Red Dogs in September, 1965. Jerry transferred to KSTC in Emporia in 1967. After the 1968 Red Dog bus wreck, he joined the Blue Things, rejoining The Red Dogs once they decided to regroup. Jerry has been self-employed since college and the band. In the 70's he and his brother founded The Brothers Fish, multi-location pet stores. In the 80's they owned several Quick Silver One Hour Photos in Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, and California. In the 90's they had a proprietary waterproofing product for new construction. Since 1990 Jerry has devoted full time to real estate development and ownership. In church for the last two decades he's played contemporary Christian music. Jerry has two children - Christen and Hunter.