John Evan
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John Evan | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | John Spencer Evans |
Also known as | John Evans |
Born | Blackpool, Lancashire, England | 28 March 1948
Genres | Progressive rock |
Occupation(s) |
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Instrument(s) | Keyboards |
Years active | 1960s–present |
Labels | Chrysalis Records, A New Day Records |
Formerly of | Jethro Tull |
John Evan (born John Spencer Evans; born 28 March 1948, in Derby, Derbyshire) is a British musician and composer. He is best known as the keyboardist for Jethro Tull from April 1970 to June 1980.[1]
Early life
Evans' father was headmaster at a Derbyshire village school and his mother was a local concert pianist and piano teacher. The family moved to Blackpool, Lancashire in October 1949. Evans was educated at Blackpool Grammar School, where he met Ian Anderson and Jeffrey Hammond, and Chelsea College, now King's College London.
Career
Evans changed his name when his first band, The Blades, changed their name to The John Evan Band. Jeffrey Hammond apparently thought 'The John Evan Band' sounded better than 'The John Evans Band'. He participated in the Blackpool musical scene, with most of the musicians that would become Jethro Tull, including Barrie Barlow, Jeffrey Hammond, Glenn Cornick and Ian Anderson.
Later on, Evan was attending college when he happened to recognize his then future bandmates on the radio with the song "Living in the Past", remarking years later that it stood out to him because of its quite unusual time signature for a pop song (5
4).
Jethro Tull
In 1970, he played as a session musician on Jethro Tull's
Whilst with Jethro Tull, Evan had a penchant for wearing his trademark white suit, along with a yellow shirt underneath and a pink-and-yellow
After Jethro Tull
Evan departed Jethro Tull in July 1980, with the "Big Split" of the band. He then went on to form Tallis with fellow departing Tull member, Dee Palmer.[2] He appeared in the 2004 DVD Jethro Tull – A New Day Yesterday: The 25th Anniversary Collection (1969–1994) (originally released in 1994 on VHS), the 2008 DVD Jethro Tull – Their Fully Authorised Story (1968–2008), and the 2009 CD/DVD combo Jethro Tull – Live at Madison Square Garden (1978). In 2018, Evan appeared in a video segment, dressed as a flower, during Ian Anderson's Jethro Tull 50th Anniversary tour.[3]
Album discography
With The John Evan Band
- Live 1966 (A New Day Records)[citation needed]
With Jethro Tull
- Studio albums
- Benefit (1970 - as session musician)
- Aqualung(1971)
- Thick as a Brick (1972)
- A Passion Play (1973)
- War Child (1974)
- Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
- Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
- Songs from the Wood (1977)
- Heavy Horses (1978)
- Stormwatch (1979)
- Compilations
- Living in the Past (1972)
- 20 Years of Jethro Tull
- 25th Anniversary Box Set
- Nightcap
- Live albums
- Bursting Out (1978)
- Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 (as session musician, released in 2004)
- Live at Carnegie Hall 1970(as session musician, released in 2015)
- Live at Madison Square Garden 1978
References
- ^ Hill, Gary. "Biography: John Evan". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 344. CN 5585.
- ^ Kluft, Alex (7 June 2018). "Ian Anderson Presents Jethro Tull 50th Anniversary". Musicconnection.com. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
External links
- Biography on official Jethro Tull website
- John Evan discography at Discogs