Kevin Mitchell (musician)

Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Bob Evans

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Img_capt = Kevin Mitchell performing at WOMADelaide in Adelaide, March 2008.
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Kevin Mitchell
Alias = Bob Evans
Born = Birth date and age|1976|10|1|mf=y
Died =
Origin = Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Instruments = Vocals
Guitar
Genre = Indie
Occupation(s) = Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 2003 – Present
Label = Redline Records (2003 - 2005)
Capitol Records (2006 – Present)
Related_acts = Jebediah
URL = [http://www.bobevans.com.au/ Official Bob Evans Website]

Kevin Mitchell (born 1 October, 1976), is an Australian musician, most famous for his role as vocalist/guitarist for the band Jebediah. [ [http://www.angelfire.com/pa/SlightlyOdway/mitchell.html About the Mitchells] , The Mitchell Bros Circus. [Uncredited fan site] ]

Biography

Kevin Mitchell often performs his solo work under the pseudonym of Bob Evans. [ [http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=2341 Bob Evans] , Australian Music Online.] He has released two albums under this name, His first was a low key album titled "Suburban Kid", which was released in 2003. It was released on Redline Records, and was not widely available. Whilst all the tracks were written by Kevin Mitchell, one song, "The Hermit", was co-written by Luke Steele from The Sleepy Jackson. Katy Steele, from Little Birdy also performed backup vocals on the album.

The follow up was released in 2006 and has been titled "Suburban Songbook". It began as a collection of demos that Kevin Mitchell (Evans) recorded with no intention of widely releasing them. However, when Capitol Records discovered them and put into motion the recording of Suburban Songbook which was released in 2006. "Suburban Songbook" won the "Best Adult Contemporary Album" and Kevin Mitchell (Bob Evans) was nominated for "Best Male Artist" in the 2006 ARIA Awards. The album was also nominated for the 2006 Australian Music Prize and the 2006 J Award. Mitchell supported Evermore on their "Welcome to the Real Life" tour of Australia and New Zealand under the Bob Evans pseudonym, and also performed on the 2007 Big Day Out tour, Homebake, West Coast Blues & Roots Festival and The Great Escape.

At the 2007 Western Australian Music Industry (WAMi) Awards he was nominated for two awards, 'Most Popular Album' and 'Best Commercial Pop Act'.

Mitchell was voted 'Best Male Artist' in the 2007 Rolling Stones annual readers poll. He also played showcases in London, New York and Johannesburg before undertaking a national tour with Machine Translations and Farryl Purkiss (South Africa).

“I think Bob Evans is more me than Kevin Mitchell from Jebediah is! In that way it’s like a reverse alter-ego. It just allows me to push things a bit. Bob’s been enough under the radar to give me, creatively, a lot more freedom than I might otherwise have.” Kevin Mitchell [ [http://www.bigdayout.com/lineup/artist_popup.php?ArtistId=33 Big Day Out 2006 Artist Profile] ]

When later asked what 'reverse alter-ego' means to Kevin, he said “I've no idea, that's one of those quotes that I've been haunted by.”cite news| last=Webb | first=Dan | url=http://www.xdafied.com.au/interviews/bobevans.html | publisher=Xdafied.com.au| title=Bob Evans (Kevin Mitchell) Interview| date=2007-01-11 | accessdate=2007-03-26]

Mitchell is currently recording a new album with Jebediah and is also recording some new songs for his third album, "Goodnight, Bullcreek" in Nashville.

Discography

"Under his pseudonym Bob Evans."

Albums

*"Suburban Kid" - Redline Records (September 8, 2003)
*"Suburban Songbook" - Capitol Records (June 10, 2006)
*"Goodnight, Bullcreek!" - (April, 2009)

ingles

*"Friday Come Five" (2003)
*"Turn" (2003)
*"Don't You Think It's Time" (2006)
*"Nowhere Without You" (2006)
*"Friend" (2007)
*"Sadness and Whiskey" (2007)

External links

* [http://www.bobevans.com.au/ Official Bob Evans Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/suburbankid Bob Evans MySpace site]
* [http://www.musichead.com.au/site/artist.asp?actID=162734&bio=1 EMI artist profile - Bob Evans]
* [http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4155A47E2349E056 Bob on YouTube]
* [http://www21.sbs.com.au/alchemy/index.php?pg=ct&ct=1&sc=2&id=595 Bob Evans aka Kevin Mitchell interview with Alchemy SBS Radio 2008]

References