- John Evan
John Evan (born John Spencer Evans,
28 March 1948 ,Blackpool ,Lancashire ) played keyboards for Jethro Tull from April 1970, to June 1980. He was educated atKing's College London . He 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'.Whilst a member of Jethro Tull, Evan had a penchant for wearing his trademark white suit, along with a yellow shirt underneath and a pink-and-yellow
polka-dot tie. Evan can be seen wearing this outfit inphotograph s on thealbum "War Child" and thelive album "Bursting Out ", while a painted version of him is seen wearing the suit and tie on the inside cover of the album "Aqualung".Evan left Jethro Tull in 1980, forming
Tallis with fellow departing Tull member David Palmer. After many years running his own construction company he now resides in Australia. He also appeared in the 2008 DVD, 'Jethro Tull - Their Fully Authorised Story'.Album discography
;With The John Evan Band:
*"Live 1966" (A New Day Records );With Jethro Tull:
* "Benefit" (assession musician )
* "Aqualung"
* "Thick as a Brick "
* "Living in the Past" (compilation)
* "A Passion Play "
* "War Child "
* "Minstrel in the Gallery "
* ""
* "Songs from the Wood "
* "Heavy Horses "
* "Bursting Out "
* "Stormwatch"External links
* [http://www.j-tull.com/musicians/pastmembers/johnevan.html Biography on official Jethro Tull website]
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NAME=Evan, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Evans, John
SHORT DESCRIPTION=british keyboard player
DATE OF BIRTH=March 28 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH=Blackpool , England
DATE OF DEATH=
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