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John Evan (born John Spencer Evans, 28 March 1948, Blackpool
Blackpool

Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Lying along the coast of the Irish Sea, it has a population of 142,900, making it the North West England#Important cities and towns settlement in North West England behind Manchester, Liverpool and Warrington....
, Lancashire
Lancashire

Lancashire is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in the North West England of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea....
) played keyboards
Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
 for Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)

Jethro Tull are a United Kingdom rock music group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the songs, vocals and flute work of Ian Anderson , who has led the band since its founding, and guitarist Martin Barre, who has #Lineups....
 from April 1970, to June 1980. He was educated at King's College London
King's College London

King's College London is a United Kingdom higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the University of London. Founded by George IV of the United Kingdom and the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in 1829, its royal charter is predated, in England, only by those of the Universities of University of Oxford and Un...
.

He changed his name when his first band
Band (music)

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, 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.






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John Evan (born John Spencer Evans, 28 March 1948, Blackpool
Blackpool

Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Lying along the coast of the Irish Sea, it has a population of 142,900, making it the North West England#Important cities and towns settlement in North West England behind Manchester, Liverpool and Warrington....
, Lancashire
Lancashire

Lancashire is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in the North West England of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea....
) played keyboards
Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
 for Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)

Jethro Tull are a United Kingdom rock music group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the songs, vocals and flute work of Ian Anderson , who has led the band since its founding, and guitarist Martin Barre, who has #Lineups....
 from April 1970, to June 1980. He was educated at King's College London
King's College London

King's College London is a United Kingdom higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the University of London. Founded by George IV of the United Kingdom and the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in 1829, its royal charter is predated, in England, only by those of the Universities of University of Oxford and Un...
.

He changed his name when his first band
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
, 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 in photograph
Photograph

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s on the album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 War Child
War Child (album)

War Child is the seventh studio album by Jethro Tull , released in October 1974.Originally meant to accompany a film project , it was reinstated as a ten-song, single-length rock album after failed attempts to find a major movie studio to finance the film....
 and the live album
Live album

A live album – commonly contrasted with a studio album – is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances. Live albums may be recorded at a single concert, or combine recordings made at multiple concerts....
 Bursting Out
Bursting Out

Bursting Out is a 1978 in music live album by rock music band Jethro Tull . It was recorded at various locations during the European Heavy Horses tour of May and June 1978, but it is not certain where each track was recorded....
, while a painted version of him is seen wearing the suit and tie on the inside cover of the album Aqualung
Aqualung (album)

Aqualung is the fourth studio album by the rock music band Jethro Tull , released in 1971 in music. It was their first album with new bassist Jeffrey Hammond and last album featuring Clive Bunker on drums....
.

Evan left Jethro Tull in 1980, forming Tallis
Tallis

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 with fellow departing Tull member David Palmer
Dee Palmer

Dee Palmer is a United Kingdom arranger and keyboardist best known for having been a member of the rock and roll group Jethro Tull . Palmer is a transwoman who was known as David Palmer for many years, including her stint with Jethro Tull....
. 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
    A New Day Records

    A New Day is a record label from England . It was founded by Dave Rees and evolved from his Jethro Tull fanzine of that name....
    )
With Jethro Tull:
  • Benefit
    Benefit (album)

    Benefit is the third album by Jethro Tull . It was released in April 1970. It was the first album to feature John Evan on keyboards , and the last to feature Glenn Cornick on bass guitar....
     (as session musician
    Session musician

    Session musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders....
    )
  • Aqualung
    Aqualung (album)

    Aqualung is the fourth studio album by the rock music band Jethro Tull , released in 1971 in music. It was their first album with new bassist Jeffrey Hammond and last album featuring Clive Bunker on drums....
  • Thick as a Brick
    Thick as a Brick

    Thick as a Brick is a concept album by the British rock and roll band Jethro Tull . This was their first album featuring new drummer Barriemore Barlow....
  • Living in the Past
    Living in the Past (album)

    For other uses, see Living in the Past .Living in the Past is a double album quasi-greatest-hits collection by Jethro Tull which contains album tracks, unreleased songs, and a number of singles and b-sides that had initially only appeared as British releases before being compiled on Living in the Past for the first time in the...
     (compilation)
  • A Passion Play
    A Passion Play

    A Passion Play is a concept album released by Jethro Tull . Apparently concerning the spiritual journey of one man in the afterlife, it is similar to Thick as a Brick in that it is one long track split across both sides of the LP vinyl record save for the interruption of the oddly-whimsical spoken word piece "The Story Of The Hare W...
  • War Child
    War Child

    War Child or Warchild can refer to:* War baby, a child born to a native parent and a parent belonging to a foreign military force* War Child , a Dutch, British and Canadian charity, that helps children who are victims of warfare...
  • Minstrel in the Gallery
    Minstrel in the Gallery

    Minstrel in the Gallery is an album by British band Jethro Tull . It is the ninth album by the band, released in September 1975.Ian Anderson's lyrics and subject matter show an introspective and cynical air, possibly the byproduct of Anderson's recent divorce from first wife Jennie Franks and the pressures of touring, coupled with the...
  • Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!
    Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!

    Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! is a concept album released by British band Jethro Tull . The remastered 2002 CD version contains two Hidden track that were cut from the original LP, "Small Cigar" and "Strip Cartoon"....
  • Songs from the Wood
    Songs from the Wood

    Songs from the Wood is an album by Jethro Tull and is officially considered the first of a trio of folk rock albums despite the fact that folk music elements are present in the work of Jethro Tull both before and after this trilogy....
  • Heavy Horses
    Heavy Horses

    Heavy Horses is an album released by Jethro Tull on April 10, 1978. It is considered the second album in a trilogy of folk-rock albums by Jethro Tull, although folk music's influence is evident on a great number of Jethro Tull releases....
  • Bursting Out
    Bursting Out

    Bursting Out is a 1978 in music live album by rock music band Jethro Tull . It was recorded at various locations during the European Heavy Horses tour of May and June 1978, but it is not certain where each track was recorded....
  • Stormwatch
    Stormwatch (album)

    Stormwatch is an album by the rock group Jethro Tull and is considered the last in the trilogy of folk-rock albums by Jethro Tull .The album deals with the deterioration of the environmental ethics, warning of an Apocalypse future if mankind does not cease its drive for economic growth and pay attention to nature....


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