John Evan

Journalist and author who published various articles on parapsychological subjects. He was born October 13, 1883, in Alpena, Michigan. He studied at Princeton University (B.A., 1907), afterward becoming a reporter on the New York Herald (1908-10) and the St. Louis Globe-Democrat (1910). He then became an instructor in English at the University of Arkansas (1911-15), an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Kansas (1915-17), and a staff writer for Nation's Business (1917-19). In 1921 he became a freelance writer, the occupation he held for the rest of his life. Besides several books, including two written with Judge Ben B. Lindsey, The Revolt of Modern Youth (1925) and The Companionate Marriage (1928), he turned out numerous articles on occult subjects over the years for the American Weekly.

Sources:

Evans, John W. "Conan Doyle Still Lives." American Weekly, November 2, 1952.

——. "Haunted by the Ghost of Bernard Shaw." American Weekly, June 7, 1953.

——. "Patrice Munsel's Neon Ghost." American Weekly, November 8, 1953.

——. "The Phantom Model." American Weekly, April 4, 1954.

——. "When the Clocks Stood Still." American Weekly, June 13, 1954.

Worked With:

Robin Black, Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, Terry Ellis, Ian Anderson, David Palmer, Martin Barre, Barriemore Barlow

• Born: March 28, 1948
• Genres: Rock
• Instrument: Piano

Biography

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John Evan in concert with Jethro Tull, 1973

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 at King'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 in photographs on the album War Child and the live 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 (as session musician)
• Aqualung
• Thick as a Brick
• Living in the Past (compilation)
• A Passion Play
• War Child
• Minstrel in the Gallery
• Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!
• Songs from the Wood
• Heavy Horses
• Bursting Out
• Stormwatch

External links

• 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
PLACE OF DEATH

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