Rock Music
In John's younger days he toured extensively as a rock musician - singer songwriter.
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Below are a selction of his albums...
A Better Man
Album released 2012
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1. Lady Doctor 4:05
2. Alexandria 5:04
3. Love on the Vine 4:03
4. Republic Square 3:39
5. One More Fight 4:23
6. You and I 4:12
7. (I Know) I'm Losing You 3:21
8. More to Life 4:05
9. A Better Man 3:51
10. Good to be Alive 4:32
John created "A Better Man" with Lyndon Connah - Lyndon was in Level 42 with years of experience as a session musician and Producer. The album oozes class, "Good to be Alive" a great example of the chemistry between John and Lyndon - a great song with wonderful harmony vocals and piano outro.
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Survivor
Album released 2008
TRACK LIST:
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1. Are you Ready? 3:49
2. City of Lights (All of My Life) 4:13
3. No Smoke Without Fire 4:25
4. Take Care of your Business 3:54
5. Bad Disposition 3:22
6. Shadowlands 3:59
7. Famous for Being Famous 3:10
8. Welcome to the World 2:55
9. (I'm a) Survivor 3:18
10. Love Just Dies 3:18
11. Long Time Gone 6:33
John Evans made the album with Mick Docherty. John wrote the songs and Mick arranged and played all the guitars and wrote the drum and bass parts. Mick also mixed and recorded the album. John said "Mick was a wonderful musician and a man who when he committed to doing something always saw it through giving it 100% - it's the best thing I've ever done."
"Evans righteous fury wouldn't be worth a damn if he didn't have the musical muscle to ram it home... tracks like Are you Ready and City of Lights show his real strength, hard-edged boogie blues, that get men drinking and nodding - offset by stunning Springsteen-esque ballads like No Smoke without Fire and Shadowlands Evans hasn't just survived, he is flourishing."
From the album "Survivor" by Henry Yates, Classic Rock, July 2009
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In the Wild Years
Album released 2012
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1. In the WIld Years 3:58
2. Till the End of the Night 3:27
3. Harry's Back In Town 3:28
4. Love Just Slips Away 3:45
5. It's My Life, Baby 2:37
6. Ain't Too Proud to Beg 2:37
7. D T Blues 4:00
8. Billy Stone 3:55
9. We're Not Lovers 4:29
10. Sweet Salvation 3:01
11. The Border Song 4:57
12. Turn Up the Heat 4:28
John's first album with some of his best songs. "Love Just Slips Away" is a poetic and powerful ballad - a must listen.
In contrast both "Turn Up the Heat" and "Till the End of the Night" are riff driven rockers with dark and moody undertones.
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John said "In the Wild Years" a wistful look back on the life I once knew in Paris." The mysteriously titled "Harry's Back in Town" is an ironic swipe at the dangers of heroin. All in all an exhilarating and solid album.
"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast."
"A Moveable Feast," Ernest Hemingway
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