Alan Evans - drums, guitar, bass, vocals, keys, and anything else that makes a sound
Influences
Jimi Hendrix, Curtis Mayfield, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Eddie Kendricks, Frank Zappa, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Phil Collins, The Band, Tower Of Power, Joni Mitchell, The Isley Brothers, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Earth, Wind & Fire, Stereolab, Portishead, The Cardigans
I'm home for a while now so I'll be in my studio working on a lot of my own tunes and albums for other people. So stop by the Playonbrother website to see the latest.
Me
I grew up in Buffalo, NY and was exposed to a lot of great music early on by my father and older brother. I started gigging out around town when i was 12 years old and I've been at it ever since. My brother Neal and I started Soulive back in 1999 and Eric joined us after our first show and we've been kickin ever since. It's amazing that I get to travel all over the world playing music and meet so many different people. Since we started I've been able to play with Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, Toots and The Maytals, Ani Difranco, The Roots, Talib Kweli, The Dave Matthews Band, John Scofield, Chaka Kahn, Living Color, 2006 has been a great year already, our shows with The Rolling Stones were amazing and we've got some more shows with DMB this summer. we're also working on a new album. looking forward to a fun year.
wats good Alan...thanks for tha add...love soulive and diggin tha tracks on ur myspace too...keep up tha great wrk and get at us best regards - Nu-Production
wasssup alan! great job on the audioform/groove 8 cd and mix.. the fellas had a great turnout for the cd release party in charlotte and they are ready to hit the road..they kicked some ass firday night man..
My label, DTR just dropped a double mix entitled REBEL RADIO 45. The mixes, orchestrated by DJ Anubus and DJ Optimus Prime; feature new original music from myself, Billy Drease Williams, alongside other hip hop super talents like Styles P, Paulie Rhyme, Camp Lo, Pete Rock, Fresh Guac, Kurious Jorge, Atherton, Johnson & Jonson, El da Sensei, and many many more!
The Rebel Radio series is a groundbreaking effort by DTR to provide fans and listeners with free music, with the previous three installments having reached over 50,000 fans worldwide. Rebel Radio was designed to fight back against the corporate "nickel and dime" measures music consumers endure. I would like to encourage active hip hop listeners to take a radical step against these measures by supporting the free distribution of music and downloading a copy of the release.
REBEL RADIO 45: THE FREE DOUBLE MIX NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.
LIVE VIDEOS FROM JOE LYNN TURNER AND GIRLS ROCK GIRLS RULE SHOWS!!
Middle of the Road live at Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ where we opened for Joe Lynn Turner of Rainbow, Deep Purple on 11.28.08. This song is on our debut cd Spark it Up.
Say Whatcha Mean live at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ where we headlined the Girls Rock Girls Rule show in Aug 07. Backing vocalists are Wendy Horn and Josie Scasso. This song is on our debut cd spark it up.
