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John Evan
Sign in to saveBritish musician and composer; best know as the keyboard player for the rock band Jethro Tull from April 1970 to June 1980
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1909
- Died
- 1996
- Works
- 33
Top works
- Works (A Fine Night for Dying / Hammerhead / Venus With Pistol / The Terminators)
- The pass beyond Kashmir
- Geth Straker
- The white dacoit
- Hour of the dog
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Japan
- Active from
- 1988-06-29
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Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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 undernea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Evans
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Blackpool
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- King's College London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- progressive rock
- Instrument
- organ
- Record label
- Chrysalis Records
- Image
- Jethro-Tull-9-73(2).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1948-03-28
- member of
- Jethro Tull
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
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