Artist: Terry Evans
Genre(s):
Blues
Rock
Discography:
Mississippi Magic
Year: 2001
Tracks: 10
Walk That Walk
Year: 2000
Tracks: 9
Come to the River
Year: 1997
Tracks: 10
Puttin' It Down
Year: 1995
Tracks: 10
Blues For Thought
Year: 1994
Tracks: 10
Terry Evans has turn a soulful, gospel-flavored vocalizer fronting a band, only his calling took many steps to reach out that tiptop. Like many blues artists, his first base vulnerability to music was in christian church, where he american ginseng in the junior choir. As is often the case, his parents allowed him to sing simply gospel singing, but on the pinch, he listened to vapours artists such as Elmore James, Little Walter, Albert King, and B.B. King.
His first break in was as a appendage of a Southern vocal chemical group, the Knights. From thither, he stirred to Southern California and began picking up guitar and writing songs. Among the songs he wrote were "Sexual love Is a Precious Thing," which was recorded by Pops Staples, and "Hop, Skip, and Jump," recorded by Louie Jordan.
In the '70s, he performed as a duo with Bobby King, playing on the chitlin electric circuit to provision their brand of Stax-styled soul and gospel. A industrious performer, Evans continued with King piece at the same fourth dimension working as a scope vocalist for Ry Cooder, both on Cooder's albums and in the touring ring. Evans' breakthrough came during the movie Hamlet, where he american ginseng lede on "Low in Mississippi" and the title piece during the film.
In 1993, Evans released his first solo album, Blues for Thought, on Pointblank. While providing support vocal tracks for Lloyd Jones' Trouble Monkey, he attracted the attention of criminal record manufacturer Joe Harley, wHO then signed Evans to Audioquest. Evans recorded deuce fine albums with Harley, Puttin' It Down and Come to the River. Walk That Walk followed in early 2000; MS Magic was issued a year by and by.
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