Artist #1:|Kevin Mitchell (born 1 October 1976), is a pop-musician from Fremantle, Australia, most famous for his role as vocalist/guitarist for the band Jebediah. Today, Kevin Mitchell often performs his solo work under the pseudonym of Bob Evans. He has released three albums under this name, His first was a low key album titled Suburban Kid, which was released in 2003. It was released on Redline Records, and was not widely available. Whilst all the tracks were written by Kevin Mitchell, one song, “The Hermit”, was co-written by Luke Steele from The Sleepy Jackson. Katy Steele, from Little Birdy also performed backup vocals on the album. The follow up was released in 2006 and has been titled Suburban Songbook. It began as a collection of demos that Kevin Mitchell recorded with no intention of widely releasing them. However, when Capitol Records discovered them and put into motion the recording of Suburban Songbook which was released in 2006. Suburban Songbook won the “Best Adult Contemporary Album” and Kevin Mitchell (Bob Evans) was nominated for “Best Male Artist” in the 2006 ARIA Awards. The album was also nominated for the 2006 Australian Music Prize and the 2006 J Award. Mitchell supported Evermore on their “Welcome to the Real Life” tour of Australia and New Zealand under the Bob Evans pseudonym, and also performed on the 2007 Big Day Out tour. At the 2007 Western Australian Music Industry (WAMi) Awards he was nominated for two awards, ‘Most Popular Album’ and ‘Best Commercial Pop Act’. “I think Bob Evans is more me than Kevin Mitchell from Jebediah is! In that way it’s like a reverse alter-ego. It just allows me to push things a bit. Bob’s been enough under the radar to give me, creatively, a lot more freedom than I might otherwise have.” Kevin Mitchell. When later asked what ‘reverse alter-ego’ means to Kevin, he said “I’ve no idea, that’s one of those quotes that I’ve been haunted by.” 2009 saw the release of Goodnight, Bull Creek!, named after his hometown in Western Australia. It was recorded in Nashville and features a bigger kind sound with more instrumentation and a driving rock feel. Artist #2:|Bob Evans is a self-taught guitar player who has been playing the guitar for as long as he can remember! He was originally from Folkestone, Kent in England, but now lives in Sussex. He plays various styles, which|includes slide guitar, blues, rock and country. Bob recalls, “making music always seemed to be in my blood “. He admits to being addicted to the guitar and making music. Today he mainly writes and performs his own material. He likes song collaboration. He finds it satisfying to put a good tune to a lyric. In addition, he finds it interesting when playing music with other musicians, bouncing ideas and learning new guitar rifts and techniques.|Bob is always willing to join in the making of music and is always interested in new ideas and lyrics. He owns a number of guitars that he uses for recording his music, depending on the music style. He also plays the bass guitar and drums; a skill obtained as a result of playing in different bands and he has a good appreciation of vocal harmony. Musical influences have been many. In the beginning, it was straight Rock and Roll Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and then of course the Beatles. George Harrisons Guitar playing always inspired Bob.|Those little guitar rifts always seemed to be trickier to play than they actually sounded! Bob has always been a Blues fan, greatly influenced by such artists as BB King, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix to name but a few. #3|Bob Evans is a punk band from Maplewood, New Jersey that spent most of its active career working out of a sweet rented bungalow on the north shore of Boston in a town called North Reading, MA. The band began as a 4 piece with Dave Gloshinski (Guitar + Vox), Chris Zusi(Guitar+vox), Andrew Kesin (bass) , and Brian O’Neill(drums). In ‘90, Zusi left and the band continued as a 3 piece for the rest of its recording career. In ‘95 when O’neill wasn’t able to tour the summer, John Gerlach stepped in to join Gloshinski and Kesin for what became the last tour for the band. Discography In Bob Evans We Trust Demo Tape|Released in 1989 by Bob Evans|This demo tape includes Chris Zusi on second guitar Adult World CD|Released in 1990 by Skene and Twin/Tone. More Hits From Mid-America Comp. CD|Released in 1991 on Twin/Tone.|A Twin/Tone Comp., contains “What We Did” Drought CD EP|Released in 1992 by Skene Records and Twin/Tone Three As One Comp. 7”|Released in 1992, Came with Change Zine #2|Contains “Ayer” Jersey Barrier CD|Released in 1993 by Skene Records Lawyer 7”|Released in 1994 by Skene|Split 7” with Alloy. The Bradley Suite CD|Released in 1995 by Skene and Elektra -East/West Jersey City Spring Water CD Single|Released in 1995 by Skene and Elektra -East/West|Just the one song from the Bradley Suite Gas 7”|Released in 1995 by Scissor Lady|Previously Unreleased Bradley Suite out takes. Leechfield Garden CD|Released in 1997 by Runt.|Rare Italian only Retrospective CD, previously released tracks |
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