Down In Mississippi - Music

Terry Evans August 14 1937 – January 20 2018 Was An African American R&B Blues And Soul Singer Guitarist And Songwriter. He Worked With Many Musicians Including Ry Cooder Bobby King John Fogerty Eric Clapton Joan Armatrading John Lee Hooker Boz Scaggs Maria Muldaur And Hans Theessink. Cooder Stated That He Always Thought That Evans Made A Better "frontman." Evans Released Seven Solo Albums Including Blues For Thought 1994 Come To The River 1997 And Fire In The Feeling 2005 . Evans' Career Was Inspired By Elmore James Little Walter Albert King And B.B. King. Songs He Wrote Were Recorded By Pops Staples And Louis Jordan.
Terry Lee Evans Was Born In Vicksburg Mississippi United States And Sang In His Local Church Choir. His Parents Were Keen For Him To Concentrate Purely On Gospel Music Although Evans Found Exposure To The Work Of Mainstream Blues Musicians. He Worked Semi Professionally With An A Cappella Group Called The Knights Before Relocating In The 1960s To Los Angeles. He Expanded His Repertoire By Learning To Play The Guitar And Started To Write Songs For Other Musicians. Amongst Those Who Recorded His Songs Were Pops Staples "Love Is A Precious Thing" And Louis Jordan "Hop Skip And Jump" . Unable To Find His Own Fame Despite Television Exposure Evans Teamed With Fellow Soul And Gospel Singer Bobby King. They Performed Regularly On The Chitlin' Circuit Throughout The 1970s Although Evans Also Worked As A Backing Vocalist For Ry Cooder. His Backup Work Appeared On Several Of Cooder's Albums Down The Years Including Chicken Skin Music 1976 And My Name Is Buddy 2007 . Evans Joint Work With King Saw The Release Of Two Albums In 1988 And 1990. He Gained A Bigger Audience Through His Involvement In The Soundtrack To The 1986 Film Crossroads. Evans Voice Appeared On The Title Track In The Film Itself And On The Soundtrack On Another Song "Down In Mississippi". Evans Later Worked With Lloyd Jones' On The Latter's Album Trouble Monkey Before Recording His First Solo Album Blues For Thought 1994 . It Was Produced By Ry Cooder Who Also Played Guitar On The Recording. Evans Sang Backing Vocals On The Dutch Singer And Guitarist Hans Theessink's 1997 Album Journey On. Evans 2001 Album Mississippi Magic Was Nominated For A Blues Music Award As The "Best Soul Blues Album Of The Year". On Evans 2005 Album Fire In The Feeling David Lindley Guest Starred Playing Guitar On A Couple Of The Tracks. Evans' Last Recording Was His Joint Effort With Theessink On Delta Time 2012 . CBC News Journalist Bianca Cervantes Opined That "Delta Time Is The Latest Transatlantic Blues Treasure." In 2014 Evans Was Featured On The Compilation Songs From A Stolen Spring. On The Album Evans' Performance Of "Dancing In The Street" Was Meshed With Lebanese Singer-Songwriter Tania Saleh's "Not A Word Was Spoken". Discography
Albums Edit YearTitleRecord LabelNotes
1988Live And Let Live!Rounderwith Bobby King
1990Rhythm Blues Soul & GroovesRounderwith Bobby King
1994Blues For ThoughtPoint Blank
1995Puttin' It DownAudioQuest Music
1997Come To The RiverAudioQuest Music
2000Walk That WalkTelarc
2001Mississippi MagicAudioQuest Music
2003Live Like A HurricaneAudioQuest MusicLive Album
2005Fire In The FeelingValley Entertainment
2008VisionsBlue Groovewith Hans Theessink
2012Delta TimeBlue Groovewith Hans Theessink
2014Songs From A Stolen SpringValley EntertainmentCompilation read less