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Decades: 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, and 2000's
Dave Evans is one of a select group of bluegrass banjo pickers whose careers have primarily involved leading their own bands. He is not to be confused with a stream of other Dave Evans such as the British guitar fingerpicker from the '70s or U2's guitarist The Edge, whose real name is Dave Evans. Even a charming story of how the banjoist became interested in bluegrass is fraught with the danger of mistaken identity: Evans' mother bought a banjo for his father, whose name was Bill Evans--but this is not the ... Read More