David Evans (musicologist)
David Evans is a ethnomusicologist and director of the Ethnomusicology/Regional Studies program at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music in the University of Memphis, where he worked since 1978[1]
As head of the university's High Water Recording Company, he made numerous recordings of performers in the Memphis area, some of whom were not previously documented. He has written or edited a number of books on the blues, alongside music releases' liner notes and booklets.[2] He won a Grammy in 2003 for "Best Album Notes" for the CD Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues - The Worlds Of Charley Patton. [3]
Evans has also been performing in the US and elsewhere, both solo and with the Last Chance Jug Band. His discography includes Match Box Blues (Inside Sounds, 2002); I didn't Know about You (Heavywood, 2005);[4] Needy Times (Inside Sounds, 2007) and as player in Shake That Thing! (Inside Sounds: 2006).[5]
Published work
- Tommy Johnson (London: Studio Vista, 1971)
- Big Road Blues: Tradition and Creativity in the Folk Blues (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982)
- The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to the Blues (New York: Perigee, 2005)
Further reading
- Evans, David (bio), entry by Jack T. Cooper. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore, Anand Prahlad (author/editor) Vol. I, A-F (Greenwood Press, 2005) ISBN 0-313-33036-0
References
- ^ "Faculty Members". Faculty members. University of Memphis. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ "High Water Recording Company discography". Retrieved 2012-08-08.
- ^ "Past Winners". Grammy.com - Past Winners. The Recording Academy. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ "Heavywood recordings catalogue". Retrieved 2012-08-08.
- ^ "Inside Sounds blues catalogue". Retrieved 2012-08-08.