Dave Evans

Dave Evans was born in Portsmouth, Ohio (Scioto, Ohio) and has been an avid lover of Bluegrass Music since the age of eight. When asked to tell a little about himself in his own words, the following is what he had to say: One of the first memories I have is when my mother, Bessie Evans, purchased an old Silvertone 5-string banjo which was a Christmas gift for my father, Bill Evans. Shortly after Christmas, I found myself seated on the floor of our home at the time in Columbus, Ohio. I was listening to my father play the first banjer licks I would hear. Pop (what I called my father) played the old-time Clawhammer-style. I was eight years old and had been playing the accordion for about a year, but when Pop introduced me to the beautiful sound of the 5-string banjo, something happened to me. Like most kids, I was searching for one special item of interest, something that would become a goal setter in my life. I would find myself able to play that ole' banjer really well someday. Needless to say, after six or seven years of hard, never-ending practice and determination, I found I was well on my way to becoming what I wanted: to be called a "banjer picker".