Tom Evans is eager to play some contemporary Christian during his first solo concert.
But, for those who go, look for influences from his rearing in the “Old Rugged Cross” hills of Tennessee to his rock band days and 1970s’ Elton John piano-pounding.
The past is all coming together at 7 p.m. Saturday when Evans sings and plays guitar and piano at Second Chance Baptist Church where he is music director.
But his strongest influence for this concert developed during a four-month soul-searching while in prison.
“When I got out I was going to sing for the Lord, get a job and keep it and be the best dad I could be to my little girl. I kept those three promises, and be darned if I don’t have a new car now, singing like I’m excited when I get the chance to sing,” he said.
And he takes his daughter to just about every concert or activity he can afford. “I’ve become a good father. My little girl has changed my life.”
But this week, the main goal for this 46-year-old Anderson man will be singing at his own concert. Since his incarceration on a domestic charge, Evans has become immersed in the music at Second Chance Baptist Church.
As a teen in Anderson, Evans played in local rock bands including Flat Earth Society, New Haven and Secrets. They did REO, Aerosmith, Bad Company; rocking kind of stuff.
Those ventures likely contributed to his earlier troubles.
“During 25 years, I fell off into alcohol and drugs and all kinds of things. I kind of got lost. I did get lost,” he said.
When he’s not singing, he runs a press and machines for a manufacturer of sport equipment. With a job and a daughter, Evans feels blessed.
With that confidence, he’s excited to go into his first concert.
“I feel like God has watched over me to get me to the point where I can do what I’m getting ready to do.”
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If you go …
What: Concert by Tom Evans
Music director of Second Chance Baptist Church
When: 7 p.m. Saturday, March 29
Where: Second Chance Baptist Church
10th and Chase streets, Anderson
Cost: Freewill offering
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