Remembering Buzz Evans

Paul Wade · Post by **Paul Wade** » 25 Aug 2023 3:47 am

What great player buzz was and great guitar player
https://youtu.be/NYwPEkmK03A?si=PBJL-5gjSQo-JthJpm

https://youtu.be/NYwPEkmK03A?si=PBJL-5gjSQo-JthJpm

Joe Krumel · Post by **Joe Krumel** » 25 Aug 2023 4:39 am

Thanks for posting. Buzz sure had his own style. Very talented musician.

Dale Rottacker · Post by **Dale Rottacker** » 25 Aug 2023 5:28 am

I discovered Buzz while looking for my first Mullen and looking for sound samples on YouTube with a Mullen and Session 500 when Buzz popped up.
I was instantly a fan of his great musicianship. Buzz was pretty special.

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 25 Aug 2023 7:40 am

Whaddaya mean "was". Did Buzz Evans pass? I hadn't heard that, it's not in Gone Home as far as I can see.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 25 Aug 2023 3:48 pm

I haven't heard that either. Last I heard he was basically retired from playing. That was pre-pandemic.

By the way, I played on that steel show linked in the original post. Buzz was awesome on steel and guitar that day. A couple of years before that, he sat in with my band, playing guitar. Imagine playing pedal steel with Buzz Evans looking over your shoulder with a guitar.

We played an instrumental version of "San Antonio Rose" and Buzz tore it up! That sent me back to the woodshed.

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 26 Aug 2023 6:37 am

There are some videos on You Tube where he is playing st someplace in Las Vegas.
Man, what a player!

Erv

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 26 Aug 2023 7:01 am

Yes, for a while he was playing solo, using tracks, in Las Vegas. When he played at the MassBash he played part of his set to tracks and part with the band.

Mike Wilkerson · Post by **Mike Wilkerson** » 26 Aug 2023 9:37 am

Dave Mudgett wrote:Whaddaya mean "was". Did Buzz Evans pass? I hadn't heard that, it's not in Gone Home as far as I can see.

dude buzz has been passed on for a few years now

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 26 Aug 2023 7:57 pm

Mike Wilkerson wrote:
Dave Mudgett wrote:Whaddaya mean "was". Did Buzz Evans pass? I hadn't heard that, it's not in Gone Home as far as I can see.
dude buzz has been passed on for a few years now

I don't believe this is true. I get posts from his daughter Debbie every so often, and Buzz is still with us.

Mike Wilkerson · Post by **Mike Wilkerson** » 27 Aug 2023 10:26 am

Herb Steiner wrote:
Mike Wilkerson wrote:
Dave Mudgett wrote:Whaddaya mean "was". Did Buzz Evans pass? I hadn't heard that, it's not in Gone Home as far as I can see.
dude buzz has been passed on for a few years now
I don't believe this is true. I get posts from his daughter Debbie every so often, and Buzz is still with us.

Herb my apologies sir for the misinformation I thought I had read somewhere he had passes. Please forgive me I try not to post misinformation. Your masonic brother Slim.

Paul Wade · Post by **Paul Wade** » 27 Aug 2023 1:05 pm

OK
I don't know if buzz is with us or not
I was only concerned on his music as a steel player and guitar player . I do know he had a stroke some years ago...
Correct me if I am wrong

P.w

Paul Wade · Post by **Paul Wade** » 27 Aug 2023 3:47 pm

Please close

Pw

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 27 Aug 2023 4:45 pm

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 27 Aug 2023 4:58 pm

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com//viewto ... ?p=2535854

Brint Hannay · Post by **Brint Hannay** » 27 Aug 2023 8:54 pm

I have no information on his current status, but--as long as his name has come up, I'm reminded of clips I saw in the past that are well worth revisiting,
for example, this:
(great throughout, but check out how he cuts loose at 2:40!

)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr6I93a7r7o
(Why are there not people gathered, agog, behind the barriers to his right and behind him to his left??? $:\$ )

*N.B.: That was a rhetorical question!

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 29 Aug 2023 1:01 pm

Amazing C6 player. One of his most requested tunes is the theme from Pink Panther.

Here is a video from his set at the Rocky Mountain Steel Show:
https://youtu.be/qeaz_xich2A?si=aYXAYywJdmKTDJu-&t=221

I was sorry to read about the stroke since I hadn't heard.
Wishing the best.

Paul, Thanks for opening this. I would ask you to reconsider having this topic closed. There are many of us here that are big fans of Buzz Evans and think his playing is both amazing and inspiring. Love to hear more examples. TY. JO.

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 29 Aug 2023 5:07 pm

Buzz was indeed an incredible musician. ISGC St Louis was my 1st time to see him perform. Made me an instant fan. I still have 2 of his CDs from that show. I watched his performance on YouTube every now and then.

Bruce Derr · Post by **Bruce Derr** » 16 Sep 2023 6:52 pm

I first heard of Buzz Evans back in the late '70s from John Keese, who played guitar in my band at the time. John was an absolute killer guitar player and a fine steel player as well, and was a huge Buzz fan. He had a cassette tape of Buzz playing with a band called Barb and the Countrymen, playing at a sleepy club somewhere in New Jersey, I think. Buzz was playing great on that tape, just tearing it up on steel and guitar. I love how passionate his playing is, very fun and spirited. A little over the top sometimes, in a good way! You can hear the grin in his playing. I think I still have a copy of that old tape I borrowed from Johnny.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 18 Sep 2023 4:28 am

Erv Niehaus wrote:There are some videos on You Tube where he is playing st someplace in Las Vegas.
Man, what a player!
Erv

I met him in the 90's when he was playing at Sam's Town in Vegas.

W. C. Edgar · Post by **W. C. Edgar** » 2 Oct 2023 9:55 am

I always enjoyed watching him in Vegas at the Freemont Experience at the end of the street on a little stage with tracks.
WC

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 9 Oct 2023 6:33 pm

Buzz is alive. This comment was posted on my YouTube channel today. I blocked out the username.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 10 Oct 2023 11:19 am

So…where is he?

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 10 Oct 2023 11:30 am

According to postings here on the forum and elsewhere, he suffered a series of strokes and lost his eyesight, and as of 2020 was living in Georgia with his daughter.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 11 Oct 2023 6:48 pm

So sorry to hear of all his setbacks. Is there some way we might help?

^

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 11 Oct 2023 7:15 pm

This is old news now, but the family had set up a GoFundMe page for Buzz back in 2014 and there was a benefit for him that year. The funding page is closed now but there is more information from 2014 here ———> www.gofundme.com/f/buzzevans

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