introductions) as "everyone's favourite ice cream salesman". After Jethro Tull Evan departed Jethro Tull in July 1980, with the "Big Split" of the band. He then went on to form Tallis with fellow departing Tull member, Dee Palmer. He appeared in the 2004 DVD Jethro Tull – A New Day Yesterday: The 25th Anniversary Collection (1969–1994) (originally released in 1994 on VHS), the 2008 DVD Jethro Tull – Their Fully Authorised Story (1968–2008), and the 2009 CD/DVD combo Jethro Tull – Live at Madison Square Garden (1978). In 2018, Evan appeared in a video segment, dressed as a flower, during Ian Anderson's Jethro Tull 50th Anniversary tour. Album discography With The John Evan Band Live 1966 (A New Day Records) With Jethro Tull Studio albums Benefit (1970 - as session musician) Aqualung (1971) Thick as a Brick (1972) A Passion Play (1973) War Child (1974) Minstrel in the Gallery (1975) Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976) Songs from the Wood (1977) Heavy Horses (1978) Stormwatch (1979) Compilations Living in the Past (1972) 20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Box Set Nightcap Live albums Bursting Out (1978) Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 (as session musician, released in 2004) Live at Carnegie Hall 1970 (as session musician, released in 2015) Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 References External links Biography on official Jethro Tull website 1948 births Living people English keyboardists English rock keyboardists Jethro Tull (band) members People from Blackpool Alumni of King's College London Progressive rock keyboardists Progressive rock organists</ref> Progressive rock pianists 21st-century organists