Ned Evett
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Ned Evett | |
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Ned Evett with his trademark fretless mirrored-glass and steel resonator, the "Globro" | |
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Birth name | Edward Duncan Evett |
Born | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | May 9, 1967
Genres | Rock, blues, Americana, Delta blues, instrumental rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
Instruments | Guitar, vocals, fretless guitar, mandolin, piano |
Associated acts | Joe Satriani, Built to Spill |
Website | nedevett |
Ned Evett (born May 9, 1967) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for inventing and playing the fretless glass-necked guitar.
Biography[]
Edward Duncan Evett was born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. A son of a university English professor and an opera singer mother, Evett excelled at music; first playing the ukulele at the age of 11, progressing to the classical guitar and giving his first professional performance at the age of sixteen. He then won a classical guitar scholarship, but dropped out before graduating to play in rock bands around the US.[1]
Evett began playing fretless guitar in 1990 on a modified stratocaster. He first appeared in print in Fingerstyle magazine's 'Bizarre Guitars' profile, who stated "Ned Evett will make you reconsider the plucked-string instrument".[2]
Evett developed the use of glass fingerboards for fretless guitar in 1996.[3] In 1996, Evett played the fretless glass-necked guitar with Warner Brothers Recording artists Built to Spill, on their album, The Normal Years.[4]
In 2003, Evett won the North American Rock Guitar Competition and, in 2004, PBS Television broadcast a documentary about the competition titled Driven To Play.[5] The competition launched a series of high-profile opening concert performances for Evett with notable musicians, including Joe Satriani, the Allman Brothers, John Fogerty, George Thorogood, Eric Johnson, Kansas, and Leon Russell.[6]
In December 2003, USA Today described Evett as "The perfectly sane and vastly entertaining master of the fretless glass-neck guitar".[7]
In 2007, Guitar Player described Evett as "The world's first fretless guitar rockstar".[8]
In 2012, Evett released Treehouse, his sixth solo record, produced in Nashville, Tennessee by musician Adrian Belew.[9]
An animated filmmaker, Evett and Joe Satriani co-created the original animated series Crystal Planet, currently in development.[10]
Discography[]
- Built to Spill : The Normal Years (1993)
- An Introduction to Fretless Guitar (2001)
- Fretless Guitar Masters (2001)
- Circus Liquor (2003)
- Evett/Vigroux (2004)
- iStole (2004)
- Village of the Unfretted (2005)
- Middle of the Middle (2007)
- Afraid For You (2010)
- Treehouse (2011)[11]
Television appearances[]
- Driven to Play PBS (2004)
References[]
- ^ "Ned Bio". Nedevett.com. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
- ^ "Bizarre guitars". Guitarissimo.com/. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ^ DeRiso, Nick. "Ned Evett – Treehouse (2012)". Guitarworld.com. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ^ DeRiso, Nick. "Ned Evett – Treehouse (2012)". AllMusic. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ^ DeRiso, Nick. "Ned Evett – Treehouse (2012)". Somethingelsereviews.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- ^ "Pollstar". Pollstar.com. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ^ "Web Guide". Usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ "Passionate About Guitar!". Guitaraficionado.com. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
- ^ "Ned Evett | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
External links[]
- 1967 births
- Living people
- American blues guitarists
- American male guitarists
- American rock guitarists
- American rock singers
- Songwriters from Tennessee
- Lead guitarists
- Guitarists from Tennessee
- 20th-century American guitarists
- 20th-century American male musicians