Rod Evans
Biography
Roderic Evans (born 19 January 1947) is a retired British singer known as the original vocalist of the rock bands Deep Purple and Captain Beyond. Evans began his professional career in The Maze before becoming a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968, with whom he recorded their first three studio albums. After recording a solo single, he co-founded Captain Beyond in 1971, with whom he recorded their first two studio albums. Following a brief legal battle with Deep Purple in 1980, Evans retired from music.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Shades Of Deep Purple
1968
Captain Beyond
1972
The Book Of Taliesyn
1968
Deep Purple
1969
Sufficiently Breathless
1973
When We Rock, We Rock And When We Roll, We Roll
1978
In Concert
1980
Scandinavian Nights (Live In Stockholm 1970)
1988
Mark I & II
1974
Purple Passages
1972
Prayers For The Blessed (Vol. 2)
2016
Best Of Deep Purple
1970
River Deep - Mountain High / Listen, Learn, Read On
1968
Hush !
1968
Live In Miami August 19, 1972
2019
Live In New York - July 30th, 1972
2019
04.30.72
2016
Live In Texas October 6, 1973
2013
Live - Far Beyond A Distant Sun
2000
Shades 1968-1998
1999
The Originals
1995
Credited work
1,114 releases · 90 albums · active 1967–2025
- Performance · 2,810
- Other credits · 51
Studios: De Lane Lea Studios · Sunset Sound Recorders · Record Plant, Los Angeles · Capricorn Sound Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Deep Purple
- Captain Beyond
- Various
- Entombed
- The Maze (3)
- The Golden Cups
- Ritchie Blackmore
- Shadow Gallery