Career
Having played in the band of the Welsh Guards and the London Symphony Orchestra, Evans moved into theatre work. Along with John Kirkpatrick, Evans played on Martin Carthy"s albums Because lieutenant"s There (1979) and Out of the Cut (1982) and toured with Carthy and Kirkpatrick sporadically during 1982 and 1983 in a line-up which, with the addition of Martin Brinsford and Roger Williams, later became Brass Monkey. Howard Evans died on 17 March 2006, following a long battle with cancer.