For a very sweet merry Holiday treat come out and enjoy Derek Evans bringing some Yuletide good feels with bandmates Joe Lococo on guitar, Russ Whitehead on bass and host singer, songwriter Kimrea. If you like community, camaraderie, good humor and great music, then this is a show you want to see.
Sunday Sessions are offered free to the community by Throckmorton Theatre. Donations are welcomed at the door and greatly appreciated.
ABOUT DEREK EVANS
Singer Derek Evans is a product of a lush musical environment that swells with the cultural diversity that only a city like San Francisco can provide. His love for music grew from his early childhood, when he was a small child, back in Hickory, Mississippi, where he sat in his grandmother’s lap as she sang and played the piano, leading the inspirational choir in the soul stirring syncopated rhythms, dynamic vibratos, and emotional crescendos delivered every Sunday to the congregation of True Light Baptist Church.
As a teenager, inspired by the blend of church and secular music created by Ray Charles, Derek plunged head first into the rich musical diversity of San Francisco and developed a deep appreciation for the differences in people, their needs, joys and struggles. His love for diversity embraces many styles of music. He is equally at home with a jazz standard, a country tune, blues, pop, funk, rock and roll or soul, exploring music new and old. A Soulful singer with an impressive voice, Derek Evans has been the much loved lead vocalist for Saxophone Great Jules Broussard’s band for over 20 years.
ABOUT KIMREA
Kimrea, a prolifically active songwriter and performing musician, taps the talent for these Sunday Sessions, as well as the supporting musicians. She and her band continue to play regularly in the Bay Area and can be found every Monday Night (For the Last 18 years and counting) performing at the Historic No Name Bar in Sausalito, California.
ABOUT SUNDAY SESSIONS PRO SHOWCASE
Sunday Sessions Pro Showcase invites some of the Bay Area’s unsung working musicians to showcase their talent. These musicians form the backbone of the Bay Area music scene and are established Bay Area performers, session players, sidemen and undiscovered talent. Come check out these complimentary concerts and discover real talent!
