Kevin Mitchell (musician)

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Kevin Mitchell/Bob Evans

Kevin Mitchell (born 1 October 1976), is an Australian pop-musician, most famous for his role as vocalist/guitarist for the band Jebediah.^[1]

Today, Kevin Mitchell often performs his solo work under the pseudonym of Bob Evans.^[2] He has released two albums under this name, His first was a very low key one titled Suburban Kid, which was released in 2003. It was released on a small label, Redline Records, and was not widely available. Whilst all the tracks were written by Kevin Mitchell, one song, "The Hermit", was co-written by Luke Steele from The Sleepy Jackson. Katy Steele, from Little Birdy also performed backup vocals on the album.

The follow up was released in 2006 and has been titled Suburban Songbook. It began as a bunch of demos that Kevin Mitchell (Evans) recorded for his own pleasure. Capitol Records picked up on the demos and from there the follow up album Suburban Songbook was released in 2006. Suburban Songbook won the "Best Adult Contemporary Album" and Kevin Mitchell (Bob Evans) was nominated for "Best Male Artist" in the 2006 ARIA Awards. Suburban Songbook has also been nominated also nominated for a J Award by Triple J.

Mitchell is currently supporting Evermore on their "Welcome to the Real Life" tour of Australia and New Zealand under the Bob Evans pseudonym.

“I think Bob Evans is more me than Kevin Mitchell from Jebediah is! In that way it’s like a reverse alter-ego. It just allows me to push things a bit. Bob’s been enough under the radar to give me, creatively, a lot more freedom than I might otherwise have.” Kevin Mitchell