They're so versatile!

Wow another awesome performance. Was the whole show this great?!

She still has videos to upload and yes the whole show was amazing!

It always amazes me how seamlessly they switch from rocker to love song. Beautiful

One of the most romantic songs ever, by anyone!

You like those mushy songs don't you? This IS a good one

LOL the stage crashers are a riot! You and...?

And did we ever! Suzi is the blonde and I'm the brunette

Two wild and crazy girls!

US he has proved his strong vocal ability while possessing a charismatic stage presence over the years,at the same time keeping it light-hearted with appropriate, adlibbed humor. John has extensive experience in vocal recording techniques, as well as knowing how to sing live with & without, a microphone. He previously performed as "Bono" in a U2 tribute band called "Miracle Drug - The U2 Show". John has written many songs over the years. His song "I Still See You" was published in 1984 by Country Breeze Music based in Nashville TN. His songwriting style is always from the heart & applicable to anyone's situation. John Robert Murphy has been a life-long New Englander & makes his home there with his lovely wife, 4 beautiful children & their "crazy little puppy" Sugar! Their love & support are a cherished gift that few can call their own...

I don't know where John gets his energy! He works a full time office job (that's what inspired his play), plays with Evolution & his own Celtic band, has played with others like the Gregg Rolie band and is married with 4 kids!

I wonder if all musicians need less sleep? I know a few who definitely do.

You're thinking of Tom Cavanagh I'll bet!

I'll take John's vocals over Arnel's any day

bands & becoming a highly sought after & respected musician on the Long Island- and beyond- music scene. He writes & produces in his home recording studio & has lent his talent to many artists as a session player as well. Les joined Christian recording artists, Chalice & toured all the U.S. from 1987 to 1991 in support of their top selling Christian rock album “Take Control”, reaching #1 in the southern U.S. markets. Les joined, Tumblin' Dice & recorded with well known producer Brian Magee, who has worked with the Rolling Stones, Lita Ford, Patti Smith & many more. After an album promo tour with Tumblin’ Dice, Les quickly joined Big Mouth, a Brunnet/ EMI recording artist. The band went on to high acclaim & record sales in both Germany & Japan. Recently, while in Las Vegas, a singer performing in a band recognized Les in the audience & had the spot light put on him & told the audience of Les’s musical prowess & pedigree, saying “We have one of the best bass players in the country sitting right here in our audience tonight, Mr. Les Jansson!” (His reputation certainly preceded him!) After the show, the whole band came to take pictures, talk & trade who they knew in common stories.Playing bass in Evolution, the world most famous Journey tribute band since 2004, has taken Les all over the country & further, playing for hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic fans…a few thousand of which were at the opening night after party of “Rock of Ages” on Broadway. While still performing in Evolution today, Les has most recently joined TC Kross, a hard rocking Sony/Red recording artist whose single “Hang Over” & accompanying video is a favorite with the college crowd.

Definitely check out TC Kross and her band! TC on most of the lead vocals and some guitar, Les on bass, Tom Cavanagh on guitar, Mike Edwards on drums.

TC Kross is a great band on CD and live. Les usually doesn't sing lead but he did a great job on the Foo Fighters "Times Like These" at the Village Pub

Les said he's going to be singing lead with TC Kross on saturday so come and see both bands! TC Kross goes on at 3:30 and Evolution at 7:30

lead singer in his own right, as can be heard on Journey staples, "Feelin' That Way", "Anytime" and "Just The Same Way".

As far as I know they haven't played together for a while. I saw them at Jones Beach before I had seen Evolution so I had no idea Lance and Les were in both bands. Lance makes a great Elton... a very different performance from his work with Evolution as you can imagine! They were booked to play Jones Beach August 27 and Evolution was going to play the 26 but the shows got cancelled, along with a lot of others :-(

Jones Beach had a great July but a lousy August.

Politics! Ugh!

LOL right! I think this is the only bio post without a comment "follow up" because the whole message wouldn't fit the first time. Thanks for completing my sentence LOL!

"And now we're going to let The Animal out of his cage"

LOL!

industry, Adam moved into New York City and enrolled at New York University where he began to intern at Columbia & Polygram Records. This led to a job at the firm of JLM public relations, working with bands such as Duran Duran, Iggy Pop, Yanni & Icehouse. During this time Adam began to form the band Valentine. With a strong focus on songwriting & a brief move to LA; major management, label & publishing deals soon followed. Valentine was signed to Columbia Records & went into the studio with producer Neil Kernon (Hall and Oates, The Romantics, Dokken) Adam signed on with Warner Chappel as a writer at this time. Personnel changes at Columbia forced the band off of the label.?Fortunately their A&R person moved to Giant Records taking Valentine with him. Along with the release of their debut record and video on MTV, Valentine also wrote & performed songs for the movie "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter Is Dead" Starring Christina Applegate. After many issues with Giant Records & personnel changes within the group, the band reformed as Open Skyz. A new deal with RCA Records soon followed & the band headed back to LA, into the studio with producers Ritchie Zito (Eddie Money, Cheap Trick, Heart, Cher) & Rob Jacobs. (Don Henley, The Eagles, U2) After two singles, a US tour & more personnel changes at RCA, the band was once again without a label. Weary after almost a decade of music industry ups & downs, jumping from label to label to label, the members of Open Skyz went their separate ways. With the birth of his daughter Zoë, Adam took some time off to enjoy regular family life. Combining his passion for music & computer-based recording, Adam also began doing sound design work for a software company called Bitheadz that made Mac based software samplers. Then through a series of friends & music business relations, Adam soon started to explore the musical world of Nashville. He was soon introduced to Roger Murrah at Murrah Music, where he has been a staff writer for many years. Adam currently lives in New York City where he continues to write, produce & perform.

Yes when I asked why Adam hadn't been playing for while that's the answer I got from everyone "He's really busy!"

Adam and Ralph are both great guitarists.

You won't get an argument from me!

Amplification, JLH Products and he is currently working with Canadian amp Guru Mike Fortin of Fortin amplification.

I saw Ralph play with the Heartless Heart tribute band and he fit in perfectly there too. Great guitarist and supernice guy.

I don't think I've ever met anyone who smiles so much and so widely as Ralph!

And that's why he's not only a musician but a comedy writer too

The rainout really bummed me out but the band members were such good company. We hung out with them for about an hour, waiting for the play-or-not decision to be made whoever was in charge. It's too bad they wouldn't let them start playing early... we would have gotten an hour of great music!

Evolution was scheduled to play on Long Island 4 times and so far they were rained out twice and cancelled once! The great weather that's predicted for this saturday had better be true!

John has a very good if slightly warped sense of humor. I love it!

LOL!

The rains came to Camp Jefferson about half an hour before Evolution, a tribute to the band Journey, was supposed to hit the stage. According to Art Bonito, head of the event's sponsor, the Jefferson Highlights Summer Concert series, it was far too late at that point to move the concert to an indoor venue. So they waited. And they waited and waited, until about 9:15 p.m., when the rain let up enough for the band to go on. However, the dry break didn't last for long, with the rain starting again in earnest about 10 minutes later. The band trudged on for about an hour, then determined that they had to call it quits because the rain was coming down too hard. Even with tents covering part of the stage, the performers and instruments were getting too wet, they said. Bonito said that the concert committee was working on getting Evolution to return for a date in the fall, so that concert goers could see the full show.

At least they got to hear them play. Sounds like a great place for a concert

My friend Alaina was at that concert and she had a great time in spite of the rain. The soggy musicians even posed with her for pictures!

I think Lance brought extra tents to cover the equipment but I guess eventually the rain won out.

Me too! Mike did such a great job with all of them.

He did. I know he was supposed to be doing some work back there but he sure took a lot of videos!

I remember seeing these behind the scenes videos once before and I'm glad they're back cause they're awesome!