Brian Evans (singer)

Early life

Evans grew up in Haverhill, Massachusetts. His parents divorced when he was young and he was raised by his mother, Helen Bousquet, and grandmother, who introduced him to big band music.

In 1986, he and his mother moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career for him in the entertainment industry.

Acting career

His first acting role was in a McDonald's commercial. He was later cast in the pilot of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Full House. He also appeared in New Line Cinema's Book of Love.

Writing career

His autobiography, Dreamer, was published in 1994. Evans, Helen Bousquet, and Mark Andrew Biltz are the creators of the comic book series Horrorscope. Kirkus Reviews described Horrorscope as "offbeat but clumsy", noting the "often formulaic" prose.

Singing career

In 1996, Evans moved to Vancouver where he performed at the Babalu Lounge and released his first album, Quite Frankly. It became the #1 best selling independently released CD in Canadian history. For the next two years he performed throughout Canada. His second Canadian release, Maybe This Time, outsold the first, and Evans was booked for a 377-show run at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas. He is the only artist ever to record a live CD at the Desert Inn. After the hotel was demolished, Evans opened for Jay Leno at The Mirage and then returned to Los Angeles where he made music for television and film.

Evans returned to perform in Las Vegas in 2005 as the opening act for Leno at The Mirage Resort and for Joan Rivers, but later moved back to Hawaii in 2010, where he produced and served as an opening act for the Maui Celebrity Series.

In 2011, Evans returned to Los Angeles and began work on his album My Turn with producer Narada Michael Walden.

In 2012 he released "At Fenway". It became the first song to be licensed by Major League Baseball about the park in its history, and the National Baseball Hall of Fame added it to its library.

In 2015, Evans filmed a music video for his song "Creature at The Bates Motel." It is the first time any music artist has been allowed to shoot a music video at The Bates Motel, the filming location of the Alfred Hitchcock film "Psycho." It features comedian Carrot Top. By 2016 Evans had returned to Maui and to hosting the Maui Celebrity Series.

In January 2017, Evans said he would finish a record album he had been working on.

Politics

In 2004, Evans moved to Maui and was a candidate for the United States Senate in Hawaii. He lost in the Democratic primary to incumbent Daniel Inouye 95% to 5%. Evans says he ran to bring attention to the lack of dental coverage in health care plans.

In March 2014, Evans announced he would run for United States Senator from Hawaii. According to Evans, he wanted to bring attention to his mother's death and chose to enter the race after he saw how much national media attention it was receiving. He did not think he could win and spent no money on advertising and held only one campaign event. He finished third in the Democratic primary with 2% of the vote.

In addition to his Senate campaigns, Evans has also successfully petitioned several state governors to make proclamations on sleep apnea awareness.

On January 23, 2017, Evans announced that he will run for Congress as a Republican in 2018. He also said he was openly gay.

Personal life

In June 1991, Evans was convicted of felony theft and sentenced to six months probation after he called a Los Angeles travel agency impersonating Casey Kasem and charged $2,900 in expenses that the agency attempted to collect from the radio host. While on probation, Evans was invited to sing the national anthem at a Baltimore Orioles game. His probation officer told him he could not leave California, but Evans went to the game and was sentenced to a year in prison for violating the terms of his probation.

On October 5, 2012, Evans' mother died after knee surgery. Evans stated that his mother, who suffered from sleep apnea, was not monitored by hospital staff, did not have her sleep apnea machine, and "was dosed out on morphine" at the time of her death. Following her death, Evans filed lawsuits against a number of groups and individuals, including Steward Health Care System, Cerberus Capital Management, Governor Deval Patrick, and the Massachusetts Nursing Association.

On June 25, 2013 Evans filed a lawsuit against the Hampton, New Hampshire Board of Selectmen for "conspiracy to commit fraud" and "intentional infliction of emotional distress" after the Board voted 3 to 2 against Evans' request to erect a plaque to honor his deceased mother on a town street corner. He sought $10 million in damages. The case was dismissed in October 2013.

Evans also filed a civil suit against the Boston Red Sox, Fenway Sports Management, Larry Lucchino, Tom Werner, and John W. Henry. Evans claims that after he began his public campaign against Steward Health Care System (which owned the hospital where his mother died), Steward, the Red Sox, and a shared public relations firm "conspired to torpedo" his "At Fenway" music video by sullying its reputation with members of the local media and undermining his efforts to sell advertising to major sponsors before the video was launched on YouTube.