Thursday, December 1, 2011  EVOL interview with Jeff Hanichen
1. Thank you very much for taking your time to talk about EVOL.
I would like to ask you first about your childhood and teen
years. Where did you grow up and what are some of the main
influences on you in that period of time?  I was born and raised
in Ironton, Ohio, the southern-most city in the state.  Growing
up in the 1950's my big music influences were Elvis, Buddy
Holly, and Rick Nelson. I taught myself to play guitar at age
twelve.  I'm left-handed, so I just turned it upside-down, and
started making my own chords.  2. Were you in any bands before
EVOL? Any recordings perhaps from then?  I had my own little
band in high school, called the Kings. It consisted of a sax
player, drums, and my guitar.  We played at a lot of parties and
dances.  After high school, I enlisted in the U.S. Marines,
serving until 1966.  When I returned home from the Marines in
'66, I became involved with a group called the Fugitives. I
didn't play with the band, I was