Evan Felker

Evan Duane Felker (born March 24, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist from Okemah, Oklahoma. He is best known as the lead singer of the band Turnpike Troubadours.

Evan Felker
Birth nameEvan Duane Felker
Born (1984-03-24) March 24, 1984
Okemah, Oklahoma, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, guitarist
InstrumentsVocals, guitar
Years active2007–present
LabelsBossier City Records, Thirty Tigers
Associated actsJohn Fullbright
Websitewww.turnpiketroubadours.com

Early life

Felker was born in Okemah and raised in Wright City, a small town in rural southeast Oklahoma.[1] His mother, Tane, worked in the healthcare industry[2] and his father, Van, was a cowboy.[3] He has one younger sister, Cheyenne.[4] He was part of "an outdoorsy family that did a lot of hunting and fishing".[5] Growing up, Felker enjoyed short stories,[5] and wrote poems and creative prose.[6] He started playing guitar at the age of fifteen, learning from books and from high school friends.[7] He began writing rock songs and considered country music uncool.[8] Felker's uncle was a songwriter and rock musician, and Felker travelled to Tulsa, Oklahoma as a teenager to watch him perform.[6] Felker attended tech school to train as an electrician and later worked in paper mills, food plants, and Mercury Marine in Stillwater, Oklahoma.[5]

Career

When Felker moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma in his twenties, he became interested in country music; his "heroes" were Cross Canadian Ragweed and Jason Boland.[9] He and guitarist Ryan Engleman began playing as a two-man acoustic act and were joined by bass player R.C. Edwards two months later. Eventually, drummer Giovanni “Nooch” Carnuccio and fiddler Kyle Nix joined, and formed the Turnpike Troubadours. The band later relocated to Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

Personal life

Felker married accountant Staci Nelson in November 2016, in Barcelona, Spain.[10] They were divorced in August 2018[11] but were reported to have reconciled in August 2020.[12]

Felker is a keen hunter.[13][14][4]

See also

References
  1. "Turnpike coming to the Basin". Odessa American. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. "Podcast: Reid talks Guns, Dogs, and Quail with Evan Felker of the Turnpike Troubadours - Orvis News". Orvis News. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  3. "Turnpike Troubadours Ready New Album 'A Long Way From Your Heart'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  4. "Turnpike Troubadours' Evan Felker on Old Shotguns, Bird Dogs and the New Record/ Small Farms, Big Bucks With Southpond Outdoors/& Moose Hunting and the New Mossberg Shockwave With Linda Powell". Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  5. "Evan Felker, Turnpike Troubadours". Songwriters on Process. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. Rodman, Sarah. "Troubadours head up Turnpike to Boston - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  7. "Evan Felker". 10 August 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  8. "Turnpike Troubadours « American Songwriter". American Songwriter. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  9. Wofford, Jerry. "Evan Felker of Turnpike Troubadours talks on the band's success ahead of its Cain's show". Tulsa World. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  10. "Staci & Evan - Rares Pulbere Photography". Rares Pulbere Photography. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  11. "Evan Felker Is Not Reconciling with Ex-Wife Staci After Miranda Lambert Split, Says Source". PEOPLE.com. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  12. Crutchmer, Josh (13 August 2020). "Turnpike Troubadours' Evan Felker Says He's Sober, Focused on Music in New Interview". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  13. "Shredding time zones and comfort zones: Corb Lund travels from bows and arrows to bows and cellos with the CPO". 2 November 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  14. "Podcast: Reid talks Guns, Dogs, and Quail with Evan Felker of the Turnpike Troubadours - Orvis News". Orvis News. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
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