For a few years there, Evan’s Dilemma was on the edge of something bigger. The Upstate band played melodic, alternative rock at a time when melodic, alternative rock ruled the airwaves.
“We’re a true ’90s band,” says Evan’s Dilemma singer/guitarist Joel McCreight. “Our first live show was, I think, on Jan. 8, 1991, opening up for the Neighborhoods at Al’s Pumphouse.”
“We’re not taking any more breaks,” McCreight says with a laugh. “We’re getting too old!”
The band moved to Tennessee in the mid-1990s, hoping to strike gold closer to Music City. And they got a few opportunities along the way.
“We toured for years,” McCreight says. “We played with Collective Soul, the Judybats, Deadeye Dick … and we turned down a few record deals that we weren’t comfortable with because we were looking for the right thing.”
Ultimately, the band took a break and moved on to other projects. McCreight is now a busy engineer and producer, recording bands at Golden Strip Recording Studio. Drummer Kevin Heuer, the other mainstay of the band, has been teaching drums for years. But the band reunited a few years back for a new album and that reunion became permanent mostly because, as McCreight says, the clock was ticking.
“We’re not taking any more breaks,” he says with a laugh. “We’re getting too old!”
Now working with Jay Scott on guitar and McCreight’s son Matthew playing bass, Evan’s Dilemma has kept the fire burning, and they’re playing a show at Greenville’s Gottrocks club this Friday night.
McCreight says despite his and Heuer’s busy schedules, they still love being in Evan’s Dilemma, even if they aren’t still chasing the dream of making the big-time.
“It’s just a part of our lives,” he says. “It’s in our blood, Kevin and myself. We have other things happening. We don’t have delusions of grandeur. It would be awesome if we had a song hit big or something and I’d love to tour again, but we just make music because we love it. We love what we do.”
McCreight says that the strength of the band, who are nearly done with a new album they’ll be releasing early next year, is in the friendship between him and Heuer, who have known each other for more than 40 years.
“I met him in 1985 as a 15-year-old kid,” McCreight says. “He was nine years older than me but he treated me with respect, and he still does that. We’d hang out in the studio and he’d come see my band play; we really grew close. Kevin is like family to me; we dreamed our big dreams together in the early ’90s, playing alternative rock before it was on the radio.”
McCreight adds that Evan’s Dilemma’s show at Gottrocks will feature all original material, including a new song or two from the next album. That’s an important point for him and the band.
“It’s just a part of our lives,” McCreight says. “It’s in our blood, Kevin and myself.”
“I wanted to highlight that,” he says. “We just feel like we want to do our original music, that’s our focus, that’s what we do. Some shows we’ll play 70% covers, 30% originals because that’s what people want to hear — and we have fun doing it — but I wanted this show to be focused on original music. I really want to boost that not just by playing but by encouraging other artists to play original material. It’s what I’m passionate about.”
See the show
Who: Evan’s Dilemma w/ 72nd & Central
Where: Gottrocks, 200 Eisenhower Dr., Greenville
When: Friday, Aug. 6, 8 p.m.
Tickets: $8
Info: 864-235-5519
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