{"id":27806,"date":"2025-07-28T19:15:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=27806"},"modified":"2025-07-28T19:15:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:15:24","slug":"decatur-guys-evolve-into-evolution-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/decatur-guys-evolve-into-evolution-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Decatur guys evolve into Evolution Band"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Evolution Band, you could say, has sort of evolved since 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s when Steve Everett, a Decatur native, was invited by a friend to watch him play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had been out of music for 15 years and Matt Motycka had been in a band for a few years,\u201d Everett told WZBD.com. \u201cHe invited me to come watch him play with Craig Birch and Jarrod Meyers as an acoustic act.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAs we talked over the next couple months, we thought it would be fun to play in a band together again and thought this format might be right for us. So we started Evolution as a two-man acoustic band.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a few shows, they decided to add a drummer. Another Decatur guy, Jarrod Meyers, was the choice. Like Everett, he is a Bellmont grad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd he was a great addition to the band,\u201d Everett said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few years later, Motycka decided to move on from the bend. He called one night, however, and said that he had a friend, Rob Patrick, who played acoustic guitar and was looking to join a band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter a tryout, we hired him and he has been a great addition,\u201d Everett said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An Ohio native, Patrick currently resides in Modoc, Indiana, a tiny town in Randolph County, southwest of Winchester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everett is employed at Formula Boats in Decatur while Meyers works for FedEx and Patrick does band work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve says the band usually performs once a weekend and, occasionally, twice. They played the Madison St. Plaza in Decatur on June 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They travel all around northeast Indiana, southern Michigan and western Ohio to entertain. Lately, they’ve been playing a number of shows around Grand Lake in Celina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe play private parties, class reunions, bars, clubs, festivals,\u201d Steve said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Steve Everett<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe play an extended range of pop, rock, and country songs from the ’60s to present day. As a band we decided that no song would be off the table. Any one of us might suggest a song then we determine if the three of us can make it sound great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The band currently has a song list which numbers 80 and continues to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe strive to play the popular songs that not all other bands are playing,\u201d Everett noted. \u201cWe receive a tremendous amount of positive feedback on the songs that we choose to play and how full the songs sound with just two instruments. We often hear. ‘I can\u2019t believe you guys nailed it.’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Evolution Band has evolved to the point that they are nailing it every time they crank up the sound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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