Moon Boot Lover
Biography
With superhero and sci-fi imagery, Peter Prince's Moon Boot Lover was one of the early entries to the northeast's jam bands scene of the early '90s. Delivering a Jimi Hendrix-influenced funk, the rotating lineup fronted by Prince has managed to retain their sound, mostly thanks to the force of Prince's leadership.
Founded in Albany in 1990, the initial lineup of Moon Boot Lover featured guitarist and frontman Prince alongside brothers Neal and Alan Evans on organ and drums, respectively. Bass players rotated, but the most constant was soon Jon Hawes. This version of the band recorded two self-released albums -- Outer Space Action (1994) and Live Deep Down (1995) -- each featuring comic book-style cover art drawn by Prince. The band achieved some success on the jam bands circuit with contemporaries like moe., Schleigho, and others. In fall of 1996, they played a short Rock the Vote tour with moe., the Ominous Seapods, and Yolk, which featured a large amount of cross-pollination between the groups.
Soon after, though, Hawes and the Evans brothers left to pursue other projects. Hawes toured for a time with New Hampshire-based Latin-influenced jam band Percy Hill. Alan Evans played for a while in Karl Denson's jazz-funk unit, Tiny Universe, before reuniting with brother Neal and founding the wildly successful Soulive with former Lettuce guitarist Eric Krasno.
Selected Discography
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