Undisguised - Anthony Evans, Jr
“I really don’t feel like doing this tonight…” As the words echoed through the concert hall, Anthony Evans gazed out at an audience that was staring, with wrinkled brows, back at him.
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“I really don’t feel like doing this tonight…” As the words echoed through the concert hall, Anthony Evans gazed out at an audience that was staring, with wrinkled brows, back at him. In that strangely silent moment there were more than a few furrowed foreheads facing the singer, but the man on the stage was no longer conflicted. In fact for the first time in a long while the expression on Anthony’s face was genuine, without pretense. Tired of the game every human feels compelled to play; that no-win competition to be everything you’re not - in hopes of pleasing everyone you know, Anthony let down his guard. “My heart was broken,” he remembers. “But in that honest moment I made the choice to worship and we did the concert anyway… It turned out to be the most connected night I have ever had; because I approached the audience –undisguised.”
“As Christian artists we think we can’t be perceived as broken. We have to put up a façade that says we’ve ‘got it’. But opening up, revealing the truth of who we are and what we’re experiencing, allows God to do what He does best.” -- And that fresh concept of ‘revealing the truth’ is evident in every heart-felt lyric of Anthony’s newest offering.
The compositions are thoughtful, engaging, illuminating. Each one evoking an atmosphere of introspection and inspiration; each one designed with ‘maskless’ worship in mind. And through the recorded frequencies of his harmonic voice, that same invisible, yet audible connection is cut into every CD of ‘Undisguised’.
TURNING A MESS INTO A MESSAGE
Anthony’s confession to his audience, on that fateful night, took everyone by surprise. But like the crescendo of a song, the reasons for his sudden declaration had been building within him for a while. “I had people in my life that had no business being there… and I was busy trying to make everybody happy.” That juggling act began to take its toll on Anthony. And in time, it affected the one human relationship he valued the most – the one with his bride-to-be. “…Every day, during the engagement, there were disguises and masks; trying to make sure that she thought I was great. I was afraid that she wouldn’t accept me, if she truly knew me… There was a lot of stuff I had to work through…I had to get over… Love doesn’t do disguises.” All of the masks eventually crumbled into a mess. But working through the pain of it all not only led Anthony to moment of unexpected honestly with his audience; it compelled him to come face to face with himself. Out of that mess came an intimate message, which he chose to put to words and music. “Holding up a mask and trying to be everything you’re not is too much work,” Anthony has learned. “Keeping up such appearances is a drain of your time and energy. And it keeps you from doing what you should be doing.”
Taking account of his disguises both personal and professional, and remembering how receptive to worship his audience had been after his public declaration; Anthony re-evaluated what he should be doing. And the results have been life changing.
(+) “All That Matters” - Anthony Evans, Jason Ingram
(*) “Mighty To Save” - Reuben Morgan
“A truly inspired worship experience!”
– Jennifer McBride, Editor of Dallas Christian Family magazine
For additional information: www.Anthony-Evans.com
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