Donald "Ean" Evans (September 16, 1960[1]– May 6, 2009) was an American musician who was the bassist for southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 2001 until his death.

In the 1980s, he played bass for rock band Five Miles High, along with Mike Reynolds (drummer), Reuban Lace (guitarist), Carl Brown (keyboardist) and Del Stockstill (guitar).

There, he welcomed his newborn daughter and worked on plans to form a new group with close friend and keyboardist Joey Huffman.

This project quickly became the band Babe Blu (with former FMH members Carl Brown, Reuban Lace, and adding JT Williams on drums).

He studied the styles and techniques of John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Geddy Lee (Rush) and Leon Wilkeson (Lynyrd Skynyrd), giving him an aggressive approach to the bass guitar.

[2] An ailing Evans performed with Skynyrd one last time from a chair on April 19, 2009, at the Mississippi Kid Festival, organized in support of him.