William Eric Evankovich (born April 6, 1972) is an American singer/songwriter, guitarist and producer, best known for his performances with Styx, The Guess Who, and rock duo Shaw Blades (with Tommy Shaw from Styx and Jack Blades from Night Ranger), his co-production of Shaw's 2011 debut bluegrass album, The Great Divide,[2] and for producing and co-writing Styx's sixteenth studio album, The Mission,[3] and seventeenth studio album, Crash of the Crown.
He has performed with artists including Tommy Shaw of Styx, Jack Blades of Night Ranger, Styx, Night Ranger, Shaw Blades, Don Felder, Robin Zander, Dwight Yoakam, Johnny Lee, Mac Powell of Third Day, Bun E Carlos, Vince Neil, Ted Nugent, Jeff Carlisi of 38 Special and Tommy Thayer of Kiss.
He was asked by Jack Blades, who had seen American Drag perform and wanted Evankovich to join them on acoustic, 12-string, harmonica and background vocals.
[5] In 2009, The American Drag released their second album, Out of the Sky, with drummer John Mader and Eric Levy (Garaj Mahal).
The American Drag was invited to open two shows for Styx, one at the House of Blues in Los Angeles and another at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga.