First CD ever recorded at historic Vegas showplace shines with Evans' golden interpretations of popular standards New crooner Brian Evans came to L.A. to get happy and get famous, but he had to leave town to do it. Now, two albums, hundreds of concerts and countless media appearances later, one of Canada's most popular American imports has been exported back to U.S. soil, or rather, sand, to make his stateside debut with Brian Evans -- Live at the Desert Inn (RFC Records). Standing where Sinatra stood, and Martin, and Bennett, and so many others of the genre he perpetuates, Evans has made Las Vegas history by recording the first live album ever made at the legendary playground of the famous, wealthy and powerful, where he holds the house attendance record for his multi-extended 13-week run in The Starlight Showroom in The Desert Inn. And from the opening strains of "I Could Have Danced All Night," the explanation for the phenomenon is self-evident. For Evans û and the international SRO crowd he attracted with 18 intense performances a week for more than three months û it's all about interpretation. On Brian Evans -- Live at the Desert Inn, he sings "Angel Eyes," "What A Wonderful World" and 16 other pop standards, and makes them his own while staying absolutely true to their intent. While he's been called "The Sinatra of the '90s" more times than he can count (and not that he minds, really), he's not emulating and he's definitely not impersonating.