A bluesman has returned to his hometown and will perform with his band Sunday at a downtown restaurant.

Terry Evans, 73, has included the River City in his 2011 tour, and will be singing from 5 to 9 p.m. at LD.’s on Mulberry Street.

“It’s always a pleasure to come home,” said Evans, who was born in Vicksburg but left in the 1960s. “I eat good and get to see my sister and nieces and nephews.”

Evans, who started out singing in the church choir, liked to listened to Elmore James, Little Walter, Albert King and B.B. King — the guys he credits for making him want to become a singer.

“I started out with ‘DooWop’ on street corners, with The Knights,” he said. “We used to do shows with The Red Tops (a Vicksburg-based group of the 1950s) and performed at the Blue Room (downtown).”