She got me - EVA CASSIDY OVER THE RAINBOW REACTION

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  • @radricster
    @radricster ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Dang Man, you show up in my feed, out of nowhere and drop this song on me?! Never heard of this woman, but I sure won't ever forget her now. Thanks. I'll be back for more.

    • @steffenjonda8283
      @steffenjonda8283 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Really.
      her perfect song is "fields of gold". Even Sting accepted that it is HER song, normally he is VERY picky about such things, but he knew instantly, he wrote that song for Eva.
      Also try Imagine, or better - buy the CD and listen to any of them, she turned basically every song into her own, every version is different AND better as the original we know. True colors for example - one is song perfectly (by eva), the other by an amateur not able to hold a note (at least if you compare both with each other)

  • @MikeWSATX
    @MikeWSATX ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I reacted the same way. I saw this just last week and I stared open mouthed at the tv. I couldn't believe what I was hearing and why I had never heard of Eva before. I can't imagine a more perfect accompaniment than her own beautiful and sensitive guitar. Eva was truly a largely undiscovered gift. Gone way too soon. May her soul sing forever

  • @rosewoodsteel6656
    @rosewoodsteel6656 2 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    Recorded live in a small Washington DC club. No second takes. No overdubs. Just an incredible live performance. God rest your soul, Eva.

    • @itsjim2875
      @itsjim2875 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      *recorded "Live at Blues Alley". You're right - it's incredible, as is the entire CD.

    • @elizabethlatorre5360
      @elizabethlatorre5360 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What a gift

    • @hunterburk
      @hunterburk 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ON A CAMCORDER NO LESS IN 1996! WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THAT!

    • @barrypate4203
      @barrypate4203 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Mick Fleetwood's club

    • @anthem408
      @anthem408 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The club was arestaurant bar called Blues Alley. You will notice there is no background noise during this performance.

  • @KenOtwell
    @KenOtwell 3 ปีที่แล้ว +460

    Just days before she died, she sang "what a wonderful world" in a live performance. She was so weak they had to help her on stage - and that was the song she chose. What a beautiful soul!

    • @genevieveferrantino3781
      @genevieveferrantino3781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Which video is it? On youtube?

    • @KenOtwell
      @KenOtwell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@genevieveferrantino3781 I don't think that version is available, but there's another one of her singing it earlier. Just search here on youtube.

    • @joelorsong9127
      @joelorsong9127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The Bayou in D.C. Not a dry eye in the house....

    • @kianpa1
      @kianpa1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pretty sure this is from the same performance.

    • @hahabass
      @hahabass 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@kianpa1 Yep. Blues Alley. Live.

  • @DavidGlover-s7x
    @DavidGlover-s7x 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    And it'll hit you the same way after listening for the 100th time.

    • @buckycool
      @buckycool 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So true

    • @dawnmosley
      @dawnmosley 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sure does

    • @lindanichols3415
      @lindanichols3415 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes❤❤❤

    • @pamstuckey8349
      @pamstuckey8349 หลายเดือนก่อน

      this is so true. possibly the most beautiful song I've ever heard. every time

  • @chadtravis7832
    @chadtravis7832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    Eva Cassidy and Karen Carpenter.....special, special women with iconic, timeless voices.

    • @peterpereda154
      @peterpereda154 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My thoughts exactly!

    • @jeffstumpf9129
      @jeffstumpf9129 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Karen Carpenter had a strong beautiful voice, and she deserved a lot more accolades than she received, but she wasn’t a soulful jazz singer. And, as I know, she never even attempted a jazz arrangement. If Eva would have lived longer, she would have been on the list of best female vocalists ever, with Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sara Vaughan, Nina Simone, and the rest.

    • @kevingrady8736
      @kevingrady8736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Check out Angelina Jordan.

    • @anncain2432
      @anncain2432 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, both truly distinct voices and a artistry that which puts them head and shoulders over others. This song always gives me goosebumps.

    • @dianelipartito6654
      @dianelipartito6654 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jeffstumpf9129 Yes, but a lot of that is Richard. He held tight reins on The Carpenters' sound and to some degree, Karen. She made a breakout album when he was hospitalized at some point. When he got out of the hospital and heard it, he hated it and refused to allow it to be released. It was her first attempt to do something on her own and experiment with other sounds and styles. If she had lived longer, who knows what else she would have done besides The Carpenters. He finally allowed it to be released after she died. I, personally, would have loved to hear her do an album of standards. Btw, I read the Ella Fitzgerald loved Karen's voice, had all The Carpenters' albums and even sang with Karen on at least one occasion.
      I agree that Eva Cassidy would have been up there with the great female voices, though not all of the best female vocalists have to be soulful jazz singers. Judy Garland was one of the greatest female voices and she wasn't a jazz singer, same for Patti LaPone,, Whitney Houston and a lot of others.

  • @tommclean5410
    @tommclean5410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    I cry every time I listen to Eva. The beauty of her voice and her inflections go right to my core. Gets me every time but its food for the soul.

    • @steverichard1740
      @steverichard1740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I went down an Eva rabbit hole one night and she had me crying like a baby.

    • @philpiper
      @philpiper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@steverichard1740 me too...

    • @photasticimages1
      @photasticimages1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Every. Single. Time.
      If there's ever been a perfect voice, regardless of the genre she tackled, it was/is hers.
      I first became aware of Eva when I stumbled on her cover of Sting's "Fields of Gold". It completely knocked me over!
      Like so many others, I was deeply saddened to learn that she'd passed away many years before I ever knew of her. I'm really glad for all of the (far too few) recordings that remain to let the rest us of hear what an angel sounds like.

    • @josephine1046
      @josephine1046 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes!! songbird makes me cry every time

    • @clarelwc2849
      @clarelwc2849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same x

  • @mickthemerciless9694
    @mickthemerciless9694 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What a great guitarist as well.

  • @andysmith2417
    @andysmith2417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    You need to listen to "Fields of Gold" another amazing and emotional cover by Eva....RIP Beautiful Lady 💔💔

    • @harrietmiller3982
      @harrietmiller3982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I second that choice‼️

    • @Peter-oh3hc
      @Peter-oh3hc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Add my vote to field of gold also. Just atunning

    • @ronraskind
      @ronraskind 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And also Time after Time

    • @mikaelzakrisson5514
      @mikaelzakrisson5514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yes Yes Yes! "Fields of Gold" is a reaction must! Even Sting himself was taken by her cover!

    • @vincentschmitt7597
      @vincentschmitt7597 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Her cover of Fields of Gold makes me blubber.

  • @Nidge320
    @Nidge320 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    No one, but no one, sings this song any better.
    RIP Eva.

  • @denniswroblewski988
    @denniswroblewski988 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That is magic...

  • @jedislap8726
    @jedislap8726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    Eva Cassidy's songs are emotional hugs for your soul. Each and every one.

  • @erinpufunt
    @erinpufunt ปีที่แล้ว +5

    She was a master

  • @msmart2u2
    @msmart2u2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    After listening to Eva's performance, I then heard she had died. I broke down and cried like a baby. I still cry occasionally when I hear her voice.

  • @TheLastSongbird124
    @TheLastSongbird124 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Eva didn't actually want to do this recording because she was still
    getting over a cold and was worried her voice wouldn't stand up.
    You can actually hear a slight break off at the end of a few lines
    BUT she had THE most perfect voice in my opinion, with perfect control.
    perfect pitch, beautiful vibrato and an emotional connection with
    the song that reached out and grabbed listeners hearts like no
    one else was capable of . Sadly, sadly missed by millions. The world
    would be a much better place if she was still around!
    And a beautiful guitar player :)

  • @merleyost9893
    @merleyost9893 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This is one of my favorite songs in the world and I loved his humanity as he talked about Eva and her performance for all time.

  • @geordiechris121
    @geordiechris121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Its like she took a piece of the tin man, made strings from him and played the heart he thought he never had. Powerful

  • @lurx2024
    @lurx2024 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If Eva's voice doesn't give you a glimmer of hope out of despair, I don't know who can.

  • @ptrlxc
    @ptrlxc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    She took an iconic song and made it her own. Mick Fleetwood was trying to help her get recorded (because at this time she didn’t have a record deal yet: it was her friends, family, and fans created what music was recorded). She wasn’t going to take the first record deal because the record companies tried to slot her into a category, which she felt confined. She wanted to play songs that she pour her heart and soul in it, so she defied category: Mick Fleetwood admired her integrity. Then she got cancer and died shortly after, with no record deal. Can you imagine what she would sound like in a professional studio, allowed to play her songs her way, and what more songs she could’ve covered? An angel voice, and a guitar playing to match that voice.

    • @georgegwoolston1730
      @georgegwoolston1730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      She did a really good, great, terrific version, but she can never ever own this song. Here's proof...Judy Garland in 1955 singing it live th-cam.com/video/ss49euDqwHA/w-d-xo.html This song was, is, and ever will be "owned" as you say, by Judy Garland.

    • @garymorgan1356
      @garymorgan1356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@georgegwoolston1730 open your ears old timer THIS IS Now EVA'S SONG

    • @davidrosoff3228
      @davidrosoff3228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@georgegwoolston1730 @Gary Morgan You're both wrong. There are at least 3 people who equally own their own unique versions of "Over the Rainbow": Judy Garland, Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole, & Eva Cassidy (all of whom died way too young; what's that about?). For all we know, there may be even more.

    • @davidrosoff3228
      @davidrosoff3228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@garymorgan1356 @George G Woolston You're both wrong. There are at least 3 people who equally own their own unique versions of "Over the Rainbow": Judy Garland, Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole, & Eva Cassidy (all of whom died way too young; what's that about?). For all we know, there may be even more.

    • @joycewalbert1413
      @joycewalbert1413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great points...I can only dream.

  • @cynthiajohnson9412
    @cynthiajohnson9412 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was just listening to Jim Croce singing about 'moving ahead so life won't pass me by.' And he died at age thirty. It's just crushing when artists as beautiful as Croce and Cassidy die so young never knowing the feelings they've inspired in we who are left behind.

  • @BirdYoumans
    @BirdYoumans ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That ending gets me every time, and I've heard this one many times. Her voice is just so magnificent that we often forget that is her playing guitar, and that is all the accompaniment that is going on, and yet, more powerful than any band with drums, bass and 100 watt marshalls! No orchestra needed. Live no less. Now and then God gives us a gift, and we are blessed. I think He called her home early because He wanted to hear her sing too!

  • @cuchelo1
    @cuchelo1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    Thank you for acknowledging her guitar work immediately along with her vocals. For me, they are almost inseparable, and indicative of how her *entire being* was dedicated to interpreting these songs. She was truly remarkable.

    • @drewmiller3462
      @drewmiller3462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      100% remarkable.

    • @nightmoves7989
      @nightmoves7989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I agree and well put. She was a talented player with an ability to play and sing something the way she heard it in her head but seemingly effortless for her.

    • @terrykish887
      @terrykish887 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eva was self taught on playing the guitar

  • @nickbelezbubjones6528
    @nickbelezbubjones6528 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    I'm 58yr old man, played this at my sisters funeral. I cry every time I hear it. I have tears rolling down my face now 🙏❤️

    • @bdh1580
      @bdh1580 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      this was played at my sister's funeral also. It slays me every time. I'm so sorry for your loss.

    • @the54thfloor47
      @the54thfloor47 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🤗🙏🏻

    • @garyneilson3075
      @garyneilson3075 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "hold fast!" (1Thess.5 :21)

    • @CopingwithGrattitude
      @CopingwithGrattitude ปีที่แล้ว

      I want it played at mine too.

  • @judytaylor3099
    @judytaylor3099 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I’m eighty five years old and first was exposed to Eva Cassidy many years ago. I still cry every time I hear her sing this song. Thank you for showcasing this incredible voice.

  • @roberthaines1227
    @roberthaines1227 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Her cover (live) of Autumn Leaves is absolutely amazing.

    • @ryno1509
      @ryno1509 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That was the song at my grandads funeral, i can’t get through it anymore

    • @bobby-ov9qn
      @bobby-ov9qn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      100%. I keep flipping back and forth over which of her songs I like the best, "Autumn Leaves" or "Somewhere Over The Rainbow". I rendered it a tie, they are both #1.

    • @dpsam1
      @dpsam1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Autumn Leaves is the one.

    • @wde8361
      @wde8361 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I played both songs for my husband’s memorial !
      I intertwined the songs with pictures of our early days together when we were so happy to have found each other - I blubbered like a baby when I was putting the video together both because I was so devastated by losing him and felt so “seen” by Eva’s beautiful rendition of these songs- her singing helped me grieve in the most meaningful way, and in a way I was grieving for both my husband and for Eva at the same time. She made me able to feel, truly, there was and is, a safe place for those we love, somewhere over the rainbow, when autumn leaves do fall. Like others have said, I am crying now, and it’s going on four years since my sweetie left me. Thank you, dear Eva, and Godspeed to your highest heaven ❤

    • @roberthaines1227
      @roberthaines1227 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry for your loss. My condolences to you. I can’t even imagine.

  • @biggggboi123
    @biggggboi123 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    She got everyone. If she was a superhero,she would have been called the rainmaker. Such a special person

  • @JennLynnTarot
    @JennLynnTarot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Thank you for recognizing it's a duet with her guitar...her voice and guitar are just extensions of each other, and both are a voice 💓🥰 Eva breaks us all 😭

  • @bethwilliams6946
    @bethwilliams6946 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this is my favorite rendition of this song

  • @MamawT65
    @MamawT65 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have probably watched this video of Eva Cassidy 100 times and it brings tears every time! It just brings up so much emotions!

  • @markavell7111
    @markavell7111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you . And live on Eva.

  • @MrBluegrouse
    @MrBluegrouse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Live concert in a bar. Not a studio recording. Sitting on a bar stool with only a guitar. Just extraordinary in every way. Her voice always cuts me to the bone.

    • @rickp1039
      @rickp1039 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No matter how rowdy the bar was that she played, she would silence it.

  • @johnb.2518
    @johnb.2518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Elton John said that the 3 best female singers ever were Eva Cassidy, Judith Durham (of The Seekers) and Karen Carpenter...nothing to argue with there...

    • @johncurran6031
      @johncurran6031 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think he's right. Both Karen and Eva died far too young.

    • @OzGecko
      @OzGecko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I hadn't heard that quote before but it's great to hear the acknowledgement of Judith Durham's beautiful voice in the same company as those other greats.

    • @davidheaney7705
      @davidheaney7705 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'd add Barbara Streisand to that list .

    • @leonieswift262
      @leonieswift262 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'll have e todisagree on Judith. The other two for sure. I dont hear the same tenderness in Judith Durham.

    • @anglerfish8278
      @anglerfish8278 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      never knew john said this. i humbly add a fourth… virginia patterson cline…
      there is one more…
      she is still with us…
      allison krauss…

  • @ExclusiveLM
    @ExclusiveLM ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What she did in this performance is clear.
    She gave the definition of unconditional love with her voice, guitar and physical moves.
    That is what all of humanity wants. Real love. Even the most hardened criminal ever wants real love. The kind that loves you for who you are and not what they want you to be. That is what I feel everytime I hear this lady's legacy song. All masterpieces have that. From the best painters, to the best actors to the best dancers. That is why humanity loves Eva. RIP.

  • @michaelstusiak5902
    @michaelstusiak5902 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you.

  • @bill2858
    @bill2858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Has to be one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard

  • @christianleroy1329
    @christianleroy1329 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    an absolute earth angel,she passed away about 8 months or so after this beauriful perforfmance,my mothers favorite song,i played it at my mothers funeral,take care buddy

  • @davidrowley9513
    @davidrowley9513 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    She was a beautiful lady, a gentle sould who could play guitar and sing like an angel. There will never be another like her, a great loss to this planet and a huge gain for heaven. God bless her.

  • @edithmara6760
    @edithmara6760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    It is so sad when young people die, especially so talented with a voice of an angel.

  • @MikeTheBike58
    @MikeTheBike58 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Anyone who got to see Eva perform were truly the lucky ones.

  • @trishferris7355
    @trishferris7355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I've listened to this song at least 100 times and I weep each and every time.

  • @dpsam1
    @dpsam1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    There must be a dozen Eva songs that bring me to tears. One in a million talent.

  • @rebeccaniehaus9901
    @rebeccaniehaus9901 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I hope you listen to her other songs.she Hasan album called Live at Blues Alley is an album by American singer Eva Cassidy, originally self-released in May 1996. The album was recorded live at the Blues Alley nightclub in January 1996. It was the last album recorded by Cassidy before her death in November 1996. I love her song People Get Ready and so many other songs hers. I enjoyed your reactions!

  • @1961Lara
    @1961Lara 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    What just crushes me is that she knew she was dying when she sang this...

    • @WhiteMRabbit
      @WhiteMRabbit 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No, she had no idea she any form of cancer at the time of the recording

  • @shadowrider53
    @shadowrider53 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have listened to this song too many times to count, have even downloaded it. Yet it makes me cry every time I hear it. Even the poster could not listen to it all the way through! And it's clear how it hit him.There are very few artists that can have that lasting of an effect on someone. If I had a time machine, I would go back to one of her concerts!

  • @phillipprestontrading
    @phillipprestontrading 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I'm 57 years old, and I'm not ashamed to say......I've probably heard this song a couple of dozens times.......each time, I say to myself, I won't cry this time. Eva's voice gets into my very soul. A rare beautiful singer, who died way too young.Im so grateful, for the incredible impact, she had in me, and millions of other

  • @JaneMaas-i7c
    @JaneMaas-i7c 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    In my very humble opinion, Eva’s spirit…her very soul…came into this Earth plane, specifically to deliver this wonderful, wonderful rendition of a beautiful but time worn old song. Everything about it just grabs you, turns you around and utterly forces your mind to shut up and listen…from YOUR soul.

  • @marilynbergh3649
    @marilynbergh3649 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I understand how you feel. Her singing is a Gift from god. She takes us to a tine and place that is so beautiful

  • @pamstuckey8349
    @pamstuckey8349 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you. I think you really appreciated and captured this song the best of anyone who has reacted to it

  • @39thala
    @39thala 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Her voice and delivery had me choked up from the first note.

  • @garylsmalley
    @garylsmalley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Harold Arlen wrote this song in 1939, the beginning of the Great Depression, in America. The song reflects the sadness and hard times with the hope of happiness and better times to come. I have never heard anyone sing this song with such emotion, tenderness and beauty. What a GREAT talent lost to soon. We are so fortunate to have this video.

    • @BenjWarrant
      @BenjWarrant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      1939 was virtually the end of the Great Depression; within a year the US was on a war footing and within two years it was at war. 1929 is generally considered to be the beginning of the Depression.

  • @mount-of-olives
    @mount-of-olives 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Paused at 5.27. It will not come to pass with the greatest respect... Melocholy voice perhaps? Her guitar cries.. Just as we do.
    Please, I'm not trying to be rude but I cannot comprehend why you're only listening to this now... I'm 36 and this was an album I bought when I was 15. Eva went through absolute hell. Eeeeva not Ever, She passed away aged 33 from cancer. What a talent. Much of it undisclosed until after her death. Oh my goodness. "And the dreams"... I saw your face.... Beautiful. 🙏🏻🤜🏻🤛🏽💛 Brother, I'll hold you and clap 👏👏👏... May you be blessed always in all ways 🌹

  • @jaywilliams-hm4ym
    @jaywilliams-hm4ym 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you for your reaction to, in my opinion, the most beautiful thing that has ever been recorded 😇🌈😇

  • @ivandubinsky1857
    @ivandubinsky1857 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I can't listen to Eva's version of Over The Rainbow without having tears stream down my cheeks...it's just that beautiful and emotional.

  • @candicecattles6483
    @candicecattles6483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    She's found her Rainbow 🌈she makes you believe everword she's singing& plays though you're Heart as well as her's. Amazing women gone to soon! It brings hope & love it's going to be okay~🎸 there's a real place over the rainbow 🌈

  • @bartdrennon1764
    @bartdrennon1764 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A real masterpiece. Her guitar work gets overshadowed by her incredible singing.

  • @TheHollyholland
    @TheHollyholland ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’ve always loved that little break in her voice on that last note💜🧡

  • @janegreene2838
    @janegreene2838 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    That was very observant and well said: "two voices" - Eva and her guitar. I'd never heard her before. She's very expressive.

  • @donaldbindner59
    @donaldbindner59 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Please do more Eva Cassidy.

  • @ronraskind
    @ronraskind 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Eva died just several months after this performance at the age of 33. She did not gain the worldwide Fame until after her death, and sold over 10 million records. She was on her way to be coming one of the best female vocalists ever.

    • @debbiedogs1
      @debbiedogs1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      She was not seeking worldwide fame, everyone said she was very private and definitely just preferred to do her singing the way she wanted.

    • @cherylq7183
      @cherylq7183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Seeking world wide fame? You don’t know Eva

    • @ronraskind
      @ronraskind 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@cherylq7183 perhaps seeking was the wrong word. What I intended is that she did not achieve worldwide Fame until after her death, whether or not she wanted it

    • @jamesrogers2963
      @jamesrogers2963 ปีที่แล้ว

      and, she made it!

    • @ronraskind
      @ronraskind ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamesrogers2963 Yes she did James! It's so sad that she didn't live to see it. Eva was definitely one of a kind, with a voice that you could identify while blindfolded.

  • @patrickcummins976
    @patrickcummins976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The most meaningful song of my life. Her version will be played at my funeral.

  • @curiousman1672
    @curiousman1672 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First time I heard that voice was on "Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood", about 3 years after she died. Went out and bought her albums. Another meaningful song she does is "Tall Trees in Georgia". Great post.

  • @sherirm777
    @sherirm777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Rest in Peace, sweet, beloved Eva as you sing with the angels 'over the rainbow'. She's been my favorite female vocalist ever since I heard her sing many years ago. Her talent was incomparable and her legacy will endure due to her many fans - many, many discovering her gift after her early death.

  • @polynesie47
    @polynesie47 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Eva Marie Cassidy is an American singer, born February 2, 1963 in Washington and died November 2, 1996 in Bowie, Maryland.... for info: big emotion for me who had known her to see young people again today watching her songs because she also had a sublime voice and was also a great stars .

  • @inspectorvol951
    @inspectorvol951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Breaks my heart every time I listen to her.

  • @pauljenkins1541
    @pauljenkins1541 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Have been on this earth for over sixty yrs and came across this lady 25 yrs ago and to this day my thoughts have never changed she was a master of her art and I have never come across a greater artist, thank god she left her mark for so many to hear her artistry,though sadly lost at a young age to cancer . God bless Eva and thank you your music hits the soul . X

  • @joannehenry4595
    @joannehenry4595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    She was a ‘natural child of music!’ And especially now she Rests in Music!

  • @Bassman2353
    @Bassman2353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I have all of her CDs. She sings directly to your soul.

  • @catherinejones6481
    @catherinejones6481 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    This is my absolute favourite version of this song. I remember listening to it on repeat for hours on an international flight once. The tragedy is that music executives didn’t think she deserved to be heard until after she passed. They sure got that wrong.

    • @corsomagenta
      @corsomagenta 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      IMO Eva's best version of this song is on the Songbird album. She has a pretty bad cold on the night she recorded this album (Live at Blues Alley) and she had to reign in her voice a bit to keep it from cracking.

  • @EvaPopStar
    @EvaPopStar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I live in the area where Eva lived. I had never seen her in concert. But we followed her a lot on the local music scene. One of my friends said let’s go see Eva tonight. I said no we can catch her another time. This was the night of the concert.

  • @wanderer5581
    @wanderer5581 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A beautiful young lady with only her voice and guitar brings real people to tears, rest in peace.

  • @garryokeefe1605
    @garryokeefe1605 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    From this same landmark concert, 'Autumn Leaves' Harri - what a loss to music this lady was, still influencing people and mourned to this day.

  • @praja108
    @praja108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was introduced to Evas work back in 2006, thanks to a dear American friend, who now herself is no longer with us. Thanks Cheryl for bringing Eva into my life.

  • @Tonyb7195
    @Tonyb7195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here for such short time but long enough to touch our hearts

  • @home2624
    @home2624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Heartbreakingly beautiful. God bless you Eva ♥️

  • @theofulk5636
    @theofulk5636 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was precious, very well done.

  • @kingstumble
    @kingstumble 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    An object lesson on how to take a well known song and turn it into something magnificently different. Astonishing.

  • @cynthiaperson930
    @cynthiaperson930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of my top 10 most beautiful performances of all my 62 years!! God BLESS you Eva.

  • @deydrm
    @deydrm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    You're one of the few that really can appreciate what a talent Eva was. Because most people don't know how good she was on guitar. Her subtle accents were spot on! The emotion she evoked between her voice and her guitar was unmatched. Most all of her recordings were live. The first time I ever cried because of a song,was when I heard her play Autumn Leaves. I was speechless.

    • @usaskjock
      @usaskjock 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      her dynamic phrasing simultaneously on both guitar and voice - so clean, pure, intense. She emanates waves of emotion - and her controlled crescendo/decrescendo at the song's peak just *breaks* you.

    • @markthompson9056
      @markthompson9056 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love the Mills Brorhers .

  • @donaldsmith283
    @donaldsmith283 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you what absolutely love It.❤❤❤😊😊😊

  • @michaelknapp8961
    @michaelknapp8961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Oh man I feel the same way!! I get tears in my eyes listening to her sing this song!

  • @jj-qe1ix
    @jj-qe1ix ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cried with you bud... this shows all.when u r that talented all you need is her voice and quitar... perfection.. breaks me every time as I go through bone marrow disease..... ❤

  • @phughes4224
    @phughes4224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    If there Is a more beautiful, heartfelt, emotional performance .... I've not seen it.

    • @howiwondrwhatur
      @howiwondrwhatur หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I do agree with you! A good second is Adam Lambert singing Believe toCher at the Kennedy Center honors.

  • @kimokane6994
    @kimokane6994 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    incredible.......she gets me every time, choke...too often great artist are gone before they become known. Love her.

  • @StewG1967
    @StewG1967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    ‘Songbird’ is my favourite Eva Cassidy song, incredible vocals combined with beautiful words.

  • @wandawilliams6037
    @wandawilliams6037 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’ve been listening to this beautiful woman for years. All of her songs are true to the craft that only Eva could do. She will be forever remembered and missed

  • @jamespaivapaiva4460
    @jamespaivapaiva4460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you for keeping her memory alive,and thank you Britain for giving her a gold album! Peace.

  • @pnojazz
    @pnojazz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You’re a beautiful soul. Bless you brother.

  • @wendy5290
    @wendy5290 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can we also appreciate her guitar skills and arrangements, she was just so talented..❤❤

  • @heydayma10513
    @heydayma10513 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Harri..you're A Strong, Valued Mensch; when th lots more rewarding work ahead..Thanks Harri..

  • @johns.
    @johns. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The voice of an angel. And Harri, that was a beautiful reaction.

  • @geoffashden2
    @geoffashden2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am not worthy of listenening to something so beautiful and perfect.

  • @michw3755
    @michw3755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    So beautiful, gave me goosebumps, best version EVER!!

  • @OldManAmerican
    @OldManAmerican 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Chills

  • @darcylyons4313
    @darcylyons4313 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love it when somebody new discovers Eva! I catch emotions every time I listen to her. Her voice is like a soft cloud that's the best way to but it.

  • @skyhunk
    @skyhunk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    She is a consummate artist!! Not only are her vocals stellar, but her guitar accompaniment is nothing short of perfection! I have never heard so much emotion conveyed in this song. It's a truly personal interpretation -- she makes the song her own -- I forget any other singer's previous version, including Judy Garland's.

  • @mikeburch8368
    @mikeburch8368 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Her voice is so clear that it's simply amazing, A sober delivery that cuts right to your soul.

  • @marcuspedrosa9742
    @marcuspedrosa9742 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The voice of an Angel, 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

  • @johnatyoutube
    @johnatyoutube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Welcome to the magic of Eva. She was an angel on earth. We miss her greatly, but she left us with the gift of her heart in her music. You can't listen to this and not feel it deeply within your soul and be moved to tears. She speaks love straight to your heart. We understand that we all share the same challenges and pain in the core of our being and hope for love and joy when we sit together and listen to her. She helps us see our humanity, gives us a big angelic hug, and helps us feel the love and connectedness between us.
    She also worked in the nursery in my home town and was as sweet and humble as she appears here. And fought the record companies who wanted to change her to get her sign with them. She stood up for what she believed in and ultimately produced her own music. She was ahead of her time in so many ways. She's greatly missed, but lives on in all of us who her music has touched including every famous singer who has come after her. You'll hear Adele say that Eva was one of her biggest inspirations and you can hear a little of Eva in her voice.
    Thanks for sharing the magic of Eva with the world.

  • @melrose795
    @melrose795 ปีที่แล้ว

    I discovered Eva about 2001..She grew up not far from where I did in Maryland..We were close in age..I wish I knew of her when she was alive, perhaps I could have seen her live. Thank God for her great talent..

  • @davidbee8178
    @davidbee8178 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thank you for the reverence you accorded to perhaps one of THE greatest vocalists of our times - for me, no one has elicited such genuinely deep emotions as Eva Cassidy has. "They" say "only the good die young" . . . so true, certainly in Eva's case for sure. SO much pure joy mixed in with SUCH emotion going STRAIGHT to the heart. This is love at its best.