Rowbear39 wrote:Does anyone on the board know of Eva Cassidy and her life story?--there is a Youtube videos of Nightline and from the BBC that tells her story and also a video of her singing in a DC nightclub--she has a fantastic voice, and she is, for the most part, relatively unknown, as she died of cancer at age 33, in 1996--she is big in England and has lots of fans, and I can see why, she is so good.
Hi "Rowbear"...
You are very correct in commenting on Eva's talent, and as Norm says, there are many recordings of Eva on YouTube!
I would point out also, that there is an excellent book on Eva's life, written by Rob Burley and Jonathan Maitland, with the help of Eva's Mom and Dad, and published in 2001 I believe, in the UK. This is an excellent read, and covers Eva's tragically short life from the time she was a baby, (with many photographs, poems, paintings and drawings, opinions, etc. (of which she expresses many), but most importantly, it portrays a young woman who was extraordinary in many ways, not only because of her musical abilities, but from the simple fact that she was a beautiful human being. The title of the book is, (appropriately), "Songbird", and WAS readily available on Amazon when I bought my copy in 2009 I believe. Definitely recommend!
This was always one of my favorites by Eva:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xL7JecwMxEDavid Elliott