mandovark
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Post by mandovark on Jan 10, 2016 16:36:32 GMT
I've just been reminded that it was 20 years ago this month that Eva Cassidy played the concert at Blues Alley that became the last of her albums to be released before her untimely death. It was video footage from this concert that ultimately made her famous when it was played on Top of the Pops 2 and elsewhere, though sadly she didn't live to see her success.
She didn't write her own songs, but she had the rare ability to take a song and make it her own. The 20th anniversary seems like a good time to revisit the Blues Alley recordings and be reminded what a remarkable singer she really was.
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Post by delb0y on Jan 10, 2016 17:11:44 GMT
I posted on a different forum how the £8 I spent on the Nightbird set just after Xmas might be the best £8 I've ever spent. I have the original concert CD and DVD but the new version was still more than worth the money.
I can still recall where I was when I first heard Eva - kudos to Terry Wogan! - the song was Say Goodbye and I stopped the car and wrote her name down. Bought my first Eva Cassidy CD later that day.
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Post by mandovark on Jan 10, 2016 17:19:48 GMT
I first heard her on Top of the Pops 2 when they played the Over the Rainbow video from Blues Alley. I had it on in the background while I was doing something else, but that one made me stop and listen.
I was just getting into acoustic guitar at the time, and I started learning some of her songs. She was a big influence on my guitar style for song accompaniment.
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Post by delb0y on Jan 10, 2016 17:37:31 GMT
(I'm sure you have but...) If you've not seen this it's well worth 18 minutes:
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