Music Reaction | Eva Cassidy - Stormy Monday | Zooty Reactions

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[ericsicard]

Yes Eva was from DC area and this is THIS Blues Alley.
Her cover of Over the Rainbow reinvented this classic and the new generation is now singing it that way. But Eva’s version ins the absolute reference.
She did the same with many other classics: Fields of Gold, Autumn Leaves, …

The manager of Blues Alley told they have hosted some of the greatests but that Eva was something else, the staff was in shock from the first notes and staring at each other in disbelief.

She sang in duet with Chuck Brown, the go-go godfather, and he told in an interview that she showed him how to sing Jazz and Blues, that he never met such a natural and creative talent.

Eva sadly passed away only 10 months after this video recording.
She was rediscovered a few years later when Over the Rainbow was played in the BBC in UK and it created such a buzz that her records when directly at the top of the charts and matched record sales that were only reached by The Beatles previously.

Eva is one of a kind.

[msmartu]

Thanks! Eva was definitely a blue-eyed soul sister. She could sing the phone book if she wanted to.

[annemarinelli]

She’s amazing, sings her heart out, she died in 1996 at the age of 33 of cancer

[ssacra]

This performance was at the DC Blues Alley.

[marcelmarceau]

Her covers of ‘Autumn Leaves’ and ‘Danny Boy’ are her best work in my opinion.

[theolamp]

We all know Eva was a great singer. But I don't want anyone to forget that she was a great arranger ( a skill many don't appreciate ). She was a very capable guitarist.She had a great band. Keith Grimes on lead & Lenny Williams on keyboards. And I believe that Chris Biando put all this together to allow us to see her incredible gift to music.

[annemarinelli]

That’s where she is, she was born and lived in DC.

[miniaturesun]

Please listen Eva herself singing Over the Rainbow.

[erniebuck]

This is the one in DC performed by angel ❤😢

[janandersson]

Blues Alley, DC. Not much recorded by Eva, too bad she had a cold when this was done, she wasn’t satisfied with the concert.

The labels didn’t like that she refused to stick to a certain formula but did the songs she liked. She passed away in melanoma before she reached a larger audience.

Some other songs: Fields of Gold, Songbird, Over the Rainbow. Or just anyone you can find, she never misses.

[ratroute]

One take, live, and she had to pay for the recording, the album finally got air play two years after she died.
Eva didn't live out the year this was recorded and couldn't get a record isn't fair.
To hear her full range check out the high energy Blues in the Night

[cliffwheeler]

T Bone Walker and Bobby "Blue" Band's versions were generally regarded as the definitive recordings of Stormy Monday. But wow, Eva took the roof off the place with this live performance. Utterly incredible, so different from her soft, sensitive versions of Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Fields of Gold. If you closed your eyes you would swear the voice belonged to a black lady, truly amazing. Also kudos to Keith Grimes for a tasteful, beautifully constructed guitar solo. So sad that Eva was taken from us just as she was making waves in the music world. At least we have these few recordings to enjoy as her legacy.

[helenooft]

Still listning a lot to here cd, she was a great singer.

[RonaldOsburn]

This was in the old blues alley in DC. She grew up near there. Check out blues in the night.

[joelcanfield]

Glad you poped up on the radar Zooty !

[greggary]

Other comments have pretty much said it all, just a thank you for doing this one in particular, Eva doesn’t get enough credit for her Blues & Jazz chops, imo.

Great reaction, keep it up !

[victorcowboywest]

Excuse me, All Blues fan knows of and have, listen, and collected the music of T. Bone Walker 🎶🎶🎶🎶 It's Christmas time give a listen to Eva's rendition of " Silent. Night "

[ReesesPieces]

the bars and warehouses are sadly gone... now we have Starbucks, Bennetons, Nike, expensive condos etc etc. But the Alley survives

[dhamma]

Some of your older viewers (guilty) know very well who T-Bone is and all the rest who came up in the last sixty or seventy years...

[melvisroberts]

Eva is fabulous with a clean vocals, next you should listen to Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa perform etta James "I'd rather go blind". Its fabulous as well, but Beth has the gritty blues