The falling leaves drift by my window
The autumn leaves are red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sunburned hands I used to hold
Since you went away, the days grow long
And soon I’ll hear old winter song
But I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall
Since you went away, the days grow longer
And soon I’ll hear old winter song
But I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall
Eva said she was always critical of her own guitar playing, she never thought of herself as “good enough.”
Millions disagree.
She died of melanoma. Were it not for her boyfriend and her family, none of her recordings would have been published.
I've heard Nat King Cole, Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald sing this song...beautifully. They sang it. This woman owned it. She took it apart, re-assembled it, infused it with her soul, her passions, her dreams and gave it to us. It was as if I had never heard it before. She not only gave something new to me, she drew something out of me. Her love for song aroused my love for listening. She danced with me...in a sense. I am touched. RIP Eva.
A random live take of a woman with a guitar in a bar, singing into a microphone. And it blows away 99.99% of all music ever recorded.
The control and artistry on display can't really be described in words. Mesmerizing.
I am a musician. How I had never heard of Eva Cassidy, I don't know. What I can tell you though is that the first time I heard this song, I was mesmerized. I listened to it no less than 20 times in a row. It's perfect. Truly perfect. What's even more amazing is that it almost didn't get out because it was done live and the first night the recording never was recorded by mistake and the second night, Eva was sick and she was not happy with how it sounded... not happy with how it sounded? It's perfect. It haunts me. No one could ever do this song better. No one. What a tragedy to lose her so young.
She was not of this world, she belonged to the unseen realm, where the angels live .. in His mercy He gave us Eva for 33 years ... to witness what heaven sounds like
Ever since I was a child, this kind of music would bring me to tears.
And it still does. I am 74 now and still succumb now.
It is my achilles heel.
I learn to live with it.
Tomorrow, 11-2-19, it will be 23 years since Eva left us. Every year on the anniversary I find myself drawn to this song, and "Over the Rainbow". And I still cry, after 23 years.
I just accidentally bump into you when I'm looking this song thru diane krall, but then you appear, and I love u instantly, how on earth nobody heard about you? your amazing voice, is heaven.
