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Eva Cassidys story if one of the most compelling and poignant in recent music history. In this thoughtful and probing biography Johan Bakker re-evaluates her brief performing career and the fame that only came after her death at the age of 33.Before BBC Radio 2 and TV made her famous first in the UK and then Europe, Eva Cassidy had been mainly a local performer in and around Washington D.C. Performing in Iceland was the closest she ever got to Europe, yet a handful of recordings spanning pop, jazz, blues, folk and country would maker her a posthumous star there and eventually in her home country too.Her posthumously released 4 albums (Imagine, Songbird, Simply Eva, Somewhere) including three UK number ones have sold more than ten million copies. Johann Bakker has interviewed Evas friends, colleagues and family in Washington D.C. and Maryland, tracing her short life, her idealism and her disillusionment with the business side of her trade.Through it all her shimmering spirit shines making this biography both a searching analysis and a warm commemoration of a uniquely talented young woman.
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R eturning home from my holidays in 2001 I found an envelope on the doormat containing a CD and a letter requesting I review it. Looking at Songbirds brown cover design framing a photograph that was unintentionally out of focus, my expectations were far from high. But as soon as Eva Cassidy started to sing the opening lines of Fields Of Gold I was nailed to the ground. This unknown singer enchanted me for 45 minutes until the closing notes of the final song Over The Rainbow. The letter told me that Eva had died at the tragically young age of 33. Listening to the album a second time it was not only Evas voice that struck me, but her song selection as well. All possible scepticism disappeared immediately when I heard Eva sing: Im going there to meet my Father, in that bright land of which I go. Her interpretation of the lines: The dreams that you dared to dream really do come true convince the listener of the fact that Eva believed them. I wanted to know more about this remarkable woman. Ten years later my fascination for Eva is still growing and has resulted in this biography.
Many people helped me during my research into the life, art and music of Eva Cassidy. Id like to thank Dan Cassidy for visiting me at my home in Rotterdam and for telling all he could about his beloved sister; Chris Biondo for his patience and answering a seemingly endless list of emails and phone calls; Chris Charlesworth and Lucy Beevor for their editing and knowledge of musical history; Raice McLeod, Keith Grimes, Lenny Williams, Hugh & Barbara Cassidy, Celia Murphy, Ruth Murphy, Ned Judy, Larry Melton and Eileen White for their hospitality during my trip to Maryland; Bill Straw, Chuck Brown, Anna Karen Kristinsdttir, Jackie Fletcher, Tony Bramwell, Margret Cassidy Robinson, Henrik Thiil Nielsen, Brian Langtry, Laura Bligh, Niki Lee and Linda Olson Peebles for their clarifying views on Evas life story; Maria van Ginneken, Laura Bol and Marente de Moor for polishing my writing; and Vincent van de Kerk and Petra Sytsma van der Ploeg for reviewing Evas artwork. Rommy, Deborah & Sybren Bakker for believing in this project from the start and their eternal help. Thank you all!
Johan Bakker, Rotterdam, August 2011
Sources
This biography is based on personal interviews with: Dan Cassidy, Chris Biondo, Raice McLeod, Keith Grimes, Lenny Williams, Bill Straw, Hugh & Barbara Cassidy, Celia Murphy, Ruth Murphy, Chuck Brown, Anna Karen Kristinsdttir, Jackie Fletcher, Ned Judy, Larry Melton, Tony Bramwell, Margret Cassidy Robinson, Katie Melua, Eileen White, Henrik Thiil Nielsen, Vincent van de Kerk, Brian Langtry, Laura Bligh, Niki Lee & Linda Olson Peebles
Other sources and bibliography
Anon. http://heatherw.com , April 11 2002, Blix Street Records Presents Kwan With Gold Record
Cassidy, Clara. Mother Earth News, 1978 Preserve Your Memories Oriental Style
Cooper, William. www.allmusic.com , September 2000, Review No Boundaries
Dalphonse, Sherri. Washingtonian online, May 2002, Songbird
Harrington, Richard. The Washington Post, November. 17, 1996 Echoes of a Voice Stilled Too Early
Morley, Jefferson. The Washington Post, March 8, 1998 When Chuck Met Eva
Siegel, Joel E. Liner Notes Eva By Heart (Liaison Records, 1997)
Ward, Alex. New York Times, August 12, 2002. In Death, A Shy Singer Finally Grabs The Spotlight,
Wartofsky, Alona. Washington City Paper, November 20, 1992 Side by Side
The Independent, Aug 16, 2002. Review Imagine by Andy Gill
Songbird: Her Story By Those Who Knew Her Rob Burley, Jonathan Maitland and Elana Rhodes Byrd Gotham Books, USA, 2003 Svenska Dagbladet, August 18th, 2003
Interview Chris Biondo by Harry Amster
Billboard Magazine, March 27, 2004 Blix Street Sues Eva Cassidy Parents by Chris Morris
Entertainment Law Reporter, October 2004
The Color Purple, novel, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, USA, 1982 by Alice Walker
The Color Purple, Warner Brothers Video 1986, directed by Steven Spielberg
Liner notes Anywhere But Here May 2004, by Michael Ingram
The Eva Cassidy Story: Over The Rainbow. Booklet musical by Theatremaster Ltd, 2005
GardeNews newsletter, by the Behnke Nurseries, Holiday 2005 issue. Memories of Eva Cassidy by Larry Hurley.
Hugh Cassidy, et al. v. David Lourim, et al. United States district court for the district of Maryland. March 6, 2008.
Washington City Paper. June 4, 2008 Selling Eva Cassidy By The Pound by Dave McKenna
Sunday Express, March 28, 2010 Will Kate Winslet Play Songbird Eva Cassidy?
The Wall Street Journal, September 29, 2010 The Godfather of Go-Go by Jim Fusilli
Eva Cassidy forum Yahoo group
www.evacassidy.org (website about Eva Cassidys life and music by her cousin Laura Bligh. Info about the albums Eva By Heart, Time After Time, Imagine, American Tune, Somewhere and interviews with Mike Dove, Al Dale, David Christopher and Eileen White)
www.evacassidy.dk (EvaSongs, website about Evas songs by Henrik Thiil Nielsen and Torbjrn Skobe)
www.evacassidy.com (website about Evas artwork by her sisters Margret and Anette)
www.oaksite.co.uk
www.cassidyclan.org
The Other Side (with Chuck Brown), (1992) Liaison
Let The Good Times Roll (Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee) 3:12; Fever (Eddie Cooley, John Davenport) 4:16; You Dont Know Me (Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker) 4:59; I Could Have Told You So (Jimmy van Heusen, Carl Sigman) 3:31; Gee, Baby, Aint I Good To You (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) 2:44; Ill Go Crazy (James Brown) 2:50; You Dont Know What Love Is (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) 4:40 (Chuck Brown solo); Drown In My Own Tears (Henry Glover) 5:37; God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) 3:18 (Eva Cassidy solo); Red Top (Ken Kynard, Lionel Hampton) 2:55; Dark End Of The Street (Dan Penn, Chips Moman) 3:55 (Eva Cassidy solo); The Shadow Of Your Smile (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) 3:30; Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg) 5:02 (Eva Cassidy solo); Youve Changed (Bill Carey, Carl Fischer) 4:00
Live At Blues Alley (1996); originally released as Eva Music (1998), both Blix Street Records
Cheek To Cheek (Irving Berlin) 4:03; Stormy Monday (T-Bone Walker) 5:49; Bridge Over Troubled Water (Paul Simon) 5:33; Fine And Mellow (Billie Holiday) 4:03; People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield) 3:36; Blue Skies (Irving Berlin) 2:37; Tall Trees In Georgia (Buffy Sainte-Marie) 4:05; Fields Of Gold (Sting) 4:57; Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prvert) 4:57; Honeysuckle Rose (Andy Razaf, Thomas Fats Waller) 3:14; Take Me To The River (Al Green, Mabon Lewis Hodges) 3:51; What A Wonderful World (Robert Thiele, George David Weiss) 5:50; Oh, Had I A Golden Thread (Pete Seeger) 4:46 (Studio recording)
Eva By Heart(1997); originally Liaison, now (1998) Blix Street Records
I Know You By Heart (Eve Nelson, Diane Scanlon) 3:57; Time Is A Healer (Diane Scanlon, Greg Smith) 4:14; Wayfaring Stranger (Traditional) 4:26; Wade In The Water (Traditional) 4:00; Blues In The Night (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) 4:05; Songbird (Christine McVie) 3:41; Need Your Love So Bad (Little Willie John) 4:36 (Duet With Chuck Brown); Say Goodbye (Steven M. Digman, Andrew Hernandez) 3:55; Nightbird (Doug Macleod) 5:27; Waly, Waly (Traditional) 4:45; How Can I Keep From Singing? (Traditional) 4:24
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