From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V6 #89 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Wednesday, September 12 2001 Volume 06 : Number 089 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: Eva Cassidy (was: One of my long replies - about 10% Basia content) now 0% Basia ["Steve O'Hearn" Subject: RE: Eva Cassidy (was: One of my long replies - about 10% Basia content) now 0% Basia Very interesting! > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of > Jeff Abrams > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:55 PM > To: basia@smoe.org > Subject: Eva Cassidy (was: One of my long replies - about 10% Basia > content) now 0% Basia > > > > My memories of Eva are quite vivid since she was in head to head > competition > with the vocalist (Gini Carroll) I have worked with here in the > DC area the > last 17 years. > > We used to run into Eva at all kinds of open mic nights and the like way > before the karaoke thing hit. (Anybody in DC remember the > "Country Junction" > in Rockville?) > She would always bring a "crew" with her before that was popular, > too. This > always made for some really interesting tension. > I was really shocked when I heard she had died after having lost track of > her activity for several years. > > Her voice didn't exactly "sparkle" in my ears and she wasn't the most > gracious of competitors but she certainly could sing. I think it > is a little > more than interesting that her career finally took off AFTER her passing. > > My most vivid memory was her singing "Natural Woman" by Aretha > Franklin. As > she was singing, Gini grabbed me and said "I'm doing 'Respect' next". It > took a flurry of last minute re-programming to get ready for that, but it > obviously pissed off Miss Cassidy. > > Used to bump into Mary Chapin in Bethesda from time to time as well. > > I guess I'm just old... > > --- > > Jeff Abrams > clavier@bellatlantic.net > > SUPERCHARGED 2.5 liter 1993 Mazda MX-3 GS > http://www.mazdamaniac.com > Normally aspirated 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata > > > If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, > because maybe > you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you > because, hey, free > dummy. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of > Steve O'Hearn > Subject: RE: One of my long replies - about 10% Basia content > > > > All - > > Eva Cassidy is the vocalist who passed away in 1996 of skin cancer before > anyone record label ever signed her, or any significant acknowledgement of > her recorded work. > > Today she's Billboard Magazine's #1 selling artist on the internet charts. > She's recently hit #1 on pop charts in UK, Ireland, and more. > ABC Nightline > not only did a piece on her life on Memorial Day weekend, but in > an unusual > move, did a very rare rerun of an episode by replaying that piece over the > July 4th holiday. > > Her rendition of "Over the Rainbow" was voted this year by BBC > listeners as > the single greatest recording - by anyone - of all time. Her cover of > "Fields of Gold" is described by many critics as superior to Sting's > original. > > When Mary Chapin-Carpenter was recently asked in an interview who she most > wanted to perform a duet with, alive or dead, she said it was Eva Cassidy. > > Eva was from my hometown, and dated a best friend of mine, who I used to > play guitar with as a child, and who did a lot of recording with > Eva. I met > and heard her several times, and heard her perform with my friend > many times > in the 1980's. > > None of this post-humous success surprises any of us. > > - Steve ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:25:56 +0200 From: "The Renegade" Subject: Re: Statistics say you'll never meet him or her 23, M, web designer... (-) Ray + find your mescaline at www.navaira.prv.pl ------------------------+ [ number one this week: boris dlugosch/roisin murphy "never enough" ] - -- Mmm czesc to ja. Chcesz mnie ... rozebrac? OK, zagraj ze mna w ruletke [ http://miss.onet.pl/start.html ] ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V6 #89 **************************