Her hi notes and low notes are so balanced and effortless and the tone is just seamless between her hard voice and falsetto. It's just astonishing. In the end tho, it's not so much the notes, but how you use them that affects people. What a gift she had and what a gift she was to us.
The beauty of Eva is evident in all she had done. She made every song her own. Willie Nelson would be proud of her copy. The beauty in her voice is a calling from the heavens.
The song was written in the early 1940s by Nashville songwriter Fred Rose. It is one of Willie Nelson's signature songs, but it was covered by a number of male artists before Nelson covered it in 1975. It was the song that made Nelson a vocal star. Rose was born in 1898 and died in 1954. The song is startlingly contemporary both in its sentiments and its language. The musicologists can comment on its musical structure, but the chord progression is startlingly simple, at least in the version I know.
Eva Cassidy and Katie Noonan are two voices that could bring me to tears (Katie has before, I recommend you listen to her if you haven’t before. Her early music with the band George is similar to Eva’s.)
I first heard her singing Over the Rainbow in London where she quickly became very popular!!When I tried to find her in the US, I loved every song she ever sang.Then out of nowhere, I heard she had bone cancer in her hip, heartbreaking!! Now I cuddle with my young rescue kitty Mr Boots as we listen to Eva. He loves her music as much as I do!!
My Mom passed in 2020 and I listened to Eva Cassidy a lot while I mourned her passing. The power of music is amazing. It brings us up from despair and propels us forward all the while letting us walk through every emotion needed to get there.
I had never heard of Eva before a few days ago. I'm absolutely in love with this beautiful voice. I was heartbroken to discover that she's no longer with us, but the legacy she left us is so valuable and should be cherished. Rest peacefully, Miss Cassidy.
I had not heard of Eva until I picked up Blue eyes on YT. Such a prodigious talent to be taken so early. I looked her up on Wiki. So sad to lose someone like that and then there are others who are more like oxygen thieves who seem to live forever. Thank you Eva for your contribution to making hearts happy. God bless.
It is an incredibly rare gift for a singer to take a song we've heard sung by so many others for so many years, and sing it as if we'd never heard it before--to take those same words and music and reach down inside of us and touch our very souls. Eva Cassidy did that with this and so many other songs. She was incredibly rare; her talent a gift from God.
It’s the first time I’ve heard Eva sing this it’s absolutely beautiful. Before this I only liked Willie Nelson singing it but Eva is just as good. She was a wonderful singer. So sad she’s no longer with us. ❤
well said. amazon in 2004 Eve was #4 most sold records...amazing...first time I ever heard of her. bmr she was never played on any top 40 or country station. She sings like Dean Martin....she sings for you not at you.
Wow what a baffling mystical and beautiful representation of how God. Gifted you to do that song,been like humbley at your proverbial feet for a year now,I love the control,the the power your voice has to tackle and perfect any piece you do,I love you and your presence iny life as the greatest female artist of our age,
Eva was such an authentic person and true-to-herself singer that she blew me away when I found her on UA-cam. Now what I thought were great singers no longer can even hold a candle to her. I love her down-to-earth style. She could have made it big in the music business except that she could not betray herself by singing songs that record companies wanted her to sing that wasn't her. Thank you Eva for being the you. You are missed.
Have never heard her do a straight country song. See this underscores my point in Eva being the best singer in recorded history. Country is a deceptively difficult genre to sing. She sounds as authentic as any of the best. Aretha, Whitney, Judy, Barbara, et al wouldn't even CLOSE to this understatement and emotional authenticity. Case closed.
Be sure to check out her version of the Tennessee Waltz and Walkin After Midnight. Nearly every one of this woman's renditions of classic songs is my favorite. The most incredibly versatile vocalist I have ever heard. Her guitar work is perfection as well.
Bart Drennon Just discovered her today and have been binge listening to her. She had the ability to maintain a song's essence while totally making it her own. This is taking creativity to another level. Her phrasing, melody and timing changes are magnificent. And the quality of her voice...no words.
Bart Drennon Preachin' to the choir, bro. Maybe Dolly could've done a comparable version back in the Porter Wagoner days, but nothing even CLOSE to this. She's playing guitar as well. Singular. All the others are no better than 2nd.
I've loved Eva ever since I discovered her, sadly, after she was already gone. And I've listened to her version of this beautiful classic many times and never noticed until today that she does something very poignant and moving with the lyric "someday when we meet up yonder". She sings "someday soon we'll meet up yonder". Considering how we lost her at such a young age, that really struck me. I hope, one day soon, I will meet you in that land that knows no parting, sweet and beautiful soul.
NO ANGEL IN HEAVEN HAS A SWEETER VOICE THEN EVA......RIP OUR LITTLE SONGBIRD.....AN ANGEL TAKEN TO HEAVEN FAR TO SOON.....YOUR FAN 4EVER, BOB FOX, LAGUNA BEACH, CA, USA
So sad to learn this beautiful singer is no longer with us, I will treasure all her music, such an amazing gorgeous voice, Rest In Peace Eva Cassidy 🥲🥰🌹
How beautiful her voice goes straight into my soul. So sorry Eva passed before I knew how beautiful her voice was. Thank you for sharing this beautiful version of this beautiful Willie Nelson song and God Bless 🙏🏽 R.I.P. Beautiful Angel Eva🙏🏽🕊♥️🌹♥️
I’m sorry I always thought Willie did. Thank you for telling me🙏🏽 I named my son after Willie and this song had just came out 😊 Thank you again and God Bless 🙏🏽😊
Her hi notes and low notes are so balanced and effortless and the tone is just seamless between her hard voice and falsetto. It's just astonishing. In the end tho, it's not so much the notes, but how you use them that affects people. What a gift she had and what a gift she was to us.
The beauty of Eva is evident in all she had done. She made every song her own. Willie Nelson would be proud of her copy. The beauty in her voice is a calling from the heavens.
The song was written in the early 1940s by Nashville songwriter Fred Rose. It is one of Willie Nelson's signature songs, but it was covered by a number of male artists before Nelson covered it in 1975. It was the song that made Nelson a vocal star.
Rose was born in 1898 and died in 1954. The song is startlingly contemporary both in its sentiments and its language. The musicologists can comment on its musical structure, but the chord progression is startlingly simple, at least in the version I know.
Eva is the only voice that bring tears to my 70 year-old eyes. She is so missed.
Eva Cassidy and Katie Noonan are two voices that could bring me to tears (Katie has before, I recommend you listen to her if you haven’t before. Her early music with the band George is similar to Eva’s.)
I first heard her singing Over the Rainbow in London where she quickly became very popular!!When I tried to find her in the US, I loved every song she ever sang.Then out of nowhere, I heard she had bone cancer in her hip, heartbreaking!! Now I cuddle with my young rescue kitty Mr Boots as we listen to Eva. He loves her music as much as I do!!
Same here friend, and my eyes are 8 years older than yours.
I totally agree with you , so sad Eva Cassidy is no longer with us, Rest In Peace Eva Cassidy
« A écouter religieusement,une voix vraiment sublime,qu’elle repose en paix 🙏’
My Mom passed in 2020 and I listened to Eva Cassidy a lot while I mourned her passing. The power of music is amazing. It brings us up from despair and propels us forward all the while letting us walk through every emotion needed to get there.
Absolutely!
plovify I know what you mean. Thank you for posting that.
❤️💔❤️ i was the same with my wife’s passing
There isn't a single song that she doesn't make 'best'.
I believe Eva was an angel brought to earth to allow us to get a glimpse of what it will be like because her voice is definitely from heaven.
Amen!
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Wouldn’t it be nice, if there really were angels and heavens. Oh well, this, right now , where we all are on earth is heaven. 😊
No mere mortal could sing as beautifully as Eva.
If UA-cam had given us nothing else but her, it still would have been enough.
There is only one reason the internet and youtube were invented and that is so the world could share Eva Cassidy
God bless you......
True.......
True........
God bless you Chuck
I 've heard most of her covers but not this one until now. Oh, Lord...
My favourite female singer ..no one can match her voice and range..and the guitar, magic
Many of the greatest songs ever written don't seem to even come close to challenging this women's talent.
She was and still is an angel. Her music mesmerises me…❤
Any song she covers seems like a best version, to me. Like she owns the song. What a fabulous singer.
Yes, the word "cover" is deceiving. She would choose any famous, overdone old song and make a new "original" of it, as if we never heard it before.
I agree. So far the few so f I’ve heard are so so beautiful. Touches me to the core.
This is the best version of this song ever sung. Rip beautiful Angel.
I agree.
ButterflyWingsASMR thank you for the reality
Yes
Yes, sung really well, but hear this song sung by the Oesch's the third (Swiss Family Folkband) guaranteed goose bumps
Sorry Elvis but she beats you hands down - maybe a duet from you both would be the "All Time Best" 🤗
this must be what angels sound like when they sing WOW .
The best female artist of all time.
What an incredible voice that woman had. Such a shame she isn’t with us any longer..
I agree , Eva Cassidy sings this song the best, I’d like it sung at my funeral, 🙏❤️
this is quite possibly the most beautiful song ever... I have heard many beautiful renditions... But THIS! ANGEL
I had never heard of Eva before a few days ago. I'm absolutely in love with this beautiful voice. I was heartbroken to discover that she's no longer with us, but the legacy she left us is so valuable and should be cherished. Rest peacefully, Miss Cassidy.
Terry wogan discovered her and helped her become popular
It's true this is the most beautiful version of this song . Poor Eva , she should have sung it another 50 years ...
I agree. Eva's voice was wonderful
kalalothar She stills is. Hope to get to that venue when it’s time🙏
Don’t think I’ve ever heard a more touching rendition of this hauntingly lovely song ..
Shania Twain sings a beautiful version with Willie Nelson. It's just a classic isn't it?
I had not heard of Eva until I picked up Blue eyes on YT. Such a prodigious talent to be taken so early. I looked her up on Wiki. So sad to lose someone like that and then there are others who are more like oxygen thieves who seem to live forever. Thank you Eva for your contribution to making hearts happy. God bless.
Who is here remembering the beautiful blue eyes and incredible vocals of this lovely woman?
Me!
It is an incredibly rare gift for a singer to take a song we've heard sung by so many others for so many years, and sing it as if we'd never heard it before--to take those same words and music and reach down inside of us and touch our very souls. Eva Cassidy did that with this and so many other songs. She was incredibly rare; her talent a gift from God.
It’s the first time I’ve heard Eva sing this it’s absolutely beautiful. Before this I only liked Willie Nelson singing it but Eva is just as good. She was a wonderful singer. So sad she’s no longer with us. ❤
This lady's voice, the sky is the limit beautiful
Shivers down my spine, nobody can sing this song better,Fabulous
First time I heard of Eva Cassidy was when this lovely song was played at my sister's funeral.
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Eva Cassidy my goodness could she sing her voice was absolutely heavenly , the angels in heaven joined in when she was singing
Every Eva song makes me weep... But I keep on listening to her songs...
Achingly beautiful. 😢
This song was played at my dear sister's funeral this morning. What a beautiful song.
Eva was a gift from God. She left us much too soon.
Johnny Mac , I found Eva Cassidy from her CD “ Live at the Blues Alley “.
Amen to that
We had to wait until she was gone to truly learn how talented she was. Very sad, but at least we can still hear tis angelic voice.
Best version by a mile fantastic singer beautiful voice.
I have been playing this at 1/2 speed and marveling at Eva’s velvety vibrato. So beautiful.
Eva, showing’ us how to sing it….So beautiful
unbeliveble how great she was...
The best version there is, bar none.
What a voice and what a sad loss to us all. May she RIP
Such sweetness...
Yes it's true Eva cassidy did sing this song better than anyone, she had a beautiful voice. R. I . P.
This 1 is my favourite ❤️
Beautiful.
Really beautifull rest in peace Eva your music lives on
I never met you...I love you...I miss you...
well said. amazon in 2004 Eve was #4 most sold records...amazing...first time I ever heard of her. bmr she was never played on any top 40 or country station. She sings like Dean Martin....she sings for you not at you.
So beautiful,the angels are in tears .
Ce frumoasa interpretare a acestui emotionant cantec .😊
she sings like an angel. rip
Sublime
Wow what a baffling mystical and beautiful representation of how God. Gifted you to do that song,been like humbley at your proverbial feet for a year now,I love the control,the the power your voice has to tackle and perfect any piece you do,I love you and your presence iny life as the greatest female artist of our age,
Ich liebe das Lied und die Sängerin, auch wenn sie lange nicht mehr lebt. Gott hat einen Engel mehr. R.I.P.
Eva was such an authentic person and true-to-herself singer that she blew me away when I found her on UA-cam. Now what I thought were great singers no longer can even hold a candle to her. I love her down-to-earth style. She could have made it big in the music business except that she could not betray herself by singing songs that record companies wanted her to sing that wasn't her. Thank you Eva for being the you. You are missed.
My little brother was the same.. beautiful voice but wouldn’t go commercial. Sadly he left this world 13 Oct 2022 💔✨🎶
Absolutely beautiful 💕💕💕😜😜
Too much perfection.
Her version of somewhere over the rainbow is mind blowing rip Eva
Yes, and Autumn Leaves, Danny Boy, Fields of Gold. Mind blowing indeed.
Listen to 'Anniversary Song' - even better
Have never heard her do a straight country song. See this underscores my point in Eva being the best singer in recorded history. Country is a deceptively difficult genre to sing. She sounds as authentic as any of the best. Aretha, Whitney, Judy, Barbara, et al wouldn't even CLOSE to this understatement and emotional authenticity. Case closed.
Be sure to check out her version of the Tennessee Waltz and Walkin After Midnight. Nearly every one of this woman's renditions of classic songs is my favorite. The most incredibly versatile vocalist I have ever heard. Her guitar work is perfection as well.
Bart Drennon Just discovered her today and have been binge listening to her. She had the ability to maintain a song's essence while totally making it her own. This is taking creativity to another level. Her phrasing, melody and timing changes are magnificent. And the quality of her voice...no words.
Bart Drennon
Preachin' to the choir, bro. Maybe Dolly could've done a comparable version back in the Porter Wagoner days, but nothing even CLOSE to this. She's playing guitar as well. Singular. All the others are no better than 2nd.
Well said, couldn't agree more. As pure a voice you'll ever hear ...
Jeff Jones FULLY AGREE Jeff!!!!♥️👋🇦🇺
Beautiful lady Beautiful song Beautiful voice Such a sad lose Thanks UA-cam for bringing back such Beautiful memories
Wow! so good just Wow!i'm cryn'
God took his time with this one, I'm glad I lived in the time of Eva.
We can see her star in heaven....................:(
Kim O'Hagan yes indeed.
Back again.
Damn these tears keep wanting to leave my eyes.
Best female voice and it's not even close.
Beautiful! As usual. The voice of an angel departed
She had her own unique style. Great artist.
I've loved Eva ever since I discovered her, sadly, after she was already gone. And I've listened to her version of this beautiful classic many times and never noticed until today that she does something very poignant and moving with the lyric "someday when we meet up yonder". She sings "someday soon we'll meet up yonder". Considering how we lost her at such a young age, that really struck me. I hope, one day soon, I will meet you in that land that knows no parting, sweet and beautiful soul.
Awesome voice unbelievable the music keys are perfection here very distinct smooth voice love this ❤
Rest in peace, Eva. May God bless your soul and soak it with love and protection.
The voice of an Angel. ❤
Miss you and your beautiful voice, but no doubts you are singing in a beautiful garden. 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
NO ANGEL IN HEAVEN HAS A SWEETER VOICE THEN EVA......RIP OUR LITTLE SONGBIRD.....AN ANGEL TAKEN TO HEAVEN FAR TO SOON.....YOUR FAN 4EVER, BOB FOX, LAGUNA BEACH, CA, USA
Very beautiful !! 🎶👍❤
What a voice, a beautiful person who was taken from us far too soon. R.I.P Eva.
Lovely version.
Gone too soon.... 😢😢 Lucky are those who had gone to heaven, wish i meet her in heaven and hear her sweet voice❤️
So sad to learn this beautiful singer is no longer with us, I will treasure all her music, such an amazing gorgeous voice, Rest In Peace Eva Cassidy 🥲🥰🌹
I love your voice, talent and choice of music.....may your songs live on and on! 🤗
The best rendition I've ever heard
I found it by accident, I’ve played it a dozen times yesterday. Moved me in a soulful way unlike any recently.
Love you Willie. Love you Eva. Love you Mom. Love you Dad.........
Eva Cassidy's voice is so loving that
I feel like singing with her with my tears.
I haven't heard This One. I Am So Thankful I was Introduced to Eva's Music Over 10 years Ago.
Her Quality Is Beautiful.
The world lost an Angel 👼 forever when God walked Eva home!😢🎤🎸♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Perfection
She had perfect pitch so you get that talent both in her guitar and in her voice. I would love to see her parents album collection back in 1996.
The most beautiful song. Gone too soon
I agree,the best singer ever hihi
The voice of an angel. It doesn’t get any better.
I can clearly understand every word she sings and for me that's hard , that's talent
Eva Cassidy is an angel sent from Heaven to give us a slight glimpse of Heaven's beauty.
Total perfection!
Her voice has turned tears of a now forgetten pain to tears of joy for being blessed to hear it.
How beautiful her voice goes straight into my soul. So sorry Eva passed before I knew how beautiful her voice was. Thank you for sharing this beautiful version of this beautiful Willie Nelson song and God Bless 🙏🏽 R.I.P. Beautiful Angel Eva🙏🏽🕊♥️🌹♥️
fred rose wrote this song, not willie.
I’m sorry I always thought Willie did. Thank you for telling me🙏🏽 I named my son after Willie and this song had just came out 😊 Thank you again and God Bless 🙏🏽😊
God bless you.
jerry lyons God Bless you Too Jerry Always 🙏🏽🕊
So beautiful. .Gone too soon.
Eva does a brilliant job of a beautiful song. R.I.P. Eva xx
RIP young lady.........so beautiful.......
This is....the Best version of this song...!''
Just beautiful, you were amazing
So beautiful !
Beautiful, Beautiful voice
Absolutely beautiful and very well done!!!🇱🇷👏👏✝️✝️👍👍👍✝️🌹❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹❤️💕💓💗
wow awesome version