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  • your music lives with the world eva <3

  • nice version of this song more jazzy blues than blues though it is essentially a blues song very different to other versions ive heard

  • Her blues styles reminds me of Janis Joplin. Of course, all the ladies who sing blues are playing to the style, but the ones who stand out (Pearl Bailey, Janis, Eva, and many more) ake the style and add their own "twist" to take ownership. The wonderful thing about Eva was wshe did this with all genres of music. I hope she found a personal relationship with Jesus and that she now is singing with the angels.

  • Man, does this woman have the talent, feel, and interpretation for this song! I simply love her and wish I had been there to witness this performance. Absolutely priceless!

  • thats true talent right there. shes perfect. has the most beautiful and pure voice I have ever heard,

  • Heartbreaking to know 10 months after this performance, she would pass away from cancer. It makes this song more poignant.

  • listen to our verson of Stormy Monday.

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  • Thanks so much for this video. I was recently introduced to her music, and OMG! I love the Live at Blues Alley CD. Her story is touching. What a talent. I had been wanting to watch her perform.

  • she could sing a damn chinese fast food menu and have me bawling. AMAZING....

  • Just too cool......breathtaking........­and 15 tonedeaf mofo's who have no idea imho,thanx for the download Joner

  • ha a gibson 335 guitar, beautiful, mike.

  • she will never be lost to us, she is eternal through her songs,love mike.

  • I've only just found her, and she's lost to us already! :'¬(

    . What an amazing voice!

  • Only the good die :-) LOVE THIS SONG and LOVE HER VOICE!!!!!

  • Anyone that doesn't simply adore everything Eva ever put her voice to has a demon spirit within them.

    She's just the best...~period~

    I can not believe it's been 15 years since the world lost her...wow

  • how can you be underated if you are the most loved singer on the planet no one can come even close

  • i love how she sings each word! like properly sings them. would she have been a bit underated ?

  • I really need to hear this voice at ear bleeding level, vid is too quiet :(

  • Eva has to be one of the greatest blues singer I've ever heard in my life

  • thank you eva! thank you. i'll keep on singing all my life, until I die

  • Eva was amazing! the very gifted and talented ones leave us way too early!

  • Dear Lord, Please take Lady Gaga away and give us Eva back.

    Sincerely,

    Everyone with taste

  • @kingofthemosh Amen Brother.

  • @kingofthemosh What did Lady Gaga do? Maybe God could kill you instead? You don't seem like much of a loss...

  • @bo31411 hahahaha what a tool.

  • @bo31411 Also, I'll tell you what she did. She did and continues to try and destroy everything beautiful about music, whereas Eva Cassidy did everything to perpetuate it, but was taken from the world anyhow. People who aren't complete dipshits understand this. You obviously don't. Go listen to your soulless garbage, dumbass. The rest of us will keep enjoying real music.

  • @kingofthemosh You seem like a good person. I'm sure God will answer your prayers.

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  • @bo31411 I'm glad you've determined what kind of person I am via anonymous internet comments. And thank you for taking my comments straight to the heart. 'Cause you know, it's obviously possible to be given back someone who's been dead for well over a decade in exchange for a currently living person. I swear I wasn't being facetious or anything. My point was (and I think everyone else got this) that music nowadays is pretty bad compared to generations past, namely due to...

  • @kingofthemosh ...the passing of the Cassidys, Hendrixes, SRV's, Duane Allmans, and the like. People will always remember those folks and their music, and in a favorable light no less. I highly doubt either of those things will hold true for many of today's "rock stars". Time will tell, I suppose. You have a point though, I shouldn't wish death upon anyone, whether I'm kidding or not, so I will end this by retracting that wish and now wishing Lady Gaga would simply vanish from fame forever.

  • @kingofthemosh it's too bad your God will keep her.... She is with The Aumakua, she watches over us

  • @kingofthemosh  haha ^^

  • @kingofthemosh im not normally a prayin man but...

  • @kingofthemosh damn right!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @kingofthemosh I hate teh act that Gaga puts on BUT the shows are "interesting" and she CAN sing VERY well.

    pity she's in the wrong type of music. Not a patch on Eva tho but not deserving on the abuse.

  • just heard about the live cd this video was recorded at and i was surprised there's a video of the gig. wish it was released in the u.s.a. this is one of the best versions of the song i've ever heard. too bad eva's no longer with us.

  • The Evil Dislike button belongs to facebook and nok Eva's voice of an angel. UNBELIEVABLE guys.!.!

  • How could 14 click on the "dislike" button? Unbelievable!

  • So soulful, yet surprising with her delicate and perfect nuances. Mind-blowing.

  • 14 people have no idea what a rich, heartfelt, and pure voice is

  • i'm sorry, i wanted to compliment you. rip lady

  • she can sing it all, soul, blues, country, pop - everything suited her voice, and she suited every genre. Hope she is looking down from her special place, and knows how much people love her voice, her soul, her grace and her talent. Sad she struggled so long with melanoma which finally claimed her and took her away from us. RIP Eva, long may you and your glorious talent live on

  • don't let the dislikes get you down. i am of the firm belief that message boards are solid proof that humanity is evil and horrid at its core.

  • How can anyone dislike this?

  • how can words express? as great as it gets.

    

  • how can words express? as great as it gets.

  • R.I.P Eva Cassidy.

    She was one of the best blues voıce and Die very early on Cancer

  • She is so smokey here....makes me wanna smoke a cigarette with my glass of wine!

  • First voice in a while to move me to tears... I've never heard her before but I'll be sure to find out more now.

    Thanks Joner888

  • shite!

  • A really nice find of one of my favorite blues songs. Great voice for it! Thannks for sharing.

  • God bless. This girl makes Diana Krall (sorry) sound like a rank armature. 

  • 0:58... how many people could/can/will ever can do this live?

  • now THAT is how you sing the blues. This is the greatest performance I have ever heard of this song. Truly does it justice. This woman is outstanding.

  • I only listen to 3 versions of this song..One by T Bone Walker..two by Bobby"Blue" Bland AND this one. Miss Cassidy's version is on par with T Bone Walker for sure. Effortless talent & versatility like hers comes about once in a blue moon...and possbly never.

  • I love here voice soo mutch.

    Its clear like a crystal!

  • Thank you sooo much for sharing this - Eva lives on forever in her music, thank goodness songs like this were recorded, she sure could sing blues.

  • simpy awesome RIP Eva

  • Tears in my eyes

  • Ok everyone else STOP singing, after this all other singers are just embarrassing themselves!

  • Awesome rendition...heartfelt soul

  • RIP, my sweet. I wish you lived to show the world the full brunt of your talent. Blues, Jazz, Soul, Scat, Gospel, Rock-n-Roll. I think only Janice Joplin was more raw, but you were more versatile.

  • It's scary and hard to believe that cancer took her life away just 1o months later...

  • Can't believe this has 10 dislikes!!

  • Stormy Monday is a song that has been recorded by SO many people. But this version is, in my ears, almost incompareable to any other version I've ever heard. Pure magic!

  • Stormy Monday is a song that has been recorded by SO many people. But this version is, in my ears, almost incompareable to any other version I've ever heard. Pure magic!

  • Ajme curo što ga pjevaš! Your singing is wonderful! Greetings from Croatia!

  • Ajme curo što ga pjevaš! Your singing is wonderful! Greetings from Croatia!

  • i love her so much.....retarded

  • Great to see a live performance.. have been a fan for a few years and she is in the upper tier as singers go.. What a loss.. Thank goodness for technology.. was able to see her in the good old days.. she was excellent!

  • It was this event she noticed stiffness in her hips, which she attributed to stiffness from painting murals while perched atop a stepladder. The pain persisted and a few weeks later, X-rays revealed that the melanoma had spread to her lungs and bones. That November she died, too young and talented to die.

  • Wow! Nearly brought me to tears! Eva Cassidy was some talent. RIP!

  • Good video,I love it. Watch for hot new music from BRANDON JAROD.Great, different sound coming soon!

  • SHE WAS AND IS BEYOND AWESOME...I MISS HER!

  • Wow - this is awesome - no one does this song better than Eva - the guitar solo as well - I wish I could have been there at the "Blues Alley" to hear and experience this amazing woman and her voice ! May she rest in peace with love....

  • This is singing from the heart!

  • God must have wanted her singing in his choir -- the term voice like an angel was never more apropos.

  • T-Bone Walker never meant it to be this good. I am sure he is smiling down at us when he listens to song!!!

  • I think Eva must have idolized T-Bone Walker playing the guitar that way and I DOO think she does him proud and out sings him in this performance. It's all blues!

    she sang at version of billie holiday's "Fine and Mellow" in this set that is amazing...I guess they didn't tape it though...

  • hey i'm think'en -is that my 'ole buddy Bruce Casteel on the solo guitar? - haven't seen him since my old Baltimore days. Does anyone know for sure who is that guitar player? appreciate it - Yusef

  • @yusefyahr The guitarist name is Keith Grimes in this video with Eva Cassidy.

  • please somebody tell me - is that Bruce Casteel on the solo guitar? Thanks for your reply! Yusef of Switzerland

  • I named my car Eva after Eva Cassidy. Read her biography-love her but don't think much of her family. Seemed like they were trying to milk it for their own glory. Her mother seemed like a control freak. No wonder she wasn't happy. Look forward to your next incarnation Eva xoxoxo

  • Eva was a treasure. I was lucky to live in DC when she performed. Agreed, the guitar solo is understated and beautiful.

  • Oh My God...

    A M A Z I N G

  • One of the finest versions ever done, what a light in this dark world

  • her legacy is endless

  • fucking amazing

  • For me Eva Cassidy is truly a jazz and blues treasure...right up there with the big names such as Etta James, with dynamics that can blow your mind and enough soul to carry you out of the mundane to the extraordinary.

  • This song is wonderful!!!! "the eEeEeEeeeagle flies on friday"

  • amazin voice up with top 5 of the 20th century

  • The highest compliment that I ever received as a musician was one night while playing some songs for my girl, a musician I respected walked by and nodded. "Niceee..." was all he said.

    So: "Niceee..."

  • This girl really knew how to sing the blues.

  • I tried clicking out of this because I have to be productive...

    I tried like 4 times. But it's so damn captivating!!!

    Eva is the real definition of a star (and she wasn't even "a star") - bright and endlessly colorful in her vocal expression of human spirit.  So beautiful.

    Deceptively simple guitar solo here too... very communicative.

  • BEAUTIFUL WOMAN NICE VOICE

  • for ZiggyTrek, Keith Grimes is the guitarist. He performed with Eva for 5 yrs as lead guitarist. He was very satisfied & felt good about his performance with Eva on this one.

  • @Joner888 the guitarrist is eric clapton man

  • @jimi2k7 nice one man..haha

  • who is the rhythm guitarist? Damn good!

  • have mercy on me....what a beautiful soul, what a beautiful soul...

  • hey mercy on me...what a beautiful soul, what a beautiful soul....

  • Come to my channel to see live HD Video Eva Cassidy,Thank.

  • Come to my channel to see live HD Video Eva Cassidy,Thank.

  • Very very very good!!!!

  • Very very very good!!!!

  • This is a very fine art of singing and interpretation ,love this ,only great , awesome ..fantastic soul

  • Wow, dude! She's amazing!

  • brilliant, wish Eva was still hear with us...if only she knew how amazing we all think she is? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Godbless Eva xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  • brilliant, wish Eva was still hear with us...if only she knew how amazing we all think she is? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Godbless Eva xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  • LOL..i couldnt possibly add another thing to these lyrics. She is so AMAZING!!

  • O.K maybe I'm wrong. I just thought it was fake due to the fact that no notes were really missed and there was no audible straining. Plus the sound quality seems way too good for what is labeled, "a small nightclub".

  • O.K maybe I'm wrong. I just thought it was fake due to the fact that no notes were really missed and there was no audible straining. Plus the sound quality seems way too good for what is labeled, "a small nightclub".

  • Eva Cassidy singing Stormy Monday live back in 1996. I'm really glad I found this.

  • Eva Cassidy singing Stormy Monday live back in 1996. I'm really glad I found this.

  • Eva Cassidy singing Stormy Monday live back in 1996. I'm really glad I found this.

  • I'm so glad I found this! Eva Cassidy singing Stormy Monday live.

  • Wow terrificly Good Cool & Grooving

    all of You 5*************

    see my

    OBAMA BLUES

  • Yea, I'm sure all starving blues artist hate Obama (sarcasm). Can we all just enjoy something together without your politics of hate and fear? Sheeeeesh.

  • 強いです。

    強さと歌心の兼ねそなえ。

    すごいです。

    ジャジーな中に個性を溶け込ませる・・。

  • amazing !!!!!!!!!!

  • WOW!!!! Wow!!!! Wow!!! Completely fantastic voice!!! Just amazing.

  • GAH, total goosebumps....

  • Spine tingling

  • Not only was she one of the greatest vocalists ever known in my opinion, but she also played guitar. She was an incredible musician and artist.

  • Its live...she was such a great vocalist its hard to tell...

  • i love blues

  • stratoart : You deserve at least one thousand thumbs down. How can you argument that someone that really believes in what she does like Eva,can cheat doing something fake ?

  • This is live! Eva was superb and her band too! Watch her mouth... she is really singing...! Why the destiny was so cruel????

    Damn!

    Sonia

  • @Stratoart

    I guess that could be taken as a compliment that she is so incredibly talented that you think it has to be a fake. Of course it is not, 100% authentic!

  • @braveheartbob i know, she sounds black if you close your eyes. incredibloe isnt she!!!!!!!!!!

  • @braveheartbob i know, she sounds black if you close your eyes. incredible isnt she!!!!!!!!!!

  • It was live. You can even buy her live album. I saw that show and she really has an incredible range and so much soul. Too bad she was gone so early. May she RIP

  • Why do you think that, Stratoart?

  • Show some class and some respect for the dead.

  • Why? She's too good? Believe it. She's one of the greatest if not the greatest.

  • @KevoBlues88 I think that is what frightens people. They someone this talented, someone who can sing and play guitar, and they realise what utter rubbish passes for music these days.

    I mean, if alot of the boy bands and girl bands died tomorrow, their legacy would be this: nothing.

    Yet she died, and it is 15 years later and people still talk about her, and listen to her. Some people have to create a persona to be remembered. They forget that it all boils down talent and music.

  • @Stratoart You're a fake! She was one of the most amazing vocalists of all time! This is someone who nailed every song in the recording studio when she would record her songs! Producers were floored! She is THAT amazing! This is NOT fake! She was just that good! Eva, RIP Angel! You are beautiful!

  • @Stratoart You're a fake! She was one of the most amazing vocalists of all time! This is someone who nailed every song in the recording studio when she would record her songs! Producers were floored! She is THAT amazing! This is NOT fake! She was just that good! Eva, RIP Angel! You are beautiful!

  • @Stratoart @Stratoart You're a fake! She was one of the most amazing vocalists of all time! This is someone who nailed every song in the recording studio when she would record her songs! Producers were floored! She is THAT amazing! This is NOT fake! She was just that good! Eva, RIP Angel! You are beautiful!

  • @Stratoart You're a fake! She was one of the most amazing vocalists of all time! This is someone who nailed every song in the recording studio when she would record her songs! Producers were floored! She is THAT amazing! This is NOT fake! She was just that good! Eva, RIP Angel! You are beautiful!

  • @Stratoart ehehehe. this is quite a complement of how good this person was. she tricked you.

  • Direct to the soul, wow!!

    We miss you Eva!!

  • Astounding how clear her voice comes through on these tapes....Amazing singer! Wish I had known her music sooner!

  • Far better than anyone has a right to expect or demand. It's really astonishing how good she is.

  • Dynamite...Play it bluesgirl !!!!!!!!!

  • :-O

  • I aggree with Tinkaf The Blues Alley cd is my fav. Wondering if you can get this full concert in a store but it nice to see some footage of her live thanks for the post.

  • unbelievably beautiful voice and soul; this is a gift shared, thank you so much

  • thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you

    for sharing this

    love marko

  • Angel. Unique. R.I.P.

  • I love her Live at Blues Alley CD, i can't believe i managed to find footage of her performance. This is a real treat! Thanxx

  • Goosebumps is soooo right......... man o man what a shame. There are tears in my soup.

  • R.I.P. Angel !!!

  • I liked the guitar....Eva was great too obviously ;)

  • Amazing. The voice of an angel! This must be one of her rare videos. Anyone knows who is the guitarist accompanying her? He is good.

  • absolute perfection!  god i wish i could have seen her live.... goosebumps......

  • how could you give this anything other than 5 stars?

  • Man, I wish she was still alive. I would have given anything to see her play live... She's flawless. And this cd of her live at Blues Alley is the best cd I own!

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  • beautiful.. just beautiful. I so love it.

  • that guitarist compliments her very nicely

  • One of the most beautiful sounds known to man the Blues sung by women - sounds very Renee Geyer on BLUES LISCENCE album - pity bout the guitarist though sorry to say - get into it bro for crying out loud! BUT, love it man, thankyou xoxox

  • I love her smokey sultry voice.

  • Absolutly gobsmacked . What a version . I like Claptons aswell but give the girl her due she can rock. Songbird was played at my grandads funeral a few years ago and thats when i first heard of Eva .

  • The Nightline special on Eva made me bawl my eyes out;i guess she went up and performed during a benefit for her while she was dying of cancer,and under the influence of heavy painkillers;she sang "What a Wonderful World"; Not a dry eye in the house;  anyway I guess those jerks at ABC realized how popular the special was and pulled it of Youtube;they're now selling it;screw them;I hope Cable kills that network.

  • @mrbriscoe2001 They didn't give a shit about her music before she died and now the vultures want to pick her dead bones. It's disgusting that they should be able to make a dime off her now. Well we know who'll be in the 9th circle of hell.

  • @nor888vast695 Van Morrison certainly knew what it was to be skinned by the musicmeisters. His song "My own people did it to me" says a lot about the wolves out there. Anyhow I don't believe that Eva really wanted to be a hard boiled cookie in musicland. I believe she was happy with her life. Unfortunately we'll never find out. Oh yeah I can't quit listening to her; so much soul & style.

  • What a beautiful voice, she is breathtaking.

  • My daughter made me discover this record, and i was just blown away by Eva Cassidys voice! RIP Eva.. You just died too early... :-(

  • Eva really put the "BLUES" into Blue's Alley, on this masterpiece! ~ Also, kudos to Keith Grimes, for his more than awesome guitar work on this piece~ a match made in Blue's Heaven!!

  • Eva was a great person, I knew her in Bowie growing up.We were both in bands and saw each other at shows or parties once in while.I still have a picture that she doodled at a party we were at.RIP Eva ,Miss ya! D.R

  • The essence of Divine...*****

  • eva is my hero(ine)!!!

  • i checked out Angel Blues version of this song.She could"nt carry this girls tampax.

    Eva can truely sang , its a shame she left us so soon.

  • The voice of heaven!! RIP sweet Eva