Vocal Coach REACTION & ANALYSIS 🎧 Eva Cassidy 🎙️ Over the Rainbow (LIVE) 🎶

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• DW

  @DWilliams-ce8nb · 2 years ago

  Eva was almost unknown in the USA.  She became famous in England.  Sting loved her version of Fields of Gold - he said that  is how he imagined it when he wrote it.  Sting bought all Eva's CD's he could find, then gave them to all he knew in the London music industry.  Thanks Sting.

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• MI

  @miniaturesun · 2 years ago

  Listening to this performance, it’s hard to believe that Eva was suffering from a bad cold that night.

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• TA

  @taccamine8312 · 2 years ago

  No version will ever surpass her rendition of that song. Divine is the right word❤

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• DA

  @daviddoleman1 · 2 years ago

  Perhaps the greatest singer of her generation. As Dr. Dan suggests there really arent enough adjectives to properly describe the beauty of her voice.

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• RE

  @rebeccapeacock1310 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I saw a video of her band mates commenting on this live performance and learned that Eva actually had a cold, which might be responsible for the 2 or 3 minor glitches you hear in her voice.  If you listen to other recordings of Eva, you can hear the difference.  Her voice, unbelievably, was even clearer without a cold.  But, I think the slight huskiness in her lower register and those little glitches when she is singing very quietly, make her performance even more satisfying to listen to.  After hearing her sing this song for the first time, I realized that although I had heard Over the Rainbow hundreds of times, I had never actually HEARD Over the Rainbow before!

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• DO

  @donstrasbaugh663 · 2 years ago

  A true masterpiece. I’ve been around a long time and for me Eva is the greatest courier of song I’ve ever witnessed. If you have time review her performance of Autumn Leaves from this same gig. In my humble opinion it’s the greatest vocal moment in recorded history. It’s simply phenomenal. Also it was the first time her pianist Lenny Williams was asked by Eva to add to the song. It’s absolutely beyond words. Enjoy!! For she is a true gift from heaven. 🎺

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• IR

  @iristeichmann8376 · 2 years ago

  I think I enjoyed Dr Dan's reactions almost as much as Eva's performance.😄

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• JA

  @janarnold67 · 2 years ago

  You mentioned not enough adjectives to describe her voice. One I heard was patient. She’s so patient and just sits there with a note until the next one comes. She doesn’t rush. Gorgeous!

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• MA

  @magnusfovaeus4779 · 2 years ago

  Most individuals who respond to Eva's technique often overlook her exceptional guitar skills. From my perspective, she skillfully crafts the vocal phrases to harmoniously complement the chord progression, rather than the other way around. The truly remarkable aspect is the seamless synchronization between the guitar and vocals, creating a captivating ebb and flow of dynamics.

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• TH

  @thecat6062 · 2 years ago

  Just imagine having been at that performance... What a cherished memory that would be.

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• RA

  @ratroute8238 · 2 years ago

  Eva&apos;s band was desperate to get something on record(no record contract), so they scraped together enough of their own money to have a friend with a mobile recording setup do a live two night session at Blues Ally. <br>The first nights recording was unusable due to technical issues, so everything depended on the second nights results that was turned into the Live at Blues Ally record. <br> The amateur video of some of that nights performance was unplanned, but resulted in one of the very few examples of Eva preforming her magic. <br> Talent alone won&apos;t guarantee success and life isn&apos;t always fair, Eva died that same year. &nbsp; <br>Live at Blues Ally didn&apos;t chart until two years after she died, she never knew &nbsp;how many people came to lover her music.

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• LU

  @LURX-TheSodaJerk · 2 years ago (edited)

  With no disrespect to Miss Garland, I think Eva Cassidy has chosen the best perspective to use with this particular song and these particular lyrics. What most of us are familiar with, when we were all introduced to this song, was that it was sung by a little girl from Kansas named Dorothy who had just (no surprise) actually been over a rainbow, and from her lips and her perspective, it seemed simply to be relaying current events. What we know, from behind the scenes that it was written by a song writing team of Harold Arleen (music) &amp; Yip Harburg (lyrics) which contained the deeper, adult perspective on the challenge of pinning your life’s hopes on dreams, when all too often the shortcomings and despair of of life can make us jaded to the idea. The warmth of Eva’s voice, coming from the adult’s perspective, while not ignoring any of the &nbsp;world&apos;s heartbreaks and troubles, still assures us that “dreams really do can come true”. It&apos;s from this perspective that the metaphorical aspects of the lyrics resonate a little deeper, given that we are all too familiar with the bittersweet and often tragic nature of life and the sadness that it inevitably brings to everyone

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