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Eva Cassiday Blew Me Away with her cover of Wayfaring Stranger....

It caught me by surprise to have my eyes already closed (because of work stress), sitting at my desk with a glass of bourbon.  I was cleaning junk up and Wayfaring Stranger comes on by Eva Cassiday, and I had no idea for a moment who was singing the song.  I was just listening without active listening. 

Well, I was grooving to her movements on this and I thought her tone was big, warm and bold with gobs and gobs of soul.  Wow.  It woke me up from some stress to experience a moment.  That's pretty great.  

Is Eva Cassidy worth a deeper dive?  I'm only superficially familiar with her and find her talented, if not a touch easy listening at times.  I can dig that.  Is her catalog diverse in sound scape and production? 

At any rate, what a version of Wayfaring Stranger, and it just so happens to be a  superb recording to boot!

jbhiller

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rvpiano
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She could sing any style of music and do it better than the foremost performer in that style.  And therein lies the reason she never attracted a big record contract. 
Producers couldn’t pigeonhole her in any one genre to market her.

Simply  the best!

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rvpiano
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Off topic, but another singer with an incredible voice who died at a similar age was Karen Carpenter. Also incomparable.
But of course she had tremendous commercial success in her short life.

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