# Is anyone familiar with the singer Eva Cassidy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2016, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-familiar-with-the-singer-eva-cassidy/746425 "2016-02-18T06:44:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-familiar-with-the-singer-eva-cassidy/746425/21 "2016-02-19T23:03:59Z")
> [@Wilson](#): > > If you haven’t read it, check out [When Chuck Met Eva](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/music/features/1browncassidy0309.htm). Washington Post article from the late nineties, shortly after her death, which does a good job portraying the kind of person she was. Thanks for the link. Didn’t read it yet but saved it for later. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-familiar-with-the-singer-eva-cassidy/746425/22 "2016-02-21T23:23:22Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Who’s your classmate who performed with her? A guy named Jeff Muller, he actually helped put on the Blues Alley show at the end. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-familiar-with-the-singer-eva-cassidy/746425/23 "2016-02-23T02:40:40Z")
In 2000, I was working in sales at an electronics store, and an actor asked me if we had any of her CDs. I had heard of her at the time, but not much (mostly because of her location and death). ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-familiar-with-the-singer-eva-cassidy/746425/24 "2016-02-23T04:04:56Z")
PunditLisa writes: \> If I could resurrect two relatively obscure singers who died way too early, I’d \> resurrect her and Israel Kamakawiwo`ole, both who are ironically known for their > fresh takes on “Somewhere over the Rainbow.” Judy Garland did a great version of “Over the Rainbow” and died at 47. Israel Kamakawiwo`ole did a better version and died at 38. Eva Cassidy did the best version yet and died at 33. Please, Connie Talbot, don’t continue to improve your version of the song. You’ll do the best version ever and promptly keel over dead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EzYgP-s554 ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-familiar-with-the-singer-eva-cassidy/746425/25 "2016-02-25T01:37:35Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Do a search on the SDMB and you’ll see that I’ve talked about her many times. Cool to read. Maybe the next thread for outside the DC area people is, just like Eva Cassidy was only know to locals in her lifetime, [Danny Gatton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Gatton) is the best guitarist you’ve never heard of. > [@](#): > > Danny Gatton (September 4, 1945 – October 4, 1994) was an American guitarist who fused rockabilly, jazz, and country to create his own distinctive style. When Rolling Stone magazine selected the 100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time in 2003, senior editor David Fricke ranked Gatton 63rd on his ballot.[1] On May 26, 2010, [Gibson.com](http://Gibson.com) ranked Gatton as the 27th best guitarist of all time.[2] And I actually got to hear him perform. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-familiar-with-the-singer-eva-cassidy/746425/26 "2016-02-25T02:07:52Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Cool to read. > > Maybe the next thread for outside the DC area people is, just like Eva Cassidy was only know to locals in her lifetime, [Danny Gatton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Gatton) is the best guitarist you’ve never heard of. > > And I actually got to hear him perform. Oh, Doper guitarists know who Danny Gatton is 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-familiar-with-the-singer-eva-cassidy/746425.md?page=1)