# The Eva Cassidy appreciation thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eva-cassidy-appreciation-thread/125334>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 24, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eva-cassidy-appreciation-thread/125334 "2002-08-24T03:26:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**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:** [August 24, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eva-cassidy-appreciation-thread/125334/1 "2002-08-24T03:26:35Z")

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Since this is the 1000-th thread that I’ve posted in, I decided to do something I’ve never done before - start an appreciation thread. Is anyone else here a fan of the singer Eva Cassidy?

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**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eva-cassidy-appreciation-thread/125334/2 "2002-08-24T06:39:04Z")

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I recently saw and heard her on a video on TV that featured her life and music. Very sad that she died so young and never saw her success. Beautiful music, and she seemed genuinely humble. Haven’t had a chance to buy her CD, but will. Congrats on the post count! 🆒

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**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eva-cassidy-appreciation-thread/125334/3 "2002-08-24T11:22:08Z")

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I have her version of Fields of Gold in my playlist. I like that version more than Sting’s original one (which of course, it is also beautiful).

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**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:** [August 26, 2002, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eva-cassidy-appreciation-thread/125334/4 "2002-08-26T12:37:41Z")

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I’m going to bump this thread once in case there are weekday-only posters who haven’t seen it.

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**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eva-cassidy-appreciation-thread/125334/5 "2002-08-26T17:01:02Z")

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I LOVE Eva Cassidy! I just bought the new one that came out on Tuesday (“Imagine”) and it’s beautiful.

I used to start off my day at the bookstore with her CDs…customers would inevitably ask who was singing and I’d get another chance to turn someone on to her music.

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**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eva-cassidy-appreciation-thread/125334/6 "2002-08-26T22:57:19Z")

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Man! I’ve never heard of Eva Cassiday before but there were a couple of articles in the Washington Post over what a diversified artist she was. I’ll have to track down her CD and buy it.