Besides ‘Imagine’ and ‘Tennessee Waltz,’ she did ‘Wade in the Water,’ ‘Kathy’s Song,’ ‘Songbird,’ ‘The Bold Young Farmer,’ and a few others. Eva’s is listed, with the comment, “Released six years after her death, it showcases Cassidy’s jaw-dropping voice above all else, which is why it’s such a great version of the song.

As someone once wrote in the Guestbook, “There will never be another Eva Cassidy, but there will be someone else. Imagine may not be the best way to discover Eva Cassidy for the first time, but established fans will warmly welcome this new collection. And if they’re selling CDs* from their guitar cases, as Eva once did, support their talents and efforts that way too. Still Not Ready”: The only completely unknown song on the album, “Still Not Ready” was written by Chris Izzi and Leo LaSota and recorded as a demo in 1987. You’ve Changed” is another “repeat” song in that a duet version is part of the album THE OTHER SIDE.The black-and-white closeup photo of Eva was taken by Eva’s friend Larry Melton, who also photographed Eva for the cover of LIVE AT BLUES ALLEY.

I did eventually remember when the song finished and had to back-track a couple of miles to get him…. One of the UK fans who was listening to Radio 2 in August of 2002 wrote me, “With Wogan away on holiday, Johnnie Walker is sitting in for him and played ‘Early Morning Rain’ this morning. The recording quality varies noticeably from track to track, and there are a few awkward fade-outs–presumably to remove audience noise–but still the sparkling music comes across quite vividly. None of Eva’s friends remember anything specific about Eva being a Sandy Denny fan, but years later Chris Biondo found a cassette tape under the seat of his truck, labelled “Sandy Denny,” in Eva’s handwriting.Eva only ever recorded two Stevie Wonder songs, however — this one and an unreleased version of “Superstition” that Biondo describes as “funky. Eva’s brother Dan Cassidy’s fiddle is featured in this recording, which was also part of Dan’s solo album DAN CASSIDY ON THE FIDDLE (available only in Iceland). However, if you would like to, you can change your settings at any time using the Change cookie settings link in the Special menu. An odds-and-ends collection culled from diverse sources that holds together, thanks to Cassidy's torchy interpretive genius. Elsewhere, the solo acoustic reading of Gordon Lightfoot’s “Early Morning Rain” shows off her guitar skills, and if “Imagine” doesn’t ever scale the heights of Songbird’s “Over the Rainbow” it still demonstrates how she always had something new and uniquely compelling to say when performing a familiar standard.