Eva Cassidy was the third of four children born to Hugh and Barbara Cassidy. From an early age, she displayed artistic and musical talent. When she was nine years old, her father taught her to play the guitar, and she began to play and sing at family gatherings.
While a student at Bowie High School, she did sing with a local band, called Stonehenge, and received considerable praise.
At the age of eighteen, Cassidy began her professional career, singing and playing guitar in a Washington, D.C., area band, called Easy Street. This band performed in a variety of styles, at weddings, corporate parties, and pubs.
During the summer of 1983, Cassidy sang and played guitar, six days per week, at Wild World, in Maryland. Her brother Dan was also a member of this working band.
Throughout the 1980s, Cassidy worked with a number of other bands, including the soul and Motown-oriented band The Honeybees, and the techno-pop band Characters Without Names, later called Method Actor.
During this period, Cassidy also worked as a propagator at a plant nursery and as a furniture painter in Annapolis, Maryland. In 1986, she met (bassist and recording engineer) Chris Biondo, who encouraged her and helped her find work as a backup singer for various acts. In 1990, Biondo and Cassidy hired the so-called "Eva Cassidy Band", composed of Chris Biondo, Lenny Williams, Keith Grimes and Raice McLeod, and she began to perform frequently in the Washington area.
In 1992, Biondo played a tape of Cassidy's voice for Chuck Brown. Best known as the "Godfather of Go-go", Brown is also a jazz and blues vocalist. This led to the first commercial recording of Cassidy, the duet album with Chuck Brown, The Other Side; which featured performances of classic songs such as "Fever", Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child" and Cassidy's signature tune "Over the Rainbow". The album was released and distributed by Liaison Records, the label that also released Brown's Go-go albums. The duet CD attracted the attention of various record companies, but the offers all required Cassidy to pigeonhole herself within a single style (e.g., pop or jazz), something she adamantly refused to do.[citation needed]
In 1993 Eva Cassidy was first honored by the Washington area music community when she was awarded two Wammie awards for "Female Vocalist Roots/Traditional R&B" and "Vocalist Jazz/Traditional." The next year she was chosen to perform for the awards ceremony.
In January 1996, Cassidy recorded the album Live at Blues Alley, about which The Washington Post later commented that "she could sing anything and make it sound like the only music that mattered". [1] Cassidy was unhappy with her singing on the album, because she had a bad cold on the night of the recording; she began recording a studio album which was eventually released as Eva by Heart posthumously in 1997.
During a promotional event for the Live at Blues Alley CD in July 1996, Cassidy noticed an ache in her hips, which she attributed to stiffness from painting murals. The pain persisted, and, a few weeks later, Cassidy was diagnosed with melanoma. By the time of her diagnosis, the cancer had spread throughout her body. Cassidy's health rapidly deteriorated, and her final performance was in September 1996. At the performance, she had used a walker to reach the stage, sang "What a Wonderful World" in front of an audience of friends, and was subsequently admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital.[citation needed]
Eva Cassidy died on November 2, 1996, at the age of 33. She was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Washington Area Music Association.
I've Got This Feeling
Eva Cassidy Lyrics
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Deep down inside
And it makes me feel so good
I just can't disguise
If you'll allow me to take your hand
Gonna do my best oh
To make you understand
And I know you'll agree
There's a lot of love between us
That came so naturally
There's not a moment
That passes by
That I don't think of you
And here's the reason why (I've got this feeling)
I've got this feeling ('bout you and I)
Boy we can make it if we try
Oh we let our loves pass
Like two ships in the night
And I know that this love is so right
Oh oh
Let's walk together baby hand in hand
We'll turn our backs to see
One footprint in the sand
That's just to say that
We're together in love
Just a symbol that shows
That we are one (look in my eyes)
Look into my eyes (surely you'll find)
Surely you'll find (our souls combine)
Our souls combine
And we will be together in love
(I've got this feeling)
(That our love can survive)
And we're gonna make it last
Through the test of time
Let's stick together
Just you and I ('Cause I know that this love)
(Is so right)
It's so right
I've got this feeling
That our love can survive
And we're gonna make it last
Through the test of time
Let's stick together just you and I
('Cause I know that this love)
(Is so right)
Oh oh oh (look in my eyes)
Look into my eyes (surely you'll find)
Surely you will find (our souls combine)
Our souls combine
And we will be together in love (I've got this feeling)
(That our love can survive)
And we're gonna make it last
Through the test of time
Let's stick together just you and I
'Cause I know
I know I know
That it feels so right (I've got this feeling)
('Bout you and I)
(Boy we can make it if we try)
We let our love pass (We let our love pass)
Like to ships in the night
And I know (and I know that this love)
(Is so right)
(I've got this feeling)
I've got this feeling (that our love can survive)
(And we're gonna make it last)
(Through the test of time
Let's stick together
Just you and I ('Cause I know that this love)
(Is so right)
I've got this feeling (I've got this feeling)
(I've got this feeling)
Oh oh
The song "I've Got This Feeling" by Eva Cassidy is a love song that expresses the singer's deep-seated feelings for the person she loves. The song begins with the singer talking about her inner-most feelings that she's been carrying around deep inside her. She says that these feelings make her feel so good that she can't hide them. She asks the person she loves to take her hand and promises to do her best to make them understand what she's feeling. The second verse of the song expresses the singer's certainty that there's a lot of love between them that came naturally. She says that not a moment passes by without thinking of the person she loves.
In the chorus, the singer expresses her belief that they can make their love last and survive the test of time, despite the fact that they've let it pass before like two ships in the night. She promises to stick together with the person she loves, and highlights their souls' combination. The song ends with the singer repeating the chorus and saying that she's got this feeling inside her that their love can survive and that it feels so right.
Overall, "I've Got This Feeling" is a song that celebrates the beauty and power of love, and how it can transcend time and space to endure.
Line by Line Meaning
I've got this feeling
I have an intuition or sensation deep inside me.
Deep down inside
This feeling is very personal and visceral to me.
And it makes me feel so good
This feeling is positive and uplifting.
I just can't disguise
I cannot hide or conceal this feeling from others.
If you'll allow me to take your hand
If you'll permit me to lead you and guide you in this relationship.
Gonna do my best oh
I am committed to doing everything in my power to make things work.
To make you understand
To communicate clearly and effectively so that you comprehend my intentions.
And I know you'll agree
I am confident that you will share my viewpoint.
There's a lot of love between us
We have strong feelings of affection and care for each other.
That came so naturally
Our love developed without force or artifice.
There's not a moment
There is never a time.
That passes by
That goes without me thinking of you.
That I don't think of you
I am constantly and consistently thinking of you.
And here's the reason why (I've got this feeling)
The reason why I feel this way is...
Boy we can make it if we try
We can overcome any challenges as long as we work together.
Oh we let our loves pass
We have allowed our feelings for each other to slip away.
Like two ships in the night
We are missing each other and drifting apart.
And I know that this love is so right
I am sure that this love between us is genuine and meant to be.
Let's walk together baby hand in hand
Let's go forward in this relationship united and connected.
We'll turn our backs to see
We'll ignore the distractions and the negative influences.
One footprint in the sand
A symbol to show that we've been here together, moving forward.
That's just to say that
This is merely a way of expressing that...
We're together in love
We are committed and devoted to each other.
Just a symbol that shows
Merely a metaphor to represent...
That we are one (look in my eyes)
We are a united and cohesive unit (you can see it in my gaze).
Surely you'll find (our souls combine)
You'll see that our spirits are connected and interwoven.
And we will be together in love
Our relationship will continue to flourish and endure.
(That our love can survive)
We have the strength and resilience to weather any obstacle.
And we're gonna make it last
We will strive to maintain this connection.
Through the test of time
Despite the passage of years and the changes that may come our way.
Let's stick together just you and I
We will remain loyal and devoted to each other.
('Cause I know that this love)
Because I am certain that this affection we share...
(Is so right)
Is authentic and true.
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