People

Below you will find several lists of links to information about people who were friends of Eva, played with her, have helped promote her, inspired her etc. The links are arranged alphabetically except that any personal or official web site for a given person heads the list.

Family

Bligh, Laura; Eva's cousin, webmaster.

►Eva Cassidy Web Site. The hub of the wheel.

►Keeping the Flame by Mike Anderiesz, The Guardian, 2002.04.04.

Cassidy, Dan; Eva's younger brother, violinist.

►Ida Red, British folk band; Dan Cassidy was a member in the late 80s. Audio downloads.

►Oficina de Coordinació i d'Organització de les PAU de Catalunya, transcript of an interview with Dan Cassidy from a TV show entitled Crying Guitar, interviewer Sally Cornfield.

Band members

Biondo, Chris; producer, bass player, studio owner, Eva's friend and lover.

►Williams-Biondo.

►Chris Biondo; Tom forsey's site.

Grimes, Keith; guitarist.

►Interview with Keith Grimes, Laura's site.

►Guitarist Visits Glebe, Shoreham Today, anonymous.

►Mary Shaver Band: Notes to You.

McLeod, Raice; drummer.

►Dreams, Fantasies & Nightmares: The Quincy Conserve.

►Dreams, Fantasies & Nightmares: Wendy Saddington - The Saxons.

►Mary Shaver Band: Notes to You.

►New Zealand Music of the 60's, 70's and a bit of 80's: Quincy Conserve.

Williams, Lenny; piano player.

►Williams-Biondo.

►Lenny Williams; message to Yahoo Eva Cassidy newsgroup from 'mgoride' (membership required).

►Lenny Williams; Tom Forsey's site.

Musicians who recorded with Eva

Brown, Chuck; singer, songwriter & guitarist, recorded TOS with Eva and played live with her.

►Chuck Brown

►TMOTTGoGo Magazine, review of CB's Timeless CD which is dedicated to Eva.

► When Chuck Met Eva, pt. I by Jefferson Morley, Washington Post, 1998.03.08. Must-read.

► When Chuck Met Eva, pt. II by Jefferson Morley, Washington Post, 1998.03.08. Must-read.

Christopher, David; guitarist, keyboard player, songwriter.

►Interview with David Christopher, Laura's site.

►Method Actor Page, Laura's site.

►Early Bands, Paul's site; see under Method Actor.

Digman, Steven M.; songwriter, wrote Anniversary Song, Easy Street Dream, and Say Goodbye (with Andrew Hernandez).

►Digman's Violin & Publishing Company. The site offers sound clips from a number of (mainly unreleased) Digman songs sung by Eva: see Multimedia links section.

►Laura Bligh: Digman's Anniversary Song and Say Goodbye

►Off the Record Steven Digman: Putting the Funk Back in Funkstown, Picket Online, Jan. 5, 2003, by Nathan Oravec.

►What can you tell me about Steve Digman?, AnswerBank: Music, by Andy Hughes.

Estes, Steve; singer, songwriter & guitarist. Eva sang lead vocals on his Never Let You Go.

►Steve Estes Music.

Fiester, Kenn; bass player, member of Method Actor.

►Band Member Bios, Badweatherboyz web site.

Gatton, Danny; guitar ace, gave Eva guitar lessons. She sang backing vocals for him on Ain't That Peculiar and Stand By My Side.

►Danny Gatton web site.

►Danny Gatton Music CD's, MP3's (Danny Gatton web site), Danny Gatton's Music, impossible to find for the past few years, is once again available here.

►Danny Gatton: A Rockabilly Hall Of Fame Presentation.

►Danny Gatton: The Telemaster Archives.

►Danny Gatton: Unfinished Business, Vintage Guitar, 1999.04.

►The Concert Tour; drummer Brian Alpert's journal from his 1991 tour with Gatton.

Henderson, Roger; singer, songwriter & guitarist, wrote Penny To My Name; Eva sang backing vocals for him on After You've Gone.

►Roger Henderson

►1988 photo of Chris Biondo and Roger

►World Folk Music Association: Roger Henderson

House, William 'JuJu'; drummer for the ECB before Raice McLeod joined the band; member of Experience Unlimited.

►CD Baby

►PL - Studio Sessions

Izzi, Chris; pianist and composer, wrote and recorded Still Not Ready (Imagine).

►IzziJazz, web site of Izzi Does It, Izzi family band featuring Chris Izzi.

►Izzi Does It, at CDBaby, where you can listen to samples and order the eponymous CD.

Judy, Ned; pianist, composer, leading member of Stonehenge, Eva's high school band.

►Ned Judy.

►Ned Judy, Prince George's Community College.

Lee, Niki; singer/songwriter, wrote November and recorded it with Eva and others.

►Niki Lee includes Eva Cassidy section. At this site you can also listen to November, sung by Niki, Eva and others. See Multimedia links section.

►Niki Lee, Towson University: Department of Music.

►Niki Lee to star in Here Lies Dorothy Parker at VillaFest, The Villager Online, by Tiffany Simmons.

Melton, Larry; bass player, photographer; close friend of Eva.

►Larry Melton.

Muller, Jeff; songwriter, bass player, guitarist. Arranged the Eva tribute at The Bayou; recorded I Want You Back and Let's Stay Together with Eva and Meg Murray.

►AMT.

►Jeff Muller: Presents Jes Grew, Jelly, CD review by Glenn Brooks.

►Jeff Muller: Jes Grew, CDCBaby.

►Jeff Muller/ Jes Grew, Splendid: At a Glance, Jul. 7, 1997, CD review by 'df'.

►Rich Chorné All Stars press kit.

Murray, Meg; singer, recorded the cassette It Ain't Easy... (later released on CD) with Jeff Muller, Eva and others. See Stray songs: Let's Stay Together.

►Meg Murray.

►Angie Miller.

►August West: Bishop Street, CD Baby.

►Bryan Ewald's site.

►Washington Post: Meg Murray; includes audio downloads.

Pieces of a Dream; Philadelphia based soft jazz-funk band. In the summer of 1994 Eva recorded Goodbye Manhattan and Have a Little Faith with PoD.

►Pieces of a Dream's web site.

Poore, Billy; songwriter, singer, musician, producer, author etc., wrote It's Not The Presents.

►Rockabily Hall Of Fame: Billy Poore.

Redmond, Mary Ann; singer, friend of Eva, appears with Eva on the track Hear on the first WAMA compilation.

►The Fabulous Mary Ann Redmond Band.

►Mary Ann Redmond, Washington Post.

►On the Verge: Mary Ann Redmond, All About Jazz, Jan. 01, 2003, by Judith Schlesinger.

►Prisoner Of The Heart - Mary Ann Redmond, All About Jazz, Sep. 2002, by Dan McClenaghan.

►Q & W Music Announces National Release Of Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist Mary Ann Redmond's "Prisoner Of The Heart, All About Jazz, Oct. 13, 2003, anonymous.

Musicians who played live with Eva

Andrews, Ben; blues guitarist, played with Eva, possibly at Fleetwood's, now defunct club in Washington, DC.

►Crawley Blues Club

►R&B Music Primer

Fleetwood, Mick; Fleetwood Mac drummer.

►Mick Fleetwood.

Mark Merella; drummer, member of Stonehenge, Eva's high school band.

►Mark Merella: Drummer/Percussionist. Mark's site includes Photos of himself, Eva and Dan Cassidy, Ned Judy, Larry Melton etc.

►Mark Merella, Batadrums.com.

►Mark Merella, Mantra Jazz.

Friends of Eva

Griffith, Grace; singer; met Eva in 1996; introduced Bill Straw of Blix Street to Eva's music. Dedicated her Sands Of Time CD to Eva.

►Grace Griffith. Grace's site includes links to various sites not listed here.

►Collected Sounds: Grace Griffith, interviewed by Steven Digman.

►Entertainment Magazine Online, summer 2003; includes preview of Grace's Sands Of Time CD.

►Grace Griffith Page, Laura's site.

►Grace under Pressure by Meghan Mullan, The Gazette, 2003.08.14.

►Griffith 'seizes the day' Washington Times, Sep. 25, 2003, by Jacquie Kubin.

►Rambles, Aug. 9, 2003, review of 'Sands Of Time' by Jamie O'Brien.

►Sing Out! The Folk Music Magazine, fall 2003, review of 'Sands Of Time' by Rich Warren.

►Soundstage, Sep. 2003, review of 'Sands Of Time' by Roger Kanno.

►Woodsongs, view online Grace Griffith's appearance at Michael Jonathon's Woodsongs show.

Haven, Margaret; painter, decorator, employed Eva to paint murals.

►Haven Studios.

►Painting, Oaksite. Maggie's and Eva's murals!

Eva's musical heroes

Collins, Judy; singer/songwriter.

►Judy Collins, official web site.

►Judy Collins, fan site by Richard L. Hess.

Fitzgerald, Ella; singer.

►Ella Fitzgerald: Official Web Site.

►Ella Fitzgerald: the First Lady of Song.

►Ella's Gone.

►Redsugar's Ella Fitzgerald Page.

Heart; group fronted by Ann & Nancy Wilson.

►Heart; Official.

►The Heart Gallery.

Ronstadt, Linda; singer.

►Linda Ronstadt Homepage; Unofficial; much better.

►Lyrics as performed by Linda Ronstadt.

►Suzanne's Linda Ronstadt Page.

Sainte-Marie, Buffy; songwriter, musician, singer.

►Buffy Sainte-Marie, official site.

►Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Legend In Her Own Time. Brilliant!

Wonder, Stevie; songwriter, musician, singer.

►S&W: Steview Wonder; The Web Site.

►Steview Wonder, Soul Walking.

Artists who inspired Eva

O'Keeffe, Georgia; painter.

►Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.

►Georgia O'Keeffe; ellensplace.net.

Vermeer, Johannes; painter.

►Essential Vermeer.

►About Johannes Vermeer.

►Paintings of Vermeer.

►Vermeer in Washington. Presumably Eva saw this exhibition.

Record company and media people

Lundvall, Bruce; Blue Note Records CEO.

►Bruce Lundvall, CEO Of Blue Note Records, All About Jazz, May 15, 2003, interview by Victor L. Schermer.

►A Fireside Chat With Bruce Lundvall, Jazz Weekly, interview by Fred Jung, undated.

►Recording This Wonderful Nightingale, Laura's site, from Wall Street Journal, Sep. 11, 2002.

Marash, Dave; ABC Nightline reporter whose hugely successful Eva portrait has been shown in the USA and several European countries.

►Dave Marash, ABC News, Nightline.

►Dave Marash, Correspondent, ABC News "Nightline", WCHS-TV8.

Walters, Paul. Producer of 'Wake up to Wogan' (see below under 'Wogan, Terry').

►Paul Walters, BBC Radio 2: Wake up to Wogan.

►Paul Walters, BBC Press Office.

Wogan, Terry. BBC radio personality. Championed Eva's music on his Radio 2 morning show 'Wake up to Wogan'.

►Terry Wogan.

►TOGs Website.