Eva Cassidy is my #1 singing this song !! she absolutley nails it around 3:49 gives my goosebumps WOW!!

I guess I'm a bit of a traditionalist with this particular song, and it's my all time favorite. I fell in love with Judy Garland when I was 5 years old, and fell in love with that song as well. Every time I hear it performed I get a bit emotional inside. When my daughter sang this song for me on stage last year I found it difficult to play the keyboard because of the emotions it stirred within and all the things she had to overcome since that day 12 years ago when she was flown to University of Maryland Hospital Shock Trauma Unit in an evac helicopter with a broken neck. I guess that regardless of her actual age, she will always be my little girl. That's why this rendition meant so much to me. She's just a tiny little girl with so many hopes and aspirations in a world that seems to be crumbling before our eyes.




Gary

All wonderful renditions. I like Jerry Lee Lewis' rockabilly version too.

Great version Fran...lovely arrangement...beautiful voice with lots of emotion.

My favorite will always be Judy Garland's, but your pick is excellent as well.

Ian

Very nice, true musicianship. Here's another favorite done live and the album version is even better. Eva Cassidy never had time to reach her full potential.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce-5OWBNGNw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aT6PWlzyjg

I didn't see that Donny had already posted the live version but its worth a double post.

Wanna hear her rock out. Best rendition of this song I ver heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT9Bl54Y0n0

I agree Bill.......Eva left us much too soon a great artist...but her music will live on....I Love everything she did.

Bill, I do this Eva Cassidy arrangement with Kath...she can nail it too..We can't do a lot of Cassidy stuff...it is not very dancible..but we do 3 or 4 of her songs..

Fran

The one I posted "Take Me To The River" and her version of "Chain, Chain, Chain" while not to far off from Athrea's original are both kickin the backbeat pretty good, should get em shakin.
Love to hear you guys do them live.