Ditto, ditto, and ditto. Also look for "Fields of Gold" (Sting's) that was used a few years ago by an Olympic skater to lovely effect. Eva had the chops for jazz, gospel, folk, blues and plain breaking your heart. Listening to her repertoire, you'll find that she seemed to have an eerie prescience about her life being short. I'll always be grateful for hearing about her. https://evacassidy.org/eva/
Thanks, RP, for playing one of my favorite songs by my favorite artist. It never fails to break my heart. The album is definitely desert island material.
The "juice" hasn't been neutralized, but rather given a new perspective. The power is still there, despite the seemingly drowsy delivery Margot provides. It's a different take, and reverential to its source.
What he said. Same is true of other great covers on this particular album -- such as Walking after Midnight, in an utterly different tempo from the original.
Go, go, go, Bobby, go.
There's also a song about the levees breaking that I'd like to think is a nod to New Orleans, as the album was released on the Katrina anniversary.
I miss his TV show
Excelsior must not be listening today.
which is one of my favorite things about Raul and the Mavericks
Actually, it isn't. But that's a common fallacy.
Maybe more appropriate to say that deep people know how to embrace their full range of emotions.