I have a feeling Doug is talking about Eva Cassidy in the beginning of the video, where we dont get to hear fully what he said. This is from an interview he had years ago: "Alan: Your songs have been recorded by many artists, so which are your favourite interpretations? Doug: I have a couple of favourites. One was Eva Cassidy’s version of Nightbird. That song is about a prostitute, a prostitute that I used to live with who really watched out for me. I have no idea if Eva Cassidy knew what that song was about and I never heard it until my wife played it for me during a drive to Los Angeles from San Luis Opisbo. I’m a huge baseball fan and my team, the Cardinals from St Louis, were playing the Dodgers and I wanted to listen to the game. My wife said “I got something for you to hear”, and I said, “But the Cardinals are on” and she said “This is more important than the Cardinals” and she put this CD on of Eva Cassidy. I tell you, it moved me so much, I pulled over to the side of the road and I was weeping. I have never done that song again. When people ask me to do Nightbird, I tell them that if they want to hear THE version, she is the one to listen to" And I agree. Eva Cassidy is one of the greatest voices of all time. Gone too soon.
Ol' Dub can make you cry just as quick as he can make you laugh. Thanks for posting this.
I have a feeling Doug is talking about Eva Cassidy in the beginning of the video, where we dont get to hear fully what he said. This is from an interview he had years ago:
"Alan: Your songs have been recorded by many artists, so which are your favourite interpretations?
Doug: I have a couple of favourites. One was Eva Cassidy’s version of Nightbird. That song is about a prostitute, a prostitute that I used to live with who really watched out for me. I have no idea if Eva Cassidy knew what that song was about and I never heard it until my wife played it for me during a drive to Los Angeles from San Luis Opisbo.
I’m a huge baseball fan and my team, the Cardinals from St Louis, were playing the Dodgers and I wanted to listen to the game. My wife said “I got something for you to hear”, and I said, “But the Cardinals are on” and she said “This is more important than the Cardinals” and she put this CD on of Eva Cassidy. I tell you, it moved me so much, I pulled over to the side of the road and I was weeping. I have never done that song again. When people ask me to do Nightbird, I tell them that if they want to hear THE version, she is the one to listen to"
And I agree. Eva Cassidy is one of the greatest voices of all time. Gone too soon.