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Birth
Eva is born in Washington DC, daughter of Hugh and Barbara. -
Beginning of her music experience
At age 11, Cassidy began singing and playing guitar in a Washington-area band called Easy Street. This band performed in a variety of styles at weddings, corporate parties, and pubs. Due to her shyness, she struggled with performing in front of strangers. While a student at Bowie High School, she sang with a local band called Stonehenge. -
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Musical evolution
Throughout the 1980s, Cassidy worked with several other bands, including the techno-pop band Characters Without Names. During this period, Cassidy also worked as a propagator at a plant nursery and as a furniture painter. In her free time, she explored other artistic expressions including painting, sculpting, and jewelry design. -
The Other Side is released
Eva Cassidy releases her duet album with Chuck Brown, a go-go album including one of her feature songs, 'Over the Rainbow'. She was not pleased with the result and pursued a solo album. -
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'Songbird' and posthumous recognition
After her death, her family and friends gathered all her unreleased material and handed it over to her producer. Two years later, her posthumous album 'Songbird' is released to international critical acclaim. -
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Live at the Blues Alley
Eva records her first and only live album during her living. The recording took place during two consecutive nights, but due to a glitch in the recording the footage of the first night could not be released. Years later the footage was restored and included into the subsequent posthumous album. -
Death
Eva Cassidy passes away to cancer at the age of 33. Eva had been feeling unwell during the previous months, but she thought it to be caused by stress from work. When the cancer was detected in an X-ray, the doctors estimated she had three to five months to live. Eva died at home, was cremated and her ashes were scattered on St. Mary's River Watershed Park.
