Gypsy....

[The Tower]

I was at the AHI benefit in 2000 when Stevie sang “Gypsy� acoustic with Waddy and Lindsey. I remember my whole body shuddered and tears just streamed down my face. I couldn’t say anything, because I was in the grasp of absolute emotion. I cried and cried.

Just recently, I got an MP3 copy of that performance and it just immediately threw me back to that night. The purity of that song is just so…… beautiful.

The thing that always gets me is: if I am this affected by this song (especially the AHI version), how in the hell can Stevie sing this song anymore without breaking down??? I mean, it is a testament to her days in San Francisco and her deep friendship with Robin Anderson.

I’ve performed emotional songs before and have been choked up. I just don’t know how she does it?!? Standing onstage with that beautiful music- and she’s supposed to sing “I still see your bright eyes…� (which she actually does on this tour- at least when I saw it).

It would just make me bawl my eyes out.