@RhiannonGiddens, my aunt Lily Pons, the star of the Petropolitan Opera, was very critical of some of the recording artists of the time (she died in 1976), but I am convinced that she would have loved you and your music, and woul have loved your voice.
@RhiannonGiddens, learn a lot lately about Elisabeth Cotten, simply fell in love with this great woman, a true pioneer in the music world! Being the nephew of the opera singer Lily Pons (my mothers’s sister), I can really appreciate her talent, which I really admire.
@RhiannonGiddens, found it, at last! The phrase 'shake sugaree' "means having a good time and is related to throwing sugar on the floor and then dancing on it, producing a percussive sound when the feet move on the sugared floor.
@RhiannonGiddens I always wandered what was the meaning of my favorite song you performed, “Shake Sugaree”. Was it something that was said to the author when she was feeling down?
@RhiannonGiddens my favorite song, by far, is “Shake Sugaree”, I absolutely love it, and seeing you sing it is marvelous! I have been wondering, was this based on an expression when she was feeling down and the people she worked for told her to “Shake Sugaree” to make her smile?
@THR As the nephew of the opera singer Lily Pons, the star of the Metropolitan Opera from some 30 years, my mother’s sister, no one has ever touched me or influenced me as you have. Take good care of yourself and I look forward to the pleasure of seeing you again in September 😎👍