| Notes and Quotes: "Sister Kate" |
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| Ron Mackay does his
best Satchmo impression while imitating the Anna Jones and Fats
Waller classic June 1923 record of Piron's 1919 piano rag. However,
they also alter the text for the predominantly British middle-class
audience by removing some of the sexual edge and the drug reference.
Of course, American rock and roll musicians often did the same when
covering blues and rhythm and blues tunes. |
| Notably, in this performance,
a male sings a text that has a feminine perspective. MacKay has
modified the text to downplay the gendered aspects of the song;
however, while "shimmy" can be understood to be a dance
move, to "shake it like jelly on a plate" is somewhat
more anatomically suggestive. |
| Note that this melody, like that of "Sheikh of Araby" is binary: the same basic verse with two different endings, one open and one closed. |
| MacKay does not sing the second verse. |
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| Schedule |
25 January, 2012
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