wednesday’s worse…
courtesy of Nicky Alsmasy (http://almasy-photography.com)
They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday’s just as bad
They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday’s just as bad
Wednesday’s worse, and Thursday’s also sad
Yes the eagle flies on Friday, and Saturday I go out to play
Eagle flies on Friday, and Saturday I go out to play
Sunday I go to church, then I kneel down and pray
Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on me
Lord have mercy, my heart’s in misery
Crazy about my baby, yes, send her back to me
All good things come to an end or so they say yet when it comes to a person’s life and particularly when that person was very dear to you it’s a pretty bitter-sweet pill to swallow… but it is nonetheless true. Wednesday 14th July 2010 was just one such day and the world truly is a sadder place for the passing of Jacqui Staton aka. Sugar Mama who for nearly a decade now has been the absolute vocal mainstay of Shanghai’s Cotton Club; and whether it was her nightly (a la Ronnie Scott) one “blackinese” joke or her drier than a black olive humour that first hooked you in you can be sure of one thing, it was Mama’s voice that kept you in that chair (or stool in my case) and had you coming back night after night for that fix of Staton sweetness.
Whether she was tearing holes in a Stevie Wonder cover or working wonders with a Matt Harding original you can be sure of one thing, things will never be quite the same again; her timing was second to none like a young Miles Davis, her punch that of a mature Etta James and her exuberance obviously coming from her days on the road with Ike & Tina Turner.
Sugar Mama was the real deal and for any wannabe musicians she set the bar mighty damn high.
What can we do on days like this… well Mama has to have the last word and I think she might just say “let’s give thanks to our Heavenly Father” and all we might say is amen.
July 18th, 2010 at 6:39 am
Amen, Amen, Amen!!!
July 19th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Bye, bye, Sugar Mama. You’ll be missed…
July 26th, 2010 at 12:36 am
Sugar Mama was a great performer and a great person. I will always remember her talent, her humour and her presence. She will be sorely missed.
July 30th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Goodbye from your girls from Beijing. You made our time at the Big Easy memorable. Sing for us from above mama. Goodbye. Goodbye.
August 6th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Once Jacqui joined the Baby Boomers, the Baby Boomers boomed. She was the star that made the show. Thanks, Jacqui, for all that fun.
August 9th, 2010 at 9:10 am
hey sis; i hope you are in heaven singing yr songds to make all the angels get out of their seat to make the house rock, i will miss you so so much, jacqui i loved you so much, why did you have to go, my heart is so empty now, jacqui hear my cry i love you ————yr sister wanda