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2002 - Sadie Goodson, a pianist and a native of Florida passed away on this day at the age of 101. She grew up in a musical household that included six piano-playing daughters of Hamilton Madison Goodson and Sarah Jenkins Goodson. She became a well-known player in New Orleans, where she and her sister Billie (Pierce) became important players in 1920s and 1930s. In the 1920s, Sadie was one of the two female piano players who worked with Papa Celestin prior to Jeanette Kimball‟s tenure in the band. The other was Emma Barrett. Celestin‟s band included drummer Abbey “Bebe Chinee” Foster, whom she married. In 1982, old friend, George “Kid Sheik” Colar and Sadie married and returned to New Orleans, where she and Colar played at Preservation Hall. |