Re: Matraca
in reply to a message by Caprice
According to an online biography of Matraca Berg, she was born to an unwed mother and her name is "exotic hillbilly." I would guess that best interpretation of that information is that her mother simply created the name herself.
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Matraca-Berg-Biography/BD7F7A0727BFF1CB482569340029E6FE
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Matraca-Berg-Biography/BD7F7A0727BFF1CB482569340029E6FE