"I've been going by the name Sassyfras since my husband [Johnny Donald] passed away, so that was in 2013. We travelled together and played music for a long time. He was my inspiration. The name came about because that’s what we called our band back when we performing together. Me being Sassy. So I decided to keep the name and use it like a last name.

We met in the ’80s, back when I was playing backup to my sister and b...