I always thought the nutbush dance was the dance Tina Turner and her dancers performed in the video clip for the song or when she performed/sang it on stage?This is off topic but I hope you don't mind. I discovered something new today. Edgar's Mission raised over $100,000 today (well yesterday on your Giving Tuesday which Emmylou never even mentioned) and they had promised to dance this dance if they did. I have never seen that dance and they said they learn it in school. Do you all know how to do the Nutbush?
If I'm incorrect with that then I'm not sure where the dance came from.
It used to be a regular in clubs and at weddings in the 80s and 90s. I dont think it is so much these days. I think it's gone out of trend now.