Sister rosetta tharpe

A new study by Fender found that 50% of new guitar players are female, but women have been rocking the guitar world throughout history.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Sister Rosetta Tharpe – gospel music’s first superstar. the godmother of rock and roll, “the original soul sister,” reconstructionist – waiting for The Blues Train in Chorlton, 1963.

When people would ask her about her music, she would say, “Oh, these kids and rock and roll — this is just sped up rhythm and blues. I've been doing that forever.” - Gayle Wald, author of Shout, Sister, Shout!:

Sister Rosetta Tharpe performs in Paris (c. 1953)

Guitar wizard, rock & roll pioneer and gospel-blues giant Rosetta Tharpe was not tilting at windmills; she WAS the Windmill “I feel so bad in the morning. I feel so bad in the middle of the

Pitchfork on Instagram: “"I was recently introduced to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who was popular in the ’30s and ’40s, and is responsible for a lot of what rock‘n’roll…”

The familiar, yet superficial history of rock and roll begins in the early 1950s with Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed crowing “That’s Bill Haley and the Comets rockin’ and rollin’ you with ‘Shake, Rattle and Roll.’” Yet a much deeper history exists and a more complex set of origins.