Going to have to revise my opinion of Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup. I think she beat him to the Rock n’ Roll starting gate especially considering her early use of distortion, probably brought on by a blown speaker cone.

hmm, so in terms of guitar riffs, Keith Richards was copying Chuck Berry who copied Rosetta Thorpe.. Wonder if Richards has ever heard of her?

I was lucky enough to grow up hearing her - honestly i thought she was a bad-ass that was a contemporary of Chuck till i got to college and did some math.

She should be on money.

She still has sicker licks than almost anyone who’s ever picked up an axe.

So, I’m white and grew up in the 1970s in a very rural, very white part of the Midwest. The only POC I ever met in my first decade was a Navajo in-law who came to visit the homestead. (He and his wife - my aunt - were the coolest people I’ve ever met).

Same. I have no words... just wow.

Watch the video of her singing This Train (the first result that comes up when you google it). She is so powerful on stage and the look she gives the band when she sings “No whiskey drinkers!” is priceless.

First I heard of her was 4 years ago (my fortieth decade on the planet) when watching Amelie. In that film Amelie makes a video take for her neighbor and on that tape are brief snippets of shows. One of those snippets is Rosetta playing an SG in front of a choir and she is shredding. Couldnt believe I had never heard…

Check your local library to see if they subscribe to Alexander Street Press. If so, download (for free, because library) the collection called ‘Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order.’ And if your local library doesn’t have it, then tell them to wise up and order it, because they will be…

THANK YOU!

No shit, Chuck!

Michael, who these negroes?

“While it is true that not every single musician who ever played rock and roll was inspired by Rosetta Tharpe, it is also true that there is not a single rock musician playing in the year 2018 doing something that Rosetta Tharpe wasn’t doing 80 years ago.”

Oh man...

I’m a 46 southern white and Cherokee woman whose known of this gorgeous, strong, woman for years thanks to my parents who listed and believed music was color blind and taught me to see the world the same. She is a pioneer and innovator. As a woman I am proud. As music lover, I thank God for her talent. My husband and…

She’s a goddamn hero, is what she is.

White Boomers can’t die fast enough.

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AND...she really needs to clean out that garage! Sheesh, people!

For some reason, one factor I have not seen being discussed as to why black voter turnout was down in 2016 elections is voter suppression and gerrymandering. Do folks not remember how black voters were basically being turned away from the polls that year?

Trick question! There are no women in heaven.