Brittany Howard performing “That’s All” by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Also features The Roots’s Questlove and Felicia Collins.
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Mixtape Alert | History of Black Female Guitarists | Don’t Dance Her Down Boys
Sometimes I forget that some people don’t know the full impact that black women had on rock n roll. If you didn’t know it was epic. Without the talent and energy of many wonderful women the state of music today would be blander than Cliff Richard eating a cucumber sandwich. Read More: Mixtape Alert | […]
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Early Influencer award to be given by Rock and Roll HOF
From Rolling Stone:
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially announced next year’s inductees: Bon Jovi, Dire Straits, the Moody Blues, the Cars and Nina Simone will all join the class of 2018. Sister Rosetta Tharpe will be given an Early Influence award.
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Nina Simone died in 2003 and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who has experienced a huge resurgence of interest in the past decade, died in 1973. The Hall of Fame is likely to bring in artists they inspired to perform their music.
On the legacy of Sister Rosetta Tharpe (repost)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Nominated for Rock Hall of Fame
https://blackwomeninrock.tumblr.com/post/166108979270/sister-rosetta-tharpe-nominated-for-the-rock-hall From the Arkansas Times article by Stephanie Smittle: Less than a week after a sign was unveiled in Cotton Plant to honor the rock pioneer, Sister Rosetta Tharpe became a first-time nominee for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For fans of Tharpe’s, the accolades are obnoxiously overdue; not only is […]
On the legacy of Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Whenever a rock musician lets loose a glorious guitar solo, we’re in the living presence of Rosetta, who made a habit of playing as loud as she could, based on the Pentecostal belief that the Lord smiled on those who made a joyful noise. Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-N-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe […]
Sister Rosetta Tharpe – “Strange Things Happening Every Day”
Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-And-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Memphis Minnie – Biography by Barry Lee Pearson
“Tracking down the ultimate woman blues guitar hero is problematic because woman blues singers seldom recorded as guitar players and woman guitar players (such as Rosetta Tharpe and Sister O.M. Terrell) were seldom recorded playing blues. Excluding contemporary artists, the most notable exception to this pattern was Memphis Minnie. The most popular and prolific blueswoman outside the vaudeville tradition, she earned the respect of critics, the support of record-buying fans, and the unqualified praise of the blues artists she worked with throughout her long career. Despite her Southern roots and popularity, she was as much a Chicago blues artist as anyone in her day. Big Bill Broonzy recalls her beating both him and Tampa Red in a guitar contest and claims she was the best woman guitarist he had ever heard.”
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