SISTER ROSETTA THARPE
Jul 28, 2020
1 minute
guitar-hero history are dominated by familiar names like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Chuck Berry, but Sister Rosetta Tharpe — the godmother of rock and roll — was tearing up the live circuit before any of them. obituary called her a “Top Gospel Singer” but the newspaper made scant reference to her guitar playing.
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