Description
Females have never figured strongly in the ranks of blues and rock guitar players, but the woman featured on this LP can claim to be one of the formative influences on modern rock ‘n’ roll guitar. Sister Rosetta Tharpe is remarkable, not just because she was an acclaimed gospel singer from the late Thirties to her death in 1973, but because she was also one of the earliest exponents of the electric guitar. In fact she helped to invent the whole concept of rock lead guitar. Her guitar-playing, which featured a fingerpicking style unusual at the time, strongly influenced Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Etta James, Little Richard and Bonnie Raitt. Enjoy some of those moments on this collection selected from her prolific first recording decade.
Tracklist:
Side A:
Up Above My Head, I Hear Music In The Air
Shout, Sister, Shout!
Down By The Riverside
Ain’t No Grave Hold Body Down
Didn’t It Rain
Trouble In Mind
Strange Things Happening Every Day
Side B:
This Train
Everybody’s Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There
God’s Mightly Hand
Teach Me To Be Right
That’s All
Don’t Take Everybody To Be Your Friend
My Journey To The Sky
