Sister Rosetta Tharpe

[nubient]

RIP George...and Sister Rosetta too!

[chrisb1953]

Amazing guitar solo!

Preceded ZZ Top's La Grange by 20 odd years.

[dylans8]

she was awesome

[57188]

She is a fiery jewel - one of my favorites. You can even hear pre-Johnny Thunders in her playing. Sleepy LaBeef turned me onto her - he about worships her.

[Cynthiano2009]

I've been viewing several of her performances on You Tube and read her a little about her life.

The church embraced her gospel music until she released a couple of successful blues tunes. She was brokenhearted to discover many of her former gospel fans dissed her afterwards. She passed in 1973 (age 58), so many of us 20 & 30 something yr old gospel fans never grew up with her music.

If she were living today, I think gospel would very much embrace her just as it embraces Aretha Franklin.

[54spiritedwill54]

Wow! Killer!

[JulianThomePictures]

ERIC BURDON!!!

[lamerie]

I used to wonder where Jimi got some of his chops from, know we know! (BB eat your heart out!!)

[chrisb1953]

who's the guy with the eye patch?

[999plod]

George Melly, died last year unfortunately.

[chrisb1953]

@999plod

Do you know why he has an eye patch? Fashion statement? (I have the impression that he was a little eccentric).

In his bio it mentions hearing loss, vascular dementia and emphysemia as late-life health problems but nothing about blindness etc.

[Suzywriter]

I bet she kept that church packed!

[Applebaum]

talk about rock and roll she could rip that guitar. I love her style bluesy rocky gospel she encompassed the whole thing i'm gonna have to get an album of hers shes so inspiring. And derserves way more props!

[pronkking]

Genius....a TOTAL genius.

[azapachekid]

I just stumbled on Sister Rosetta Tharpe and I am both thrilled and amazed, what a talented and gifted lady she was.

[oyyour]

God I wish I could find the full clip they excerpted in this show. I"ve got the other version, where she's fronting a male chorus, and it's extraordinary. But she's even more on fire in this one. The most exciting performer I've ever seen.

[HOTma18]

A female chuck berry before Chuck.

[jbearden]

bad ass.

[rnfr]

watch out angus! highway to heaven??

[jovesheerwater]

Wow! Killer! Thankyou.

[islandcrimes]

damm unbelievable shes the greatest---god bless

[klasek]

This is one artist who has not received nearly as much recognition as she deserves.

[ay22]

Even excerpted, an AMAZING clip of one of my favourite human beings EVER. Marvelous stuff!