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Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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Uploaded by on Jun 14, 2006

Terrific woman guitar virtuoso

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  • RIP George...and Sister Rosetta too!

  • @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.

  • Amazing guitar solo!

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

  • she was awesome

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Wow! Killer!

  • ERIC BURDON!!!

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

  • George Melly, died last year unfortunately.

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