The Godmother of Rock and Roll, Sister Rosetta Tharpe. 1957

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• If you havnt listened to her, go and listen now. She is great.

  August 3, 2022 at 9:01 pm

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• Love that Gibson, too.

  August 3, 2022 at 9:14 pm

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• Listening now! 🙂

  August 3, 2022 at 9:15 pm

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• Playing a brand spanking new ’57* Les Paul Goldtop! Oldschoolcool no doubt!

  *Edit: most likely a ’52, even-older-schoolcool!

  August 3, 2022 at 9:36 pm

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• Sister Rosetta was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the 2018 Induction Group, well after her most famous fans, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash had been inducted. Chuck and Johnny had mentioned her by name. In more recent years, Bob Dylan noted her impact on his own radio program.

  Seek out the excellent book on her life, by biographer Gale Wald, “Shout, Sister, Shout,” or the videos of her work, (some of which bear the same title as this posting). As your will see, she was influential decades before the Rock era, and was a pioneer in every sense.

  August 3, 2022 at 9:50 pm

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• Huh, didn’t know she used a Les Paul. Then again, this was in 1957, way before the SG was even invented.

  August 4, 2022 at 12:40 am

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• youve had ten hours to recognize easily one of the “coolest” women that ever lived and you failed, reddit.

  August 4, 2022 at 6:18 am

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• I love this lady!❤️

  August 4, 2022 at 8:22 am

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