Shout, Sister, Shout! The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Name: Shout, Sister, Shout! The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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ISBN: 9780807009857

ISBN-10: 0807009857

ISBN-13: 9780807009857

Edition: 2007

Authors: Gayle F. Wald

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The untold story of the ﬂamboyant musical prodigy Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Americas ﬁrst rock guitar diva Before "women in rock" became a catchphrase, Rosetta Tharpe proved that women could rock. Shout, Sister, Shout! is the ﬁrst biography of this trailblazer who inﬂuenced scores of popular musicians and deﬁed categorization. Walds biography, which draws on memories from more than 150 people who knew Tharpe, forever alters our understanding of women in rock and of U.S. popular music. "A book like this is long overdue. Rosetta Tharpe was a major star and a huge inﬂuence on the musicians of her day. Listen to her recordings and you can hear all the building blocks of rock and roll." -Joan…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 1/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface: The Lonesome Road



Cotton Plant (1915-1920)



Got on My Travelin' Shoes (1920-1937)



From Spirituals to Swing (1938-1940)



Shout, Sister, Shout (1940-1946)


Bridge: "She Made That Guitar Talk"



Little Sister (1947-1949)



At Home and on the Road (1948-1950)



"The World's Greatest Spiritual Concert" (1950-1951)



Sister in Opryland (1952)



Don't Leave Me Here (1953-1957)


Bridge: "The Men Would Stand Back"



Rebirth and Revival (1957-1964)



Riding the Gospel Train (1960-1970)



I Looked Down the Line (1970-1973)


Epilogue: Vibrations, Strong and Mean


Acknowledgments


Appendix


Interviews


Selected Discography


Credits and Permissions


Notes


Index