Shout Sister Shout : The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe book

Shout Sister Shout! : The Untold Story of Rock 'n' Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
book by Gayle F Wald

The essential biography of America's godmother of rock 'n' roll whose exuberant singing and guitar playing has captivated audiences and inspired generations of musicians from the 1940s until today
When Shout Sister Shout! was first published in 2007, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was resting in an unmarked grave in a Philadelphia cemetery.
That lack of a headstone symbolized so much of what was egregiously wrong about so many stories of American music, particularly the genre we call rock 'n' roll.
It's a genre that wouldn't exist without Tharpe, though her contribution was forgotten for many years.
The biography finally tells the story of the Black trailblazer who defied categorization and influenced scores of popular musicians including Elvis Presley and Little Richard.
The author draws on memories from more than 150 people who knew Tharpe, as well as scraps of information gleaned from newspapers, archives, and memorabilia, to piece together a story that forever alters our understanding of women in rock and of US popular music.

272 pages