My father and an older brother sang this song several times a day. The rain poured every day what seemed like 40 days. Perhaps Mrs Tharpe is allowing them to sing along and play harmonica in Heaven!
A true legend who influenced so many people...She`s in the Hall of Fame now, but even that took too long....You should have let the video finish...After the words on the screen at the very end she had something nice to say to the audience.
This is 1964, I think. She toured the UK with Muddy Waters. She was on the radio in the 1930s and ‘40s in the USA and Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis all name her as an influence.
Early rock n roll came from gospel, blues, blue grass, folk and country and Sister Rosetta Tharpe shows you the way. Definitely recommend Big Mama Thornton for your next early rock journey.
My Momma played sister Rosetta and lots of Bessie Smith, Leontyne Price, John Lee Hooker throughout my childhood before she passed when I was 9. THESE incredible women sing the soundtrack to a wonderful young childhood! Thank you for playing this!
Sister Rosetta Tharpe...the Grandmother of Rock n Roll born in the 1910's...She introduced a electric guitar to her Church on Sunday and became famous both in Church and on tour...All the early Rock and Rollers accredited their experimenting with riffs from her...Chuck Berry even said if you watch my shows and Sister Rosetta's shows you will see that I actually based my stage performances after her's....Elvis, Chuck Berry and so many others said Sister Rosetta Tharpe was their inspiration....Sister Tharpe was inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in 2018...after her earlier passing..
This woman is wonderful. So much great "old" music that most folks are missing unless they heard it as a kid. Check out Bessie Smith, Charley Patton, Ma Rainey, Skip James etc., going back to the birth of the blues. I had always heard quotes from guys like Clapton, Page, Keith Richard about how people like Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson, Charley Patton had influenced them, and you can hear it. These people were playing the party music of their day, and the soul music for all days.
Wow. A Gibson SG that takes me back to my early years learning to play. Dad got mine out of a Pawn shop $40.00 cash back in 1966. A little note of Rosetta playing at some locations. We Black were not allowed in the audience at some locations down south.And that was the norm for most of the early Black musicians of the day. you could play in the club of White only. But When you took a Break between sessions, You could not eat, or drink in that same club. Day's of old.
So glad you reacted to Sister Rosetta Tharpe! Really enjoyed this and your comments! As others have mentioned, she had a great influence on many artists.
This woman is the innovator and creator of rock and roll that's why she's the godmother of rock and roll Chuck Berry Little Richard Elvis Presley and countless other rock stars were very inspired by this woman if it wasn't for her rock music wouldn't even exist
I take pride in my rock n roll knowledge and the fact that I only found out about her when i was 52 humbled me. She WAS Rock n roll Before it had a name. She is the bridge between Robert Johnson’s They’re Red Hot (1936) and Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats Rocket 88 (1951) . Not enough can be said about her influence.🤘🤘
I was introduced to Sister Rosetta Tharpe on the blues show on the weekends on KNKX. One of her best songs is "Strange things Happening Everyday". Thank God that Jon Kessler is a kind of historian of blues or I would never have known about her.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was an American singer & guitarist. She attained popularity in the 30's-40's with her gospel recordings & was referred to as "the original soul sister" & "the Godmother of rock & roll". She influenced early rock & roll musicians, including Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley & Jerry Lee Lewis. Tharpe was a pioneer in her guitar technique & used heavy distortion on her electric guitar. Her style of playing influenced British guitarists such as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck & Keith Richards. Some of her songs are "Rock Me", "That's All", "My Man & I", "The Lonesome Road", "This Train", "Down By The Riverside", "Strange Things Happening Every Day" etc.
Sister Tharpe has so much more than this clip. BTW, the extended cut has a few songs where it shows her mastery of the guitar. There are quite a few video clip from different gigs where she goes she make a guitar scream. Also I agree with you on the "Talking" part of the reaction and the Sister is very good. Glad that she is on the menu and hope for more (Please) :)
Sister Rosetta was one cool drink of water! Too much! This was I think either from a jazz or a folk festival in the early 1960s. Mighty fine any time. Thanks!
She was originally belting this out in the 40's. Don't know when this was performed. The studio version of this is golden. Don't lose the symbolism she was performing on the other side of the tracks.
You often think you know everything and then you bring something like that. What a great performer and musician. It's great that you're presenting something like this. Thanks for sharing and best regards @ll from hamburg (germany)
There's not much footage of her out there, and it's mostly late in her career, but here's one I like better. She goes for it even more on the guitar, cranking out a big solo. th-cam.com/video/JeaBNAXfHfQ/w-d-xo.html She was an influence on Chuck Berry and the entire first generation of Rock and Roll, and also many people after that. She is an unsung cornerstone to Rock and Roll.
Great song, great performance. Gotta agree with Eric T: Big Mama Thornton would be the right follow up to Sister Rosetta. May I suggest her moving rendition of “Lucky Old Sun” from her album “Stronger Than Dirt”? Peace.✌🏻
Maybe the greatest woman guitarist of all time. Certainly a tremendous inluence and inspiration to Bonnie Raitt and others. Showing some gospel roots/influences of rock.
She is the True Mother of Rock Music . And no matter how much the Record companies lie and try to erase this truth , they will fail . You can't erase the truth!
The "Record companies" really couldn't care less one way or the other; they are equally willing to lie or tell the truth - whichever they figure will make them more money. That's their only agenda, and it's no secret.
Anybody noticed,she’s performing in front of all white students?Divided by a railtrack?🙁 I love Sister for her artwork! The older I get the more appreciate her music! RIP💎
The Godmother of Rock and Roll, she influenced every rocker!
Watching her is like being present at the moment of the Big Bang. The birth of rock and roll.
Yes! These British kids didn't know what they were witnessing on this rainy day. She even preceded Little Richard and Chuck Berry.
They did know.
One of the Progenitors of Rock and Roll...The True Godmother of Rock and Roll
Never got the recognition she deserved...she was an inspiration for it all...an original
One of the most influential artists in the development of rock and roll, both as a singer and a guitarist.
My father and an older brother sang this song several times a day. The rain poured every day what seemed like 40 days.
Perhaps Mrs Tharpe is allowing them to sing along and play harmonica in Heaven!
The source of Rock & Roll, even Chuck Berry said it. Love the look on that Gibson SG too
Sister Rosetta is well known in the UK by followers of the Blues and Gospel music.
This was filmed at an old train station in the UK.
A true legend who influenced so many people...She`s in the Hall of Fame now, but even that took too long....You should have let the video finish...After the words on the screen at the very end she had something nice to say to the audience.
The origins of Rock ‘n Roll. Love this. Thank you. 👏👏🇨🇦🇨🇦
This is 1964, I think. She toured the UK with Muddy Waters. She was on the radio in the 1930s and ‘40s in the USA and Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis all name her as an influence.
Early rock n roll came from gospel, blues, blue grass, folk and country and Sister Rosetta Tharpe shows you the way. Definitely recommend Big Mama Thornton for your next early rock journey.
I mean country stemmed from Blue's and Soul Music if we wanna be technical
@Trevon Womack debatable as it has roots in Scottish and Irish folk music just like blue grass but it is one big melting pot.
My Momma played sister Rosetta and lots of Bessie Smith, Leontyne Price, John Lee Hooker throughout my childhood before she passed when I was 9. THESE incredible women sing the soundtrack to a wonderful young childhood! Thank you for playing this!
They’re sitting at a railway station. British kids loved her when Americans didn’t know who she was.
Just like Hendrix
Sister Rosetta Tharpe...the Grandmother of Rock n Roll born in the 1910's...She introduced a electric guitar to her Church on Sunday and became famous both in Church and on tour...All the early Rock and Rollers accredited their experimenting with riffs from her...Chuck Berry even said if you watch my shows and Sister Rosetta's shows you will see that I actually based my stage performances after her's....Elvis, Chuck Berry and so many others said Sister Rosetta Tharpe was their inspiration....Sister Tharpe was inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in 2018...after her earlier passing..
The Godmother!!! There is a great documentary about her amazing life from 2011 called The Godmother of Rock & Roll which is excellent.
I really like it when you feature roots artists. It is so important not to forget where all this great music came from.
The spectacular talent of Sister Rosetta.
This woman is wonderful. So much great "old" music that most folks are missing unless they heard it as a kid. Check out Bessie Smith, Charley Patton, Ma Rainey, Skip James etc., going back to the birth of the blues. I had always heard quotes from guys like Clapton, Page, Keith Richard about how people like Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson, Charley Patton had influenced them, and you can hear it. These people were playing the party music of their day, and the soul music for all days.
Wow. A Gibson SG that takes me back to my early years learning to play. Dad got mine out of a Pawn shop $40.00 cash back in 1966. A little note of Rosetta playing at some locations. We Black were not allowed in the audience at some locations down south.And that was the norm for most of the early Black musicians of the day. you could play in the club of White only. But When you took a Break between sessions, You could not eat, or drink in that same club. Day's of old.
So glad you reacted to Sister Rosetta Tharpe! Really enjoyed this and your comments! As others have mentioned, she had a great influence on many artists.
This woman is the innovator and creator of rock and roll that's why she's the godmother of rock and roll Chuck Berry Little Richard Elvis Presley and countless other rock stars were very inspired by this woman if it wasn't for her rock music wouldn't even exist
Sister Rosetta Tharpe is known as the Godmother of Rock and Roll. She is part of the foundation of Rock and Roll.
I take pride in my rock n roll knowledge and the fact that I only found out about her when i was 52 humbled me. She WAS Rock n roll
Before it had a name. She is the bridge between Robert Johnson’s They’re Red Hot (1936) and Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats
Rocket 88 (1951) . Not enough can be said about her influence.🤘🤘
I was introduced to Sister Rosetta Tharpe on the blues show on the weekends on KNKX. One of her best songs is "Strange things Happening Everyday". Thank God that Jon Kessler is a kind of historian of blues or I would never have known about her.
Filmed in a railway station in The UK
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was an American singer & guitarist. She attained popularity in the 30's-40's with her gospel recordings & was referred to as "the original soul sister" & "the Godmother of rock & roll". She influenced early rock & roll musicians, including Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley & Jerry Lee Lewis. Tharpe was a pioneer in her guitar technique & used heavy distortion on her electric guitar. Her style of playing influenced British guitarists such as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck & Keith Richards. Some of her songs are "Rock Me", "That's All", "My Man & I", "The Lonesome Road", "This Train", "Down By The Riverside", "Strange Things Happening Every Day" etc.
Great performance!
Sister Tharpe has so much more than this clip. BTW, the extended cut has a few songs where it shows her mastery of the guitar. There are quite a few video clip from different gigs where she goes she make a guitar scream. Also I agree with you on the "Talking" part of the reaction and the Sister is very good. Glad that she is on the menu and hope for more (Please) :)
Great person to feature. I noticed a previous comment that mentioned Rock being child of Gospel, Blues, etc., etc. Completely true.
Sister Rosetta was one cool drink of water! Too much! This was I think either from a jazz or a folk festival in the early 1960s. Mighty fine any time. Thanks!
Loretta's a badass Gospel Rocker - and she rained all night long , children !
I'm a simple woman. I see a Sister Rosetta Tharpe reaction, I click 'like' :)
She was originally belting this out in the 40's. Don't know when this was performed. The studio version of this is golden.
Don't lose the symbolism she was performing on the other side of the tracks.
No symbolism - it was a convenient and imaginative idea for a stage, that's all.
I think you'll find, she was very active in the 1930's!!
This was done in 1964 I believe in Manchester England
@@brentfreeland5834 = Produced & Broadcast by "Granada T.V" (more well known for "Coronation St"
1930s
You often think you know everything and then you bring something like that. What a great performer and musician. It's great that you're presenting something like this. Thanks for sharing and best regards @ll from hamburg (germany)
Fyi this was video taped in England.
I was just jamming to her a couple days ago😎👍 She's KOOL
1964 Chorlton Railway Station in Manchester
Amazing. She's playing a Les Paul, a very early model, before Gibson changed the name to SG. Some nice riffs too :)
CHARISMA... even without all the talent, she is like eating a hot bowl of soup on a cold rainy day and you can feel her genuine love for the music.
The first Lady of Rock n Roll
In the words of Sam Phillips "Sister Rosetta goes before us".
You must listen to her sing together with Marie Knight. They had a fantastic duo in the 40ies.
Watch her documentary! Impressive lady!
She was the first woman to play electric guitar. You were watching history.
She might have invented the guitar solo. You're seeing the birth of rock n roll. She was buried with her guitar
Chod, I just wish you could see the look on your face. Too funny!!
You reacted to history. Not too long a line between Sister Rosetta and Chuck Berry how you reacted to yesterday.
Sister Rosetta!
There's not much footage of her out there, and it's mostly late in her career, but here's one I like better. She goes for it even more on the guitar, cranking out a big solo.
th-cam.com/video/JeaBNAXfHfQ/w-d-xo.html
She was an influence on Chuck Berry and the entire first generation of Rock and Roll, and also many people after that. She is an unsung cornerstone to Rock and Roll.
She is the best
I read that a very young Eric Clapton was in the audience.
Love Sister Rosetta Tharpe ❤
Great song, great performance. Gotta agree with Eric T: Big Mama Thornton would be the right follow up to Sister Rosetta. May I suggest her moving rendition of “Lucky Old Sun” from her album “Stronger Than Dirt”? Peace.✌🏻
The real queen of rock n roll
One of if not the first musician to amplify the guitar in the 1930's, alongside T-Bone Walker.
She is amazing, and she has piano God, Otis Spann backing her.
t;his was a live show from a tour of England and the promoter booked an actual train station for the show. It was filmed for English TV in 1964
Maybe the greatest woman guitarist of all time. Certainly a tremendous inluence and inspiration to Bonnie Raitt and others. Showing some gospel roots/influences of rock.
And this is just the beginning of Memphis music.
The GOAT
Word is that the likes of Jeff Beck, Clapton, and some Rolling Stones were there to hear their legend. Her guitar style reminds me of Keith Richards.
Sister Risetta is the Godmother of modern Rick n roll.
Just got email where she will be at Antone’s on March 19th!
Lyn "the female preacher" Collins -
Think (About It)
Proof of her being ahead of her time is the transmitter in her pocket, she is wireless children.
i wonder how much that gibson would be worth today.
She is the True Mother of Rock Music . And no matter how much the Record companies lie and try to erase this truth , they will fail . You can't erase the truth!
The "Record companies" really couldn't care less one way or the other; they are equally willing to lie or tell the truth - whichever they figure will make them more money. That's their only agenda, and it's no secret.
You should have a picture of her behind you. What a woman.
Yep.....she's a struttin'.
She's in England.....Standing in the rain playing her electric guitar and tellin everyone about Noah's flood.
Anybody noticed,she’s performing in front of all white students?Divided by a railtrack?🙁
I love Sister for her artwork!
The older I get the more appreciate her music!
RIP💎
can you do a reaction to Salisbury by Uriah Heep
here is an earlier tune you guys could react to : th-cam.com/video/heYxa6yX2os/w-d-xo.html
The full show. th-cam.com/video/yds77TQFfdE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=uBMG-OjpIdmqu4g3
Are you sleeping on Lewis Capaldi?
Without rosetta tharpe, no chuck berrys and so on ...
But did it rain or not?!