Before Chuck Berry. Before Elvis. Before Little Richard. There was Sister Rosetta Tharpe. In the 1930s, she was pioneering the rock & roll sound. Plugging in her electric guitar, blending gospel with blues, and creating the riffs that would later define the genre. She inspired Chuck Berry’s guitar style. Elvis’s stage presence. Chuck Berry said his career was “one long Sister Rosetta Tharpe impersonation.” And yet, when she died in 1973, she was buried in an unmarked grave. It wasn’t until 2018
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Before Chuck Berry. Before Elvis. Before Little Richard. There was Sister Rosetta Tharpe. In the 1930s, she was pioneering the rock & roll sound. Plugging in her electric guitar, blending gospel with blues, and creating the riffs that would later define the genre. She inspired Chuck Berry’s guitar style. Elvis’s stage presence. Chuck Berry said his career was “one long Sister Rosetta Tharpe impersonation.” And yet, when she died in 1973, she was buried in an unmarked grave. It wasn’t until 2018
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