Sister Rosetta Tharpe- "Didn't It Rain?" Live 1964 (Reelin' In The Years Archive)

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  • @patrickkowalski8256
    @patrickkowalski8256 Před 3 lety +3833

    I remember seeing something where she said: who needs a microphone when I’ve got a voice as big as a church and lungs as powerful as the Holy Spirit?! That alone is the best!

    • @Shakes-Off-Fear
      @Shakes-Off-Fear Před 3 lety +78

      She’s got a lapel microphone, you can see it on her coat. But the point remains. I reckon she hardly needed it on the day haha

    • @caljader3388
      @caljader3388 Před 3 lety +12

      AMEN to that!!🙏

    • @LeaAddams
      @LeaAddams Před 3 lety +29

      @@Shakes-Off-Fear I mean, the lapel will probably be for recording her for TV rather than to put through a PA.

    • @kenkovar2647
      @kenkovar2647 Před 2 lety +13

      she feelin the spirit fo sure

    • @lorrainekilunda8424
      @lorrainekilunda8424 Před 2 lety +3

      OMG

  • @jessicalopez4627
    @jessicalopez4627 Před 2 lety +3746

    Imagine starting Rock and Roll and not getting credited as much as other people. She deserves the title of Queen and King of Rock and Roll

    • @garethamery3167
      @garethamery3167 Před 2 lety +83

      @@suraya1224 And heartbreak and gender non-conformism and being cast out and a terrible death...the story of rock and roll and all that came after... all that besides, watch her mannerisms closely: chuck berry to keith richards...they all either copy her or (more accurately) learnt from her (and acknowlege it) and embody the same physicality of relationship with the guitar...

    • @beefsoda1
      @beefsoda1 Před 2 lety +3

      Yes

    • @DrProfScience1
      @DrProfScience1 Před 2 lety +48

      I think Rock 'n' Roll was around before 1964...

    • @jessithanks8082
      @jessithanks8082 Před 2 lety +84

      @@DrProfScience1 Yes, but this was after she had already invented the style many years prior. She didn't stop after others took it up.

    • @ExcelperTe
      @ExcelperTe Před 2 lety +48

      SHE NEEDS MORE CREDIT!!!!!!

  • @scrambles7045
    @scrambles7045 Před 2 měsíci +79

    Anyone in 2024? 😎

  • @AvenEngineer
    @AvenEngineer Před 3 lety +2014

    Ain't nobody cool as Sister Rosetta playing an SG at the train station, in a jeweled fur coat. What a legend.

    • @cireravilob
      @cireravilob Před 3 lety +54

      And don’t forget about that entrance. Classic

    • @ibnufasya6408
      @ibnufasya6408 Před 3 lety +13

      she looks so cool

    • @ILoveTheAllCreator
      @ILoveTheAllCreator Před 3 lety +17

      That Coach and SG is a classic baby!

    • @scotthouston3607
      @scotthouston3607 Před 3 lety +7

      I believe that was called a Les Paul back then. Keith Richards played one.

    • @ibnufasya6408
      @ibnufasya6408 Před 3 lety +1

      @@scotthouston3607 yeah but les didn't like it

  • @MarcoA1971
    @MarcoA1971 Před 4 lety +5105

    The best part of CZcams is finding musicians you've never seen or heard before and loving them immediately

    • @chey7827
      @chey7827 Před 4 lety +35

      Yes Mark, nice observation, and nice inquiring mind you have, I'll bet you don't get bored.

    • @antoniorobles3498
      @antoniorobles3498 Před 4 lety +13

      FACTS MARKWOLFE !!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯🙏

    • @thandiswamahlatshana1329
      @thandiswamahlatshana1329 Před 4 lety +13

      MarkWolfe I agree with you 100%

    • @theogarcia8962
      @theogarcia8962 Před 4 lety +17

      MarkWolfe this is my first time coming her. True music, especially when the crowd is involved

    • @816am2
      @816am2 Před 4 lety +11

      311 and Metallica brought me here.
      I LOVE MUSIC

  • @oompaloompadoompa-de-doo3614
    @oompaloompadoompa-de-doo3614 Před 3 měsíci +54

    How a black woman could say to a bunch of white kids that she loved them with a genuine warm smile on her face after the years of horrible racism she saw growing up is proof that she really had God’s love and forgiveness in her heart and just what a light she was and how much that light burned with the Holy Spirit.

    • @seantuohy3100
      @seantuohy3100 Před 2 měsíci +1

      So many great blues players were kept alive and performing by mostly white college circuit gigs. Sister Rosetta, John Lee Hooker, so many more. If they were lucky they lived long enough to be appreciated as the giants they were. Most only got that recognition after they'd died.

    • @linda-ricci
      @linda-ricci Před 6 dny

      she was a performer. that's what they do.

  • @Callie1981
    @Callie1981 Před rokem +289

    Pulls up in a horse drawn carriage, is led onto the stage by a dapper gent, and then proceeds to tear the house down, all whilst still in her coat. 100% pure class.

  • @Molekuelorbital
    @Molekuelorbital Před 9 dny +2

    Sister Rosetta Tharpe - the real and only Mother of Rock'n Roll! Love her so much! ❤❤❤
    My greatest tribute to the earthly legacy she left us! ❤❤❤
    Every soul is immortal, we are all trains on the way to heaven, so we all will meet again one day! I can hardly wait! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @garrettjodie9283
    @garrettjodie9283 Před 3 lety +1058

    My grandmother used to tell me about Miss Tharpe and she always said "she already at top, she's just waiting for the men to catch up" lol

    • @mulyjuhaish7683
      @mulyjuhaish7683 Před 3 lety +14

      my ipads not coperating, A THOUSAND THUMBS UP

    • @MARYANNE269
      @MARYANNE269 Před 3 lety +4

      Great!! See I knew she was something else x

    • @soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342
      @soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 Před 3 lety +20

      The god of rock is a queen. Jimi and Chuck said so...

    • @mikehunt5134
      @mikehunt5134 Před 3 lety

      Hey friend, I hope you know you're always loved and supported!! I love you buddy, if you ever need anyone to talk to, I'm here. Rest in peace. ❤

    • @SwedeProof
      @SwedeProof Před 3 lety +2

      Wow! Your grandmother absolutely nailed it!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

  • @awsome1605
    @awsome1605 Před 3 lety +1403

    Elvis once said “rock 'n roll music is basically gospel and rhythm n blues.” and Sister Rosetta Tharpe is the embodiment of that synthesis.

    • @keybladechosn1
      @keybladechosn1 Před 3 lety +62

      Elvis watched her perform

    • @marteenee88
      @marteenee88 Před 2 lety +72

      Elvis was a con

    • @RITardNation
      @RITardNation Před 2 lety +125

      He had no choice, his entire career is owed to black musicians

    • @lunalea1250
      @lunalea1250 Před 2 lety +41

      At least he admitted how influential she was on him!

    • @WardNightstone
      @WardNightstone Před 2 lety +33

      where do you think he and Chuck Berry learned it from

  • @Shea_Connerty
    @Shea_Connerty Před rokem +116

    Would be nice if they did a movie about her

    • @latonyanewsome0
      @latonyanewsome0 Před rokem +17

      Exactly! Either Queen Latifah (I think she looks a lot like her) or Macy Gray.

    • @DVD927
      @DVD927 Před měsícem +3

      I’d buy a ticket

    • @Yo58br
      @Yo58br Před 23 dny +1

      Estava faltando esse comentário. Eu iria amar ver um filme sobre essa rainha ❤

  • @Tend2Rose
    @Tend2Rose Před 15 dny +4

    This beautiful black granny makes me so proud to see history.
    The best. ❤❤❤

  • @mlijah2730
    @mlijah2730 Před 3 lety +485

    the class, the style
    exits a carriage, strolls over casually,
    *obtains guitar*
    immediately slays

    • @pvkoz8698
      @pvkoz8698 Před 2 lety +11

      Perfectly said and the power too. She's a strong person.

    • @shodapad07
      @shodapad07 Před rokem

      Lovely

    • @lukeafterluke
      @lukeafterluke Před rokem

      😅👌

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton Před rokem +1

      Nice Horse, what a nice thing...GIMME A KEY

    • @howiemandel5787
      @howiemandel5787 Před 3 měsíci

      Best part is that her guitars a fuckin Gibson SG just like Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath used😂the fact that there’s a direct line from this woman, to Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath (& from there to brutal death metal, grindcore, sludge metal & every other extreme form of metal & also Hardcore/Hardcore Punk) is one of the most beautiful things to ever occur in human history

  • @kekwayblaze3176
    @kekwayblaze3176 Před 3 lety +1761

    The Godmother of Rock and Roll. Hollywood should make a movie about her as she influenced music in such a way that it is still felt to this day.

    • @radicalmind18
      @radicalmind18 Před 3 lety +96

      Played by Queen Latifah 💯🔥

    • @psylocibin9359
      @psylocibin9359 Před 3 lety +31

      Yeah let Hollywood fuck even more up👍

    • @UnderdogSMO
      @UnderdogSMO Před 3 lety +12

      Mother of Rock and Roll FTFY

    • @mcFreaki
      @mcFreaki Před 3 lety +63

      no she wasn't the godmother of rock and roll
      she was the MOTHER of rock 'n' roll. put some RESPECT on her name!

    • @kekwayblaze3176
      @kekwayblaze3176 Před 3 lety +26

      @@mcFreaki She is called that by others, just like Patti LaBelle is called the "Godmother of Soul" and just like
      James Brown is referred to as the
      "Godfather of Soul".
      There are two men who are referred to as the "Father of Rock and Roll" and they are Chuck Berry and legendary DJ and promoter Alan Freed.
      You are right though that Sister Rosetta Sharp should be referred to as the
      "Mother of Rock and Roll". I was not disrespecting her legacy but pointing out that she is also referred to as the
      "Godmother of Rock and Roll" as well.
      It was a long overdue induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 2018 when Sister Rosetta Sharp was finally inducted.. I think a movie on her life and legacy on music should be made.

  • @user-fe2dy3pu6l
    @user-fe2dy3pu6l Před 9 hodinami

    I love these oldie Goldie's
    Brings me back my memories
    I miss my Big mama
    She loved playing these oldie
    Goldie's
    Why she bootleg 🍺🍺
    Cheers everybody this bud's for you ❤❤

  • @gregorymata9154
    @gregorymata9154 Před 3 měsíci +2

    And there she is: the true craftswoman of rock n' roll. Thank you mama!!❤

  • @ssheri9429
    @ssheri9429 Před 4 lety +2436

    Take a bow Sister Rosetta Tharpe. All those listening to you in 2020 sends their love and respect.

  • @FelixDance88
    @FelixDance88 Před 4 lety +2547

    Ladies and gents, you are witnessing the prototype of rock and roll. Sister Rosetta is severely underrated. The rock and roll hall of fame JUST inducted her, even though she practically invented the damn genre

    • @littlegothgirl8869
      @littlegothgirl8869 Před 4 lety +36

      True....

    • @negus06
      @negus06 Před 4 lety +16

      A birthing!

    • @David.L291
      @David.L291 Před 4 lety +44

      never even heard of her ever, lol amazing how now youtube wants me to watch this :) sad to read up that she died so young though

    • @artsylovelylady
      @artsylovelylady Před 4 lety +8

      Truth

    • @HigherPlanes
      @HigherPlanes Před 4 lety +15

      That electric guitar seems too out of place in this video.

  • @COLLYD420
    @COLLYD420 Před 9 dny +3

    She is the most unbelievable woman I’ve ever seen. She rips so hard.

  • @asilva781
    @asilva781 Před 2 lety +553

    Not the godmother of rock and roll, she was the true MOTHER of the rock and roll. Real respect to her.

    • @elizabethreid7706
      @elizabethreid7706 Před rokem +5

      Absolutely 🤗

    • @edreed5571
      @edreed5571 Před 9 měsíci +1

      lmao imagine believing this

    • @KevinSting
      @KevinSting Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@edreed5571cope

    • @sillyl8y
      @sillyl8y Před 7 měsíci +6

      @@edreed5571i am begging you to explain why you don’t

    • @dragonknight337
      @dragonknight337 Před 6 měsíci

      Who was it then, Joan Jett with the time machine 👀

  • @seregill13
    @seregill13 Před 3 lety +628

    The way she plays that electric guitar in 1964 gives me chills. So far ahead of the times.

    • @kenkovar2647
      @kenkovar2647 Před 2 lety +3

      yep

    • @wingman4668
      @wingman4668 Před 2 lety +16

      bro she was FEELIN that rhythm

    • @david6099
      @david6099 Před 2 lety +8

      Not in 64. Keep in mind players like Hendrix and Clapton were already around.

    • @seregill13
      @seregill13 Před 2 lety +9

      @@david6099 In 64 Hendrix and Clapton were basically unknown, they were taking influence from people like her.

    • @david6099
      @david6099 Před 2 lety +11

      @@seregill13 keep in mind Hendrix died in 69. He was already playing the way he did. I’m not saying she wasn’t influential but to say this was ground breaking in 64 is not accurate.

  • @Trish-j7j
    @Trish-j7j Před měsícem +4

    I am so grateful to be able to see her in 2024! She is better than anyone we have now. She is amazing 😍

  • @mrd3863
    @mrd3863 Před 6 měsíci +79

    I was today years old. 49 years of not knowing about this badass woman.

    • @leslieleebern2266
      @leslieleebern2266 Před 3 měsíci

      Pretty awesome find, huh? Have you looked all her stuff up yet?

    • @neicosta
      @neicosta Před 2 měsíci +4

      History did everything to erase this incredible woman. but talent could not be hidden. Badass indeed!

    • @Leopard3_
      @Leopard3_ Před 2 měsíci

      Dude there's a treasure trove of old blues stuff online now. RL Burnside my dude

    • @derek3708
      @derek3708 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@neicosta "history did everything it could" lol it's on youtube. You didn't have to find some obscure magazine and dig through garage sales to find this song

    • @lnlself1117
      @lnlself1117 Před měsícem

      How about 55+ loving rock all my life and not knowing anything about this woman.

  • @nkululekonazo5755
    @nkululekonazo5755 Před 3 lety +573

    Black women contribution to American 🇺🇲 arts in unmeasurable and undeniable

  • @2k22
    @2k22 Před 4 lety +264

    She invented rock 'n roll and was the first to say:
    "I guess you guys aren't ready for that, yet. But your kids are gonna love it."

    • @bobbyschannel349
      @bobbyschannel349 Před rokem

      she didn't invent rock n roll...

    • @paulmaxwell8851
      @paulmaxwell8851 Před 5 měsíci

      Let's be clear: no one person invented rock n roll. However, Tharpe was perhaps the first to take gospel and punch it up for mainly white audiences. If you don't feel, based on the timeline, that she was the mother of the genre, who was? Everyone else came later. @@bobbyschannel349

  • @lindagant5630
    @lindagant5630 Před rokem +2

    😃🔊 MY MOTHER DEAR (89YEARS OLD) LOVE THE SINGER AND THE SONG

  • @csutton161
    @csutton161 Před rokem +26

    That move she makes at the 2:49 mark, she played that guitar like it was a part of her...A powerful voice and genius on guitar, the TRUE mother of rock and roll.

  • @MartellMedia2
    @MartellMedia2 Před 4 lety +407

    Can we take a few seconds to appreciate how bless we are to being capable to discover something like this every once in a while?

  • @alexspraggins7650
    @alexspraggins7650 Před 3 lety +425

    Everyone listening in 2021, don't let the memory of this beautiful music die with the legendary musicians.

    • @melodied4314
      @melodied4314 Před 2 lety +1

      Same for 2022,

    • @paulobtuble
      @paulobtuble Před 2 lety

      Still Listen 05/10/2022. Amen 🙏

    • @paulobtuble
      @paulobtuble Před 2 lety +3

      When I want to be enspired, I watch this video. She mix Gospel & Rythm & Blues. And Sings to The Lord in The sky. Amen 🙏

    • @reecegeorgens1755
      @reecegeorgens1755 Před 2 lety +1

      I see a lot of people complaining that she isn’t as known because she was a woman and gender conforming whatever crap. I think it’s better this way though. Id rather her stay relatively obscure and be able to just enjoy her music without having to hear a bunch of white liberals who just found her music pretend to have known about her all along and start complaining about injustices instead of just appreciating what she did for rock n roll. Or worse comparing her to modern artists as a trailblazer like Lizzo or something.

    • @tonirose6776
      @tonirose6776 Před 2 lety

      or 2022!

  • @jorelcruz158
    @jorelcruz158 Před dnem

    Found her name reading heaven and earth grocery store. Books really leads me anywhere to someone. ❤❤❤

  • @NReese-if1nm
    @NReese-if1nm Před rokem +29

    This is a classic! This woman was a classic! And I love the quote below: "who needs a microphone when I’ve got a voice as big as a church and lungs as powerful as the Holy Spirit?!" That's just fabulous!

    • @laurettahunte6878
      @laurettahunte6878 Před rokem +1

      Wow! Can't believe this is the first i am listening to this amazing lady, what a shame, with a voice like that she should have been in the front line, not being made to walk in back doors.

  • @LC-rj5lb
    @LC-rj5lb Před 3 lety +689

    The way she picked up that guitar like a boss!!!!! YES QUEEN!!!!

  • @alex.ann_der
    @alex.ann_der Před 4 lety +1819

    When your grandma is more rock and roll than you'll ever be

    • @geezler4083
      @geezler4083 Před 4 lety +19

      Ted Nugent once said his grandmother can play better guitar then them, referring to the band The Clash. Now, I can believe it.

    • @peachesb-georgia1125
      @peachesb-georgia1125 Před 4 lety +12

      She definitely has the moves...

    • @genevavredeveld3748
      @genevavredeveld3748 Před 4 lety +6

      And Gospel rock at that!!!

    • @jamesbarker4054
      @jamesbarker4054 Před 4 lety +1

      @@geezler4083 that's not hard to believe!

    • @l.quranhubbard5275
      @l.quranhubbard5275 Před 4 lety +16

      Actually, it is blues, but the best Rock and Roll was blues based.

  • @raulmacias6146
    @raulmacias6146 Před rokem +74

    What charisma, magnetism and talent!
    Sister Rosetta Tharpe we love you!

  • @bleuiselectric4546
    @bleuiselectric4546 Před rokem +2

    This makes me so happy!

  • @MrBigR928
    @MrBigR928 Před 3 lety +45

    My dad is outta Jackson, Alabama waaaaay back up in them woods where the asphalt stops and the orange clay dirt starts, and he always tell me about these artist back in his youth. Me and my friends would be dying laffing because pop always enjoyed talking about the good times coming up in those times (Jim Crow). My homies love to hear my Pop talk about when him and his running buddies went to see James Brown and The Famous Flames and they were drinking a rott gutt liquor call "Red Dagger"! Lawd I'm so glad that this new social media can put a face with these stories of old and we can see our elders and appreciate and learn and be proud of our heritage which we're supposed to be anyway because we have been through hell and highwater but we're still standing! So thank you elders for going through and keeping the faith because it's 2021 and we're still going through and it seem like they're trying to take us back! Next they'll be telling us to guess how many bubbles in a bar of soap so we can vote! Maaaan...let me stop! Y'all stay sturdy and stay safe and keep the faith 💯🙏🏿💪🏾✊🏾

    • @stevelyman6917
      @stevelyman6917 Před 2 lety +1

      Your family's story should become a book.

    • @lunalea1250
      @lunalea1250 Před 2 lety

      Pretty please preserve them at all cost!🥳🙏🏾

    • @kryssifree
      @kryssifree Před 6 měsíci

      Love this

    • @ronniejohnson196
      @ronniejohnson196 Před 3 dny

      I spent some time in Birmingham Alabama in the early 1970s and sampled "Red Dagger" wine and while there they came out with Red Dagger Junior to cut It back a little. Yet, what was just as if not more potent was Purple Cow! Peace...

    • @user-it1rx5js8e
      @user-it1rx5js8e Před dnem

      keep the faith.. the most important thing on earth

  • @thatonegirlelaine
    @thatonegirlelaine Před 3 lety +216

    My mom talked about Rosetta Tharpe all the time. One day earlier this year we listened to a podcast on her. She had such an interesting life. She was extremely popular in her day. She was more appreciated outside the US. I hate that so many have not heard of her. Amazing lady.

    • @thatonegirlelaine
      @thatonegirlelaine Před 2 lety +5

      @Laurence O'Connor That is so cool!

    • @fifermcgee5971
      @fifermcgee5971 Před rokem +1

      Josephine Baker, was another great opportunity missed by the racists American people.

    • @waynebaker5720
      @waynebaker5720 Před rokem +4

      I'd never heard of her until today wow

    • @yourmother1850
      @yourmother1850 Před rokem +5

      This is the true start of real in your face, energetic rock and roll rippin from a triple humbucking gibson SG. Absolute legend.

  • @metalstonk2633
    @metalstonk2633 Před rokem +30

    As a guitar player myself, I simply adore this woman! Jimmy was right to be inspired by her 😊

  • @user-ez8bu9ur1o
    @user-ez8bu9ur1o Před 6 měsíci +7

    There's never going to be a more important influence in music definition and expertise than All of our sister and the lord's work !!!! She truly is an Angel !!!!

    • @gregnormal55.
      @gregnormal55. Před měsícem

      Hello!!! How are you doing today! Please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you're a fan.... Stay Safe!

  • @alyssasmith8385
    @alyssasmith8385 Před 4 lety +367

    She rocking in heels that's even more talent

  • @Steven-nl7wd
    @Steven-nl7wd Před 2 měsíci

    WHAT A SOUND FOR 1964!!! I was born in 1959 and yesterday was browsing through U-TUBE and found The Godmother Rosetta Tharpe and I could not believe my ears.Wow what a treat!!! I love it.

  • @tsedytaye8681
    @tsedytaye8681 Před 3 lety +147

    When she straps on that guitar, I'm so proud to be a woman.

  • @FlangernotAnger
    @FlangernotAnger Před 2 měsíci +4

    How can I be a blues guitar lover, and JUST found this beautiful woman??? So damn good! And expensive Gibson guitars too! Proof that God loves ALL of us!!! I wish I had my old red Gibson SG, and my ES 135. (Made on Valentine's day) That's not rain, that's tears. I love you Rosetta!

  • @originalscottfree
    @originalscottfree Před rokem +18

    It should be noted that she wasn't performing for the camera or even the folks in the crowd really, she was playing for the Lord; that IMHO makes it all that much better.

  • @naomiwinters3738
    @naomiwinters3738 Před 4 lety +354

    This old lady is cooler than I will ever be.

  • @MM-cl7vv
    @MM-cl7vv Před 4 lety +335

    I am simultaneously grateful for discovering Sister Tharpe today and furious that the discovery took so long. What an immense talent she was!

  • @justinfournier3894
    @justinfournier3894 Před 4 měsíci +1

    one of the coolest performances I have seen

  • @steemdup
    @steemdup Před 4 lety +476

    830 dislikes? people have no class, intelligence, or an appreciation for history and real talent. On a side note Ms Thorpe is rocking that gorgeous coat!

    • @dennisgutierrez5918
      @dennisgutierrez5918 Před 4 lety +3

      Gettin their 2 and 1/2 seconds

    • @petergrundy8081
      @petergrundy8081 Před 4 lety +5

      steemdup only a moron would dislike this

    • @derekcarter5409
      @derekcarter5409 Před 4 lety +1

      That's okay at least we know

    • @mrmike171562
      @mrmike171562 Před 4 lety +10

      I suspect the dislikes are from seeing an awesome black artist perform before a bland white crowd. How can you just sit in your seat and listen to her sing her heart out?

    • @diane4537
      @diane4537 Před 4 lety +1

      830 guys that could only tap their big feet!

  • @jamesshort8385
    @jamesshort8385 Před 4 lety +446

    She should be as well known as Waters, Wolf, King, et al. Glad the rock hall finally noticed her.

    • @edwardmunson3896
      @edwardmunson3896 Před 4 lety +14

      James Short: she was 30 years before her time. What an incredible voice. She could sing with the ease that most people could only speak with. Lord, I loved that woman and her voice.

    • @billbradleymusic
      @billbradleymusic Před 4 lety +5

      Blues not rock. Don't care what anybody says.

    • @stickmanbw
      @stickmanbw Před 4 lety +4

      @Mark Spires tell him

    • @shawnmcvey7789
      @shawnmcvey7789 Před 4 lety +2

      @@billbradleymusic Technically no, but the blues are the main thing that inspired rock, especially influencing the British blues of the late 60s, which led to so many other genre's.
      I mean, even look at Sabbath. Iommi was a blues dude who had almost the same exact guitar here, and through finding himself and the blues invented a genre.
      Most iconic music from the last 100 years or so evolved from electric blues, James Jamerson's basslines, the stage presence of soul artists, and the freedom of 60s counterculture.

    • @agustyagus1773
      @agustyagus1773 Před 4 lety +4

      As usual black jazz move mountains be it Everest o de Pico europa

  • @K0ljaW0dann
    @K0ljaW0dann Před rokem +16

    She looks so stylish and plays the guitar like a BOSS!!! How are these people in the audience not rushing the tracks?!

  • @abnertorrez460
    @abnertorrez460 Před měsícem

    Nice, I never knew who was tbe best female guitarist, but finally I found this rock star. Greets from Bolivia 🇧🇴.

  • @HoovyTube
    @HoovyTube Před 3 lety +413

    Absolute QUEEN!

  • @johndicarlo1945
    @johndicarlo1945 Před 2 lety +54

    Strapping on an electric guitar in the rain in the 60's. Probably safe, but it makes me appreciate her even more!! I agree with an earlier comment....we need a movie about this talented woman!

  • @nancynewman1465
    @nancynewman1465 Před 5 dny

    I can’t wait to listen to this lady in heaven ❤

  • @Bulldogmack6759
    @Bulldogmack6759 Před 3 měsíci

    Now that's cool🔥🔥 why can't we have musicians like this today, an era long gone I guess.

  • @PitBoladão
    @PitBoladão Před 2 lety +128

    How the hell have I never heard about this amazing lady?!?

    • @latonyanewsome0
      @latonyanewsome0 Před rokem +9

      Exactly so many owe her.

    • @quincyhyde8760
      @quincyhyde8760 Před rokem +9

      I'm embarrassed I just found out... and it was Instagram that told me. Sad

    • @AnonYmous-ob7py
      @AnonYmous-ob7py Před rokem

      Whitewashing history

    • @martinkuliza
      @martinkuliza Před rokem +1

      Because she isn't Justin Bieber or Niki Minaj

    • @martinkuliza
      @martinkuliza Před rokem +8

      @@quincyhyde8760
      Don't be embarrassed
      BE VERY PROUD THAT YOU FOUND HER

  • @antd8259
    @antd8259 Před 4 lety +347

    True pioneer.I've heard a lot of people didn't like her because of her "style" as in bluesy playing. I love it. Such a versatile musician who didn't stick to just one genre. She deserves her props.

    • @diane4537
      @diane4537 Před 4 lety +7

      They didn't like her because SHE SHOWED THEM UP!

    •  Před 4 lety +1

      Artist go unheard everyday

    • @jduff59
      @jduff59 Před 4 lety +2

      @q As long as we know the truth- that's whats important

  • @marionnelson7986
    @marionnelson7986 Před rokem +1

    Never tire of seeing her/them. Didn't it Rain......

  • @verdemaissaude5654
    @verdemaissaude5654 Před měsícem +1

    The best! Kisses From Brazilian.

  • @FortunateJuice
    @FortunateJuice Před 3 lety +34

    An old girlfriend of mine told me this was one of the greatest entrances ever made. I'm inclined to agree.

  • @parmjr1
    @parmjr1 Před 4 lety +28

    If you are 15-20 years old and here listening to this song, congratulations you have my respect. We need young people like you so that our real music can continue to exist. May 2020

    • @rosseatsleepjdm
      @rosseatsleepjdm Před 3 lety +3

      Nice to hear someone speak sense rather than nit-picking and calling them ignorant etc. If you really love a genre, you welcome people to it, not shut them out. I'm 30 so old enough to spread the good word :D When your Chuck Berry-loving father gives you a guitar at 6 then you are going to grow up with good taste!

    • @parmjr1
      @parmjr1 Před 3 lety +1

      @@rosseatsleepjdmCongratulations friend, stay with God !

    • @lorylove492
      @lorylove492 Před rokem

      Hate when old people say stupid stuff like this

    • @parmjr1
      @parmjr1 Před rokem

      @@lorylove492
      You should, first of all, respect the opinion of your elders. Comments like yours show that you don't have a minimum of education. God be with you !

    • @steve_harris_bass
      @steve_harris_bass Před rokem +1

      I'm 17, I love listening to music from the 1920's all the way to the 90's, I just love how in those decades they put so much thought and soul into their music compared to most of today, love it :D

  • @michaelyuscavage5179
    @michaelyuscavage5179 Před rokem +12

    Didn't know about Tharpe as a kid in high school, thirty years ago. Saw this video about five years ago. I teach high school American/African-American history now and you can bet she's part of our curriculum. Thanks for posting.

  • @mr.mckinnon5680
    @mr.mckinnon5680 Před 11 měsíci +25

    That's got to be the coolest Gibson SG, I've ever seen.
    Three humbuckers. Five knobs. And crispier than the first frost.
    If she had distortion with that guitar, she would have changed their hair cuts.

    • @denisevanselow2722
      @denisevanselow2722 Před 3 měsíci

      😂❤

    • @hansemannluchter643
      @hansemannluchter643 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Sister Rosetta Tharpes SG is in the Smithsonians collection.
      Recently, Epiphone re-issued it!!

    • @J_Kirch
      @J_Kirch Před 3 měsíci

      Angus Young would be Jealous..
      Her music was the immediate predecessor to rock 'n' roll and served as an inspiration to every early rock star worth knowing, from Elvis Presley and Little Richard to Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis.

  • @the_original_Bilb_Ono
    @the_original_Bilb_Ono Před 3 lety +307

    Her voice is so powerful that she doesn't even use a microphone!!! Wow, what a show.

    • @bobmomgodbob
      @bobmomgodbob Před 3 lety

      Do you know if she played the guitar live or is she miming on that too

    • @Shojikitsune1
      @Shojikitsune1 Před 3 lety +11

      @@bobmomgodbob She played it live.

    • @EdBTAB
      @EdBTAB Před 3 lety +28

      She has a mic on her lapel so it's all live.

    • @o0o_OutCast_o0o
      @o0o_OutCast_o0o Před 2 lety +13

      She has a mic on. It's clipped just below her chin

    • @humanconnectionaddict6765
      @humanconnectionaddict6765 Před 2 lety

      The late Canadian tenor Jon Vickers was the same. He sang the Star Spangled Banner in front of the White House in front of a mic once, but whenever he played Tristan, Otello, Sampson, Peter Grimes, etc. it was just raw vocal power that carried his performance.

  • @TahtahmesDiary
    @TahtahmesDiary Před 4 lety +70

    Her voice is SO full...takes me back to memories that aren't mine...

  • @climbeverest
    @climbeverest Před rokem +4

    i love how she moves to the beat, the music is in her bones

  • @Urushi12kitty
    @Urushi12kitty Před 4 lety +401

    There'd be no rock and roll as we know it without this lady right here! She was the PROTOTYPE! listen closely and you can here where alot of rock and rollers back in the day got their style and swag from and she rarely got acknowledged! I believve it was either Chuck Barry or Little Richard who said "My career has just been one long sister rosetta rose tharpe impression." THE POWER OF THAT STATEMENT! pay your respects because without this lady right here music would be VERY different

    • @MrDeanDog91
      @MrDeanDog91 Před 4 lety +12

      "There'd be no rock and roll as we know it " Chill out dude, yes there would be, rock n roll wasn't invented by one person.

    • @usertubeification
      @usertubeification Před 3 lety

      Pretty sure Chuck Berry had those riffs 20 years before her, but yeah, what you say. czcams.com/video/v124f0i0Xh4/video.html

    • @rosseatsleepjdm
      @rosseatsleepjdm Před 3 lety +13

      @@usertubeification The video is filmed in the 60s but she was around decades before, I think she helped Little Richard onto the scene. As a rule of thumb regarding RnR, if Chuck Berry said it, it's the truth. Just saying, so you can make sure you have your facts right :)

    • @kimneal5475
      @kimneal5475 Před 3 lety

      Sing and Shout

    • @rtdejimasan893
      @rtdejimasan893 Před 3 lety +2

      Well Rock n Roll wasn’t really invented by one person. It was the culmination of the efforts of many people. Someone else here said something about Chuck Berry. Even Chuck Berry had his influences. Give a listen to T Bone Walker and tell me Chuck wasn’t influenced by him. Listen to Goree Carter’s “Rock a While” too. Everybody was influenced by somebody.

  • @83dhtx48
    @83dhtx48 Před 3 lety +73

    She is a Rockstar like no other!!! Much respect to Sister Rosetta Tharpe!!

  • @AndySaenz924
    @AndySaenz924 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Beyoncé brought me here! She just mentioned Rosetta when she won her iheart radio innovator award.

  • @YogsenForfoth
    @YogsenForfoth Před rokem +12

    This is one of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen. ❤

  • @alisonhilll4317
    @alisonhilll4317 Před 4 lety +128

    Love the way they use a train station , as a stage , the whole world is a stage .

    • @reya8601
      @reya8601 Před 4 lety +2

      they had to, there was segregation in that area and the crowd was white. One of the reasons it wasn't in a theater.

    • @mikesaunders4775
      @mikesaunders4775 Před 4 lety +13

      It is in England , we have never had segregation.

    • @Pitcairn2
      @Pitcairn2 Před 4 lety +1

      @@reya8601 Nope.

    • @HattieMcDanielonaMoon
      @HattieMcDanielonaMoon Před 4 lety

      @@reya8601 That's England...

    • @mrgreengenes04
      @mrgreengenes04 Před 4 lety

      @@reya8601 No.

  • @BennysBenz
    @BennysBenz Před 4 lety +224

    Thier are no words to describe how she plays that guitar.

    • @jeanthree
      @jeanthree Před 4 lety +12

      She amazing Female version of Elvs that woman was Rock and Roll

    • @jonathanhandsmusic
      @jonathanhandsmusic Před 4 lety +7

      She really rocks that beautiful Gibson!

    • @jk8208
      @jk8208 Před 4 lety +8

      Elvis was inspired by her.

    • @sharonprry4939
      @sharonprry4939 Před 4 lety

      It sure ain't

    • @dawnsimons118
      @dawnsimons118 Před 4 lety

      Soul spirit freedom dream's . Ope nope your are right . There are no words . Amen

  • @helenjeanotterstroem7240
    @helenjeanotterstroem7240 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Classy entry, elegant coat and a voice that can cut steel

  • @Cornpop320
    @Cornpop320 Před 2 měsíci

    Much respect to whoever is mixing on the string and can soundboard.

  • @TERRAXX31
    @TERRAXX31 Před 4 lety +184

    They don't make em like this anymore, God bless sister Rosetta.

    • @mgb5170
      @mgb5170 Před 4 lety +1

      She made herself, mistress of of self

  • @richardandretti2680
    @richardandretti2680 Před 4 lety +198

    My goodness... I have never seen this or had any idea about this artist at all before... What a delight to come from work, open youtube, and this shows right on my face. I had to click on and seat and listen to the entire beautiful Art of this lady. I am glad I saw this...

  • @vomitingconfetti7187
    @vomitingconfetti7187 Před rokem +17

    Amazing. She's playing Rock,country and rap as early as the 60s. She should be credited for these inventions.

  • @isaacarteaga6141
    @isaacarteaga6141 Před měsícem

    Why this lady can sing and play without blowing your ears off😊

  • @lwejiami
    @lwejiami Před 4 lety +132

    The grandmama of rock'n'roll. She was something else

  • @billkramer1853
    @billkramer1853 Před 4 lety +504

    She's bad ass. Playing a electric guitar in the rain

  • @kimthomas8717
    @kimthomas8717 Před rokem +1

    She’s amazing and I love this song , sing it at work and it gets stuck in my head 💕💕 ohhhh how it rained 🎶

  • @angiethomspon9204
    @angiethomspon9204 Před rokem +2

    How can someone hates you for ur urgency of originality and then pick it up like it's theirs to rules. Give suits to the fullest extent and rightful couture.Go Mrs Tharpe 🙏 RIP RIGHTEOUSLY.

  • @cristinaklun3665
    @cristinaklun3665 Před 4 lety +438

    Shame on humanity for hiding such genius and beauty under a pile of rubbish prejudice. We are sadists for losing a lot of joy all this time. Sister, we need you to teach us the lesson.

    • @AnthropoidOne
      @AnthropoidOne Před 3 lety +6

      Hiding?

    • @brendagray4958
      @brendagray4958 Před 3 lety

      Amen

    • @sikorik9964
      @sikorik9964 Před 3 lety +12

      Well, I'll give it to the British, who recognized this greatness, they repackaged it and sold it back to us and we loved it.

    • @MrSmiley1964
      @MrSmiley1964 Před 3 lety +8

      Amen sister. The world would've been a much better place if she had been given a bigger stage to shine on all those years ago, But she shines here for the whole world to see.

    • @gerarduspoppel2831
      @gerarduspoppel2831 Před 3 lety +7

      If we can ever clone humans. Should we start with her?

  • @debraj.thomas661
    @debraj.thomas661 Před 4 lety +300

    Classics that need to be remembered! She’s the Queen of rock n roll Gospel!!!

    • @ronniewall1481
      @ronniewall1481 Před 4 lety +1

      One of them.

    • @VinylandKicks86
      @VinylandKicks86 Před 4 lety +9

      @Ronnie Wall, she's the most pioneering and at the same time the most unknown.

    • @ronniewall1481
      @ronniewall1481 Před 4 lety +1

      @@VinylandKicks86 you can't say that

    • @ronniewall1481
      @ronniewall1481 Před 4 lety +1

      The most unknown really. People have no clue how to use words.
      No such thing as the most unknown the most pioneering

    • @ronniewall1481
      @ronniewall1481 Před 4 lety +3

      @@VinylandKicks86 oh I see what you are. You're one those racist people who think black and white are actually different races. Poor humans so easy to dupe. There's no black no white just shades of brown.

  • @athenamendenhall2651
    @athenamendenhall2651 Před 9 měsíci +2

    The voice, the rhythm, and the way she murks that guitar at the same time. Definitely ahead of her curve. Rest in peace Sister!

  • @raezaolivia1031
    @raezaolivia1031 Před 5 měsíci +1

    60 years later n still a timeless master piece.

  • @darrellsomers5427
    @darrellsomers5427 Před 4 lety +655

    The real king of rock and roll ,is a queen

    • @tronicraft
      @tronicraft Před 4 lety +24

      Wow, what a lesson in real history!

    • @michelewalburn4376
      @michelewalburn4376 Před 4 lety +22

      She is amazing. I can feel this music in my soul.

    • @zsuzsannacircleedge8416
      @zsuzsannacircleedge8416 Před 4 lety +7

      @@michelewalburn4376 Lovely: "I can feel this music in my soul" (altough it is not "Soul-Music") With other words: I can feel my soul listenig to this.

    • @billbradleymusic
      @billbradleymusic Před 4 lety +8

      That's not Rock and roll. It's called the blues.

    • @dublion7
      @dublion7 Před 4 lety +10

      BBM All Music is the blues

  • @Bodrumbum
    @Bodrumbum Před 3 lety +165

    And to think that she was not allowed in restaurants or clubs in some states or had to enter through the back!
    She displays class, performs with authority and sings with so much soul...

    • @markjackson5665
      @markjackson5665 Před 3 lety +8

      But that wasn't a problem in England in 1964

    • @delphineblue
      @delphineblue Před 2 lety

      @@markjackson5665 It WAS a problem in this lady's birthplace. And let's not pretend the UK did not subject people to racist abuse.

    • @markjackson5665
      @markjackson5665 Před 2 lety +4

      @@delphineblue I’m not that naive, but there were enough people who respected these musicians that these tours were a success and people came from as far as London to sit it the rain and watch them. The fact that it was televised shows that too.

  • @toddburgess5056
    @toddburgess5056 Před 8 měsíci +2

    I had to play this again, especially on a rainy day like today. It's been raining NON STOP for 2 days here in central Maine Monday December 11th 2023

  • @thomaskleiszmantatis28

    @ReelinlnTheYears66 , ich bin begeistert, da war ich 5 Jahre alt und mein Opa brachte mir Schach bei, mit 7 Jahren habe ich das erste Mal gegen meinen Opa gewonnen! Dabei haben wir immer Blues, Gospel und R`n`R gehört. Danke fürs Hochladen!

  • @annajohannessen-adams4189
    @annajohannessen-adams4189 Před 3 lety +45

    saw this legend live on her uk tour,ended up in her dressing room ,sitting at her feet...love and peace lady...xx

    • @luissilva927
      @luissilva927 Před 3 lety +1

      Hello Anna

    • @akristen4971
      @akristen4971 Před 3 lety +1

      Wow

    • @Bojan_V
      @Bojan_V Před 3 lety +1

      That's amazing!

    • @peteronward5410
      @peteronward5410 Před 3 lety

      Yeah she was ineed an angel sent by God, God has been really amazing, whenever I listened to her songs, just can't stop thanking God for all his wonderful works in our life, you seem to love her alot right, I can tell from your comment, she must be really glad to know that people are out there who cares and appreciate her so dearly.....by the way nice meeting you on here, I hope you are having a wonderful time out there right 😃😃😃...have a blessed day okay....

  • @weapon131
    @weapon131 Před 4 lety +318

    I don't know what has more class, the woman, the stage, or the Gibson

    • @CleverMetaphor
      @CleverMetaphor Před 4 lety +5

      I clicked for the guitar, glad I did too :)

    • @outlawJosieFox
      @outlawJosieFox Před 4 lety +36

      The woman. She's the one rocking the other elements.

    • @MrAllan9
      @MrAllan9 Před 4 lety +4

      I too clicked for the Gibson, double whammy.😚

    • @BobTaile
      @BobTaile Před 4 lety +3

      Check out what's known as an 'American rocking chair' on her left. It's got the original carpet bag upholstery and the coiled springs under the rockers. An inspired prop choice for the 2nd innovator and the Queen of Rock 'n Roll.
      The REAL ORIGINATOR who wrote the very first Rock 'n Roll song is the King of Country music Mr. Hank Williams Snr. Check out his 'MOVE IT ON OVER on here at CZcams and then compare it to what is officially known as the first R'nRoll record 'Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley & The Comets. Even the guitar riff on Haley's is a steal of Hank Williams'.
      Yes, Hank Williams and Sister Rosetta are the male and female innovators of Rock 'n Roll. Listen to Sister Rosetta singing & playing 'HOUNDS DOG' years before Elvis recorded it.
      I'm interested in any constructive feedback. opinions

    • @weapon131
      @weapon131 Před 4 lety +7

      @@BobTaile Hound Dog is one of my favorites. If I wasn't a white, male bassist, I'd love to be able to sing like Sister or Big Mama Thornton

  • @ForeignObject101
    @ForeignObject101 Před 5 měsíci +2

    As a lifelong rocker till I’m six feet under, man, how i Love it’s precious roots !!!!!
    Thank you, Sister Rosetta Thorpe..
    I’m one of the few that’ll blast these treasures at FULL VOLUME out of my music box !!!!!!! 🎸

  • @andrewhounsome5969
    @andrewhounsome5969 Před rokem +13

    I can't believe I've not seen this before. Just utterly brilliant. :)

    • @alankirkby465
      @alankirkby465 Před rokem

      @andrewhounsome5 The Railway Station, is Chorlton Railway station, Wilbraham Road, Manchester, UK.
      Unfortunately it is no longer there, but is now a Supermarket.
      Peace to all.

  • @philmenges9887
    @philmenges9887 Před rokem +1

    Don't know _how_ I missed *this* one ... guitar-pickin' mama, _rockin'_ the blues! Makes me think of Elvis...magnetic as he was, we all know where he went ta get his rockabilly on...

  • @jimthompson7402
    @jimthompson7402 Před 4 lety +102

    Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a true American treasure, a lady of immense talent.

  • @johnblythe6453
    @johnblythe6453 Před 2 lety +48

    Oh my god-just discovered this amazing lady "Wow" she is a legend .

    • @rrrobeltnest7295
      @rrrobeltnest7295 Před 2 lety +1

      I think even the horse was rocking back-and-forth bouncing his hoof

    • @lindyc.2552
      @lindyc.2552 Před 2 lety

      Me too. Just stumbled across her and her incredible music yesterday! All my life I never heard of her at all. And wow! I love it and I'm so glad I found these videos of her.
      What incredible talent!
      Even though it has been decades since she passed, we who have found her music (all these years after) will surely keep her memory and music going!
      I just love her. And in this performance she has the moves too!
      A complete package of incredible talent!

    • @DustinBlythe
      @DustinBlythe Před 2 lety

      Howdy cousin!

  • @mikeb7379
    @mikeb7379 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Entirely new to me and I thought I knew a bit about music? Little did I know 8n fact! Wow. You can immediately see her influence on SO many who came afterwards.

  • @patrikkis3584
    @patrikkis3584 Před 7 měsíci

    I was listening to a blues and early rock & roll playlist on youtube. This was the first that I didn't recognise so I sat down and watched the video. I was surprised when I noticed the SG. What a legend she is!

  • @KristinPedemonti
    @KristinPedemonti Před 3 lety +34

    Goodness, she's amazing, what a powerhouse & played that hell outta the guitar too! Can hear her influence on so many after her!

    • @luissilva927
      @luissilva927 Před 3 lety

      Hello

    • @peteronward5410
      @peteronward5410 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah she was ineed an angel sent by God, God has been really amazing, whenever I listened to her songs, just can't stop thanking God for all his wonderful works in our life, you seem to love her alot right, I can tell from your comment, she must be really glad to know that people are out there who cares and appreciate her so dearly.....by the way nice meeting you on here, I hope you are having a wonderful time out there right 😃😃😃...have a blessed day okay...