Wow, Charles....simply wow! I'm embarrassed to admit my knowledge of Sister Rosetta is woefully thin. I can't recall another original content creator whose next post I so eagerly await! When you publish your last installment (if I may be so bold), my recommendation is to put them all together for a separate, all-inclusive post with all installments in one place.
Then (whether you post each installment separately or not until then), I'd post that final comprehensive essay link on social media sites (if you can't stand some/any sites, or don't use them...maybe relent just for this one!).
I think your work is that important, and Sister Rosetta's life and influence (all in one place!) deserves to be shared with the masses! Bravo!👏
Brad, that is so kind of you! Just after writing this, I stumbled on a great documentary about Sister Rosetta. I'm going to link to it in the next post, along with some other commentary. Some of it contains small contradictions, which just makes it all more intriguing. Re. the "comprehensive essay", it's an interesting thought, but I don't yet know what the boundaries are. I have fragments of material on everything from 50's to the present day, which starts to get into full book-length territory, but who knows? Thanks again!
Simply wonderful! I had heard of Sister Rosetta Tharpe and heard some of her recordings, but I didn't know her history. I'm actually a member of a historically Black church, and the music/singing is simply wonderful! I love the last video--very interesting that some future greats were watching this powerhouse of a woman.
Thanks Holly. It's interesting, for Clapton et al., she was a living legend and a superstar. America had already forgotten her, but she helped kicked off the British Blues movement that gave us Cream, the Stones, John Mayall, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart and so many more. If you ever come to San Francisco, I'd love to take you to Sunday services at Glide Memorial!
Jeff Beck is a personal favorite, and I especially loved a live performance of him playing for Kelly Clarkson as she sang “Up to the Mountain.” It was incredible!
If I ever make it to San Francisco, I will certainly take you up on that offer!
I've seen Beck three times live, but had never heard that he played with Clarkson. Gotta check it out. And yes, in all seriousness, ping me if you plan to come out here.
Amen, Holly! And, it took awhile (so what else is new?), but the R'n'R Hall of Fame FINALLY inducted the good Sister in 2017! But, there are so many in the Hall that took much longer than it should have...and, we won't even get into who's NOT there that should be!!
As for that last video...you're right. How wonderful that our greats knew A) greatness when they saw her B) and, who brung 'em to the dance they so eagerly joined and fashioned their early careers!
As for your church membership...in the late '80s (the decade, not my age!), I was a pro youth minister at a Protestant church in southern L.A. county. On several Sunday mornings, I'd take my high school youth group to a variety of different churches/congregations to experience their different worship experiences (after several youth nights "studying" the varying beliefs/denoms).
"Stunned" was the accurate way to describe my youthers' reactions to our visits to Black churches/Southern Baptist congregations! "Energized and excited" were other words. It certainly shone a bright light on the staid, generally passive and conservative worship experience they had come to know in our Lutheran congregation! I'm hoping those "field trips" helped shape their faith lives in the future!
I was raised in churches where we sat quietly (piously?) in the pew, sang our hymns in an orderly fashion, and didn’t deviate from the service outline in the “bulletin.” And we never, EVER worshipped for more than one hour. Our current church home has been one of the most freeing aspects of my adulthood.
I think we both grew up as "the frozen chosen," as the phrase goes! Hey, while I gotcha, Holly....did you hear about the religious skunk who went to church? He sat in his own pew.🤣
I'm afraid you'd just get a busy signal....I've told a few tonight! But, you're spot-on about the origin! Dad would keep big bro and I in almost literal stitches! One more.....if Dad saw one of us scratching our rear, he'd ask, "Are you going to the movies?" "Huh....no, why?" "You're picking your seat." Just add it to the list!😉
Wow, Charles....simply wow! I'm embarrassed to admit my knowledge of Sister Rosetta is woefully thin. I can't recall another original content creator whose next post I so eagerly await! When you publish your last installment (if I may be so bold), my recommendation is to put them all together for a separate, all-inclusive post with all installments in one place.
Then (whether you post each installment separately or not until then), I'd post that final comprehensive essay link on social media sites (if you can't stand some/any sites, or don't use them...maybe relent just for this one!).
I think your work is that important, and Sister Rosetta's life and influence (all in one place!) deserves to be shared with the masses! Bravo!👏
Brad, that is so kind of you! Just after writing this, I stumbled on a great documentary about Sister Rosetta. I'm going to link to it in the next post, along with some other commentary. Some of it contains small contradictions, which just makes it all more intriguing. Re. the "comprehensive essay", it's an interesting thought, but I don't yet know what the boundaries are. I have fragments of material on everything from 50's to the present day, which starts to get into full book-length territory, but who knows? Thanks again!
Simply wonderful! I had heard of Sister Rosetta Tharpe and heard some of her recordings, but I didn't know her history. I'm actually a member of a historically Black church, and the music/singing is simply wonderful! I love the last video--very interesting that some future greats were watching this powerhouse of a woman.
Thanks Holly. It's interesting, for Clapton et al., she was a living legend and a superstar. America had already forgotten her, but she helped kicked off the British Blues movement that gave us Cream, the Stones, John Mayall, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart and so many more. If you ever come to San Francisco, I'd love to take you to Sunday services at Glide Memorial!
Jeff Beck is a personal favorite, and I especially loved a live performance of him playing for Kelly Clarkson as she sang “Up to the Mountain.” It was incredible!
If I ever make it to San Francisco, I will certainly take you up on that offer!
I've seen Beck three times live, but had never heard that he played with Clarkson. Gotta check it out. And yes, in all seriousness, ping me if you plan to come out here.
Amen, Holly! And, it took awhile (so what else is new?), but the R'n'R Hall of Fame FINALLY inducted the good Sister in 2017! But, there are so many in the Hall that took much longer than it should have...and, we won't even get into who's NOT there that should be!!
As for that last video...you're right. How wonderful that our greats knew A) greatness when they saw her B) and, who brung 'em to the dance they so eagerly joined and fashioned their early careers!
As for your church membership...in the late '80s (the decade, not my age!), I was a pro youth minister at a Protestant church in southern L.A. county. On several Sunday mornings, I'd take my high school youth group to a variety of different churches/congregations to experience their different worship experiences (after several youth nights "studying" the varying beliefs/denoms).
"Stunned" was the accurate way to describe my youthers' reactions to our visits to Black churches/Southern Baptist congregations! "Energized and excited" were other words. It certainly shone a bright light on the staid, generally passive and conservative worship experience they had come to know in our Lutheran congregation! I'm hoping those "field trips" helped shape their faith lives in the future!
I was raised in churches where we sat quietly (piously?) in the pew, sang our hymns in an orderly fashion, and didn’t deviate from the service outline in the “bulletin.” And we never, EVER worshipped for more than one hour. Our current church home has been one of the most freeing aspects of my adulthood.
I think we both grew up as "the frozen chosen," as the phrase goes! Hey, while I gotcha, Holly....did you hear about the religious skunk who went to church? He sat in his own pew.🤣
That’s it. I’m calling the dad-joke police.🤦🏻♀️🤣
I'm afraid you'd just get a busy signal....I've told a few tonight! But, you're spot-on about the origin! Dad would keep big bro and I in almost literal stitches! One more.....if Dad saw one of us scratching our rear, he'd ask, "Are you going to the movies?" "Huh....no, why?" "You're picking your seat." Just add it to the list!😉
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