Rock N Roll Listening Session - Class(Ics)

“This train is on its way to glory”. Sister Rosetta Tharpe This Train, 1964  Welcome back Miyagi Family! Today we want to bring you the sound of rock n roll. Before Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash the foremother of Rock N Roll was Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Born in Arkansas to a family of religious singers who were sharecroppers, Tharpe would go on to be singing and guitar sensation. Despite growing up in a religious household, Tharpe would begin to merge Delta blues, New Orleans jazz, and gospel music within her sound.   Known for her hit song “Hound Dog', Tharpe would change the cultural landscape of rock as a queer Black woman from the South.While the music scene began to shift in the 1950s and 60s,Tharpe would go on tour with Muddy Waters in 1964. In 2018, the singer was inducted into the Rock’n’ roll Hall of Fame. Stop this Thursday and listen to the shop spin Tharpe, Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, and more Delta blues singers. More Info below.