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Artist: THARPE, SISTER ROSETTA
Title: Complete Sister Rosetta Tharpe Vol. 4 (2CD)
Label:
Fremeaux
Cat No
FA1304
Vol 4 of the complete recordings of the remarkable gospel singing, electric guitar slinger . This double CD also gives us a wonderful sound document: her wedding ceremony, enacted and recorded in front of a 20,000 audience. Sister Rosetta’s religion stemmed from the black church tradition which, while condemning sin, also celebrated life. British jazz musicians who met the singer on a 1957 tour were bemused to find not a disapproving preacher, but a swinging sister and hard drinking party gal.
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