rfi: sister rosetta tharpe

You should look for the Slide Guitar Gospel CD on Document with Rev. Lonnie Farris.

Supposedly there's a record label (whose name escapes me) working on some giant box set of prewar preaching and gospel singing.

(I would start with volume 2 myself, just for "Down By The Riverside", but they're both wonderful. I don't have Volume Three, but curious.)

Dragnet For Jesus is an excellent Sister Wynona Carr gospel comp, including the great 15 Rounds For Jesus (featuring one of my favourite ever lyrics, "I bolo-punch for Jesus").

Triskont did a v. gd early gospel comp called 'Hallelujah' which is really loud and rockin', and Revenant's 'American Primitives Vol. 1' is full of the most amazing recs that blur the divide between gospel and secular music.

BLIND JOE TAGGART : GOD'S GONNA SEPARATE THE WHEAT FROM THE TARES • BLIND JOE TAGGART : RELIGION IS SOMETHING WITHIN YOU • REV. EDWARD CLAYBORN : MEN DON'T FORGET YOUR WIVES FOR YOUR SWEETHEART • BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON : IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE • BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON : DARK WAS THE NIGHT - COLD WAS THE GROUND • LONNIE MCINTORSH : HOW MUCH I OWE • WILLIAM & VERSEY SMITH : WHEN THAT GREAT SHIP WENT DOWN • BLIND WILLIE DAVIS : ROCK OF AGES • A.C. FOREHAND : MOTHER'S PRAYER • REV. MOSES MASON : GO WASH IN THE BEAUTIFUL STREAM • BLIND WILLIE HARRIS : WHERE HE LEADS ME I WILL FOLLOW • BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON : PRAISE GOD I'M SATISFIED • MOTHER MCCOLLUM : YOU CAN'T HIDE • BLIND GUSSIE NESBITT : PURE RELIGION • BLIND GARY DAVIS : YOU CAN GO HOME • BLIND GARY DAVIS : O LORD, SEARCH MY HEART • CRUMPTON & SUMMERS : EVERYBODY OUGHT TO PRAY SOMETIME • WASHINGTON PHILLIPS : DENOMINATION BLUES • BLUESMEN : LIL MC CLINTOCK : SOW GOOD SEEDS • HENRY THOMAS : JONAH IN THE WILDERNESS • BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON : WHERE SHALL I BE ! • CHARLEY PATTON : PRAYER OF DEATH • SKIP JAMES : JESUS IS A MIGHTY GOOD LEADER • BARBECUE BOB : JESUS' BLOOD CAN MAKE ME WHOLE • SON BONDS : GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION • SLEEPY JOHN ESTES : WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN • JOSH WHITE : JESUS GONNA MAKE UP MY DYING BED • JOSH WHITE : LORD, I WANT TO DIE EASY • BLIND WILLIE & KATE MC TELL : GOD DON'T LIKE IT • BULL CITY RED : I SAW THE LIGHT • KID PRINCE MOORE :
CHURCH BELLS • MENPHIS MINNIE : LET ME RIDE • BLIND ROOSEVELT GRAVES : I'LL BE RESTED • BROWNIE MC GHEE : DONE WHAT MY LORD SAID • SISTER ROSETTA THARPE : LET THAT LIAR ALONE • REV. UTAH SMITH : I WANT TWO WINGS.

I've heard bits of the steel guitar gospel stuff on arhoolie, and it's pretty wild. The Holmes brothers did some gospel and r&b a number of years back, with steel guitar, too, which was cool, but it wasn't as crazy as the arhoolie stuff.

Also search: Rev. Louis Overstreet with His Sons
and the Congregation of St. Luke's Powerhouse Church of God in Christ, also on Arhoolie.

Streetcorner gospel is a minor passion of mine. I think I've mentioned the Rev. Baybie Hoover LP on other threads.

"A six-disc anthology of prewar gospel, sermons, and prayers is being released by Dust-to-Digital in the fall. That's called Goodbye, Babylon."

Album cover to Precious Memories

That new 4 CD set on Proper Records for $20 looks incredible. Everything on Proper Records looks incredible, I dunno how they do it. Thanks everyone for all the tips on this thread.

magical

^ just saw this during the intro film at the Stax Museum in Memphis last week (that place is AWESOME btw). Digging into her catalogue right this minute (early acoustic stuff is stellar, oh my!)

i mentioned this above, but get thee some recordings by sister o.m. terrell

doc about her tonight on bbc 4

Damn, thanks for reminding me man, I forgot this was on tonight!

I gotta get some stuff on this thread

http://gwtoday.gwu.edu/sister-rocks?

PBS tv in USA American Masters doc on Sister Rosetta Tharpe Friday night February 22 at 9 pm Eastern

A man in Philadelphia who heard Dr. Wald speak on NPR discovered that Ms. Tharpe was buried in an unmarked grave. He arranged a benefit concert that raised enough money to purchase a headstone. Later, he worked with community activists to place a plaque on the house where Ms. Tharpe had lived in one of Philadelphia’s first middle-class black neighborhoods.

http://www.brainpickings.org/2013/03/20/sister-rosetta-tharpe/

nice video from 1965 in the UK

I have that Proper box and I don't feel like it's as wild as I hoped - in terms of electric guitar power and overall unhinged energy, it really doesn't match up to the YouTube clips above. Any suggestions for recordings that match that level of awesomeness?

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maybe you can just play the same recordings but get some more jesus in your heart

can anyone with old school manchester knowledge ID which train station is in that last video?