Our spellbinding musical theatre performance, recreates this moment in music history and takes us on a journey through sister rosetta. She was the first great recording star of gospel music and among the first. Muddy waters, cousin joe pleasants, sister rosetta tharpe, sonny terry, brownie mcghee. Whether she was belting out a joyous invitation to hop aboard the gospel train or announcing her yen for a tall skinny papa, tharpe emoted from the very depths of her soul, deftly accompanying her. Listen to your favorite songs from sister rosettas gospel train by sister rosetta tharpe now. This train has left the station and this train takes on every nation cause this train is a clean train, i said, this train.
Sister rosetta tharpe this train lyrics genius lyrics. Muddy waters and sister rosetta tharpes mindblowing. Find sister rosetta tharpe discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. When the train reached chorlton everyone alighted and the gig took place. Granada tv films their blues and gospel train music show at the derelict railway station of wilbraham road, manchester. Sister rosetta tharpe gospel train releases discogs.
Sister rosetta tharpe and sonny boy williamson, all played in the oneoff 1964 gig at the site which is. Read the manchester evening news on your phone download the apple men. Listen to your favorite songs from gospel train expanded edition by sister rosetta tharpe now. Tharpe attracted 25,000 paying customers to her wedding to her manager. Sister rosetta tharpe sister rosetta tharpe gospel train album. On 7 may 1964, granada television transformed the disused buildings into chorltonville, a southern u. This train rosetta tharpe sings the story of the song. She attained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings. Sister rosetta tharpe with the white gospel four famous negro spirituals and gospel songs album 4 versions. Listen free to sister rosetta tharpe gospel train jericho, when they ring the golden bell and more. The album was noted as part of tharpe s induction to the rock and roll hall of fame. The show at whalley ranges wilbraham road station, recorded for granada tv as the blues and gospel train, saw greats including muddy. Playing her electric guitar under the eaves of an abandoned train station in rainy manchester, england, sister rosetta tharpe performed didnt it rain and trouble in mind. She arrives by carriage, struts out before a dilapidated train station, plugs in her custom gibson sg, and belts out in her powerful soprano, didnt it rain, children.
Singers on track to remember blues and gospel train gig. The gospel of sister rosetta tharpe sister rosetta tharpe was gospel s first national star and the first gospel musician to play night clubs like the. Listen to your favorite songs from sister rosetta tharpe. Sister rosetta tharpe was born in cotton plant, a town near arkansas, near the mississippi, to cottonpicking parents who also had musical talent and were heavily involved in the church. Muddy waters and sister rosetta tharpes mindblowing station show. She attained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and rhythmic accompaniment that was a precursor of rock and roll.
Photograph of the set for the blues and gospel train, wilbraham. Not super into the live in 1960, but, gospel train i love. Tharpe is accompanied on vocals by the traditional black gospel quartet the harmonizing four on some of the songs. When the blues train rolled into chorlton manchester.
She became a big star in the 1940s and 50s, and these two song performances were recorded in may 1964 at a then disused railway station in chorltoncumhardy. Sister rosetta tharpe, the american gospel and blues singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist, was popular in the 1930s, 1940s, and into the 1950s. Sister rosetta tharpe and the chorlton gospel train race archive. Sister rosetta tharpes decca, verve records catalogue. Rosetta tharpe 1964 didnt it rain blues and gospel train. And no one embodied that sacredprofane handoff from church to juke joint better than sister rosetta tharpe. You hear the band playing when sister rosetta tharpe pulls up on a horse drawn carriage to a makeshift stage at an abandoned railroad station. Album the authorized sister rosetta tharpe collection. I dont know why she didnt or doesnt get more recognition as the pioneer that she was. Shes not only singing gospel blues, shes also playing lead guitar. Guilde internationale du disque, jazztone 2 france.
Whilst waiting for the train to turn up it poured with rain, giving sister rosetta tharpe a chance to play an impromtu didnt it rain. Her unique music left a lasting mark on more conventional gospel artists such as ira tucker, sr. The show at whalley ranges wilbraham road station, recorded for granada tv as the blues and gospel train, saw greats including muddy waters and sister rosetta tharpe perform. Gospel train expanded edition by sister rosetta tharpe. Sister rosetta tharpe gospel train 1956, vinyl discogs. Sister rosetta tharpe on the gospel train tv special. Her bluesoriented style of guitarplaying and singing was an important influence on such musicians as chuck berry and elvis presley, as well as the overall formation of rock and roll. How sister rosetta tharpe came to chorlton, manchester. Chuck berry called sister rosetta tharpe the mother of rock n roll. Sister rosetta tharpe was a trend setter and well ahead of her time. The musicians boarded the blues and gospel train at central station gmex.
Sister rosetta tharpe didnt it rain this train song bar. Sister rosetta tharpe in an excerpt from the 1964 granada television production of the blues and gospel train. Many of us first encounter sister rosetta tharpe now deservedly known as the godmother of rock and rollin footage from her 1964 appearance on a manchester railway platform. Sister rosetta tharpe march 20, 1915 october 9, 1973 was an american singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Watch the hot guitar solos of sister rosetta tharpe.
See all 6 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Watch the video for the gospel train from sister rosetta tharpe s sing sister sing for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Pioneering blues star sister rosetta tharpe s legendary decca and verve catalogue is to be made available to stream and download for the first time. Gospel singer and songwriter who attained great popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with a unique mixture of. Tharpes performance was one of many on a 1964 blues and gospel train. In 1965, sister rosetta tharpe played to adoring crowds on the platform of a disused railway station in manchester for granada tvs the gospel train. Muddy waters and friends on the blues and gospel train. Download scientific diagram photograph of the set for the blues and gospel train, wilbraham road station, manchester. Sister rosettas gospel train by sister rosetta tharpe on. Blues and gospel train gig recorded at a manchester railway station in 1964 to mark.
This train is a clean train, you know, this train this train is a clean train, i said, this train this train is a clean train, everybody riding in jesus name this train is a. Sister rosetta tharpe is not well known today but, in her day, she was one of the leading female gospel and blues singers and guitarists. Features song lyrics for sister rosetta tharpe s sister rosetta tharpe gospel train album. Filmed in the then disused chorlton railway station on wilbraham road, manchester, england. Playback options listening on switch spotify device. Sister rosetta tharpe this train dont carry no gamblers, this train this train dont carry no gamblers, this train this train dont carry no gamblers, no whiskey drinkers, and no high flyers this train carry no gamblers, this train this train is bound for glory, this train this train is bound for glory, this train this train is bound for glory, dont carry nothing, but the righteous.
The whoops, hollers and vocal flourishes that were connected to the unbridled union with the holy spirit made their way into rocknroll, where they expressed a more earthbound union. This is an album recorded later in her career, probably in the late 1950s or early 1960s the liner notes dont show an original release date for. When the train pulled in at wilbraham road, the audience poured out and found seats on the platform, making their way past muddy waters, who was singing blow wind blow. Paying tribute to the founding mothers of rocknroll louder. Listen free to sister rosetta tharpe this train radio. She had a great voice and a very interesting guitar style. Granada tv films their blues and gospel train music show at the. Sister rosetta tharpe sister rosetta tharpe, the american gospel singer, who sings to her own accompaniment on a guitar, arrived at london airport today for a tour of britain,during which she will swing hymns to rock n roll rhythm. Alongside willie mae ford smith, sister rosetta tharpe is widely acclaimed among the greatest sanctified gospel singers of her generation. Stream sister rosetta tharpe on amazon music unlimited now.
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