This week’s show celebrates the Godmother of rock ‘n roll who was finally paid tribute with her 2018 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s sanctified electric guitar work not only touched on the cusp of soul and blues, but it foretold what was to come less than a decade later. There were the R&B bands, which she would dabble in (much to the chagrin of her followers), that would also have an impact…but it was her sound that influenced and inspired Elvis, Wanda Jackson, Jerry Lee Lewis, and so many others, even to this day. We’ll take a deep dive into the music and story of this legend including some of those who she would draw her own inspirations from. Tune in.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down By the Riverside	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
3	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Ezekiel Saw De Wheel	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
4	Thomas A. Dorsey	If You See My Savior	Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
5	Golden Gate Quartet	Blind Barnabas	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
6	Memphis Minnie	I Called You This Morning	Queen Of Country Blues
7	Sister O. M. Terrell	God's Little Birds	Country Gospel 1946-1953
8	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Didn't It Rain?	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 3
9	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Four or Five Times	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
10	Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio	Trouble In Mind	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
11	Marie Knight	Gospel Train	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
12	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Up Above My Head I Hear Music In the Air	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
13	Joan Osborne & The Holmes Brothers	Nobody's Fault But Mine	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
14	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Beams of Heaven	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
15	Phoebe Snow	Beams of Heaven (feat. The Holmes Brothers)	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
16	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Intro – Didn't It Rain	Newport Jazz Festival 7/3/64
17	Marie Knight	Didn't It Rain	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
18	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	99 1/2 Won't Do	Gospel Train
19	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Fly Away	Sincerely, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
20	Marion Williams – The Stars Of Faith	When I Lay This Body Down	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
21	Mahalia Jackson	His Eye Is On The Sparrow	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns
22	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Two Little Fishes	Sincerely, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
23	Fern Jones	Strange Things Happening Every Day	The Glory Road
24	Brittany Howard	That's All Live	That's All – RRHOF
25	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	That's All	Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution
26	Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Red Foley	Have a Little Talk With Jesus	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
27	Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us	Raising Sand
28	Gospel Hebrews	Jesus Is All Over Me	Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio
29	Louis Armstrong	Down By The Riverside	Louis And The Good Book
30	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	I Want To Ride That Glory Train	Shakin' The Rafters
31	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	The Natural Facts	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)