Rosetta Tharpe Tapestries

Up above my head, I hear music in the air.

Badass guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe: A pioneer in early rock & roll music, this guitar-playing, gospel-singing sensation paved the way for Elvis, and influenced everyone from Miranda Lambert to Bob Dylan. Design also available in black.

Badass guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe: A pioneer in early rock & roll music, this guitar-playing, gospel-singing sensation paved the way for Elvis, and influenced everyone from Miranda Lambert to Bob Dylan. Design also available in white.

Folk artwork of the inspiring Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Through her music, Rosetta sends out positive messages of love and passion for her God and each other.

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Here is an artistically rendered, colorized promotional photos of one of the biggest icons in Americana music and the godmother of rock and roll, Sister Rosetta Tharpe (a major influence on Elvis Presley), in a standing pose, holding a resonator guitar. White text says: SISTER ROSETTA THARPE - ROCK & ROLL MEETS GOSPEL

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was an American singer and guitarist. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe , American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and rhythmic accompaniment that was a precursor of rock and roll.

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Sister Rosetta Thorpe, a wood grain design by Choctaw Artist Gregg Standridge rendered from the classic photo of Rosetta Tharpe.

Never forget that rock n roll was invented by a queer, black woman. Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Original design by Ruin! M-usic

Original design by Ruin! M-usic