Remembering Sister Rosetta Tharpe, gone 46 years today. When she was asked about music in the late 1960s, she said, "Oh, these kids and rock and roll — that is just sped up rhythm and blues. I've been doing that forever."
“The link that will make the trip possible cost three times the original estimate and took longer to complete than the Erie Canal or the transcontinental railroad”
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