Shout, Sister, Shout!
By Gayle Wald
By Gayle Wald
By Gayle Wald
By Gayle Wald
Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Music
Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Music
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$18.95
Jan 31, 2023 | ISBN 9780807011843
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Jan 31, 2023 | ISBN 9780807011867
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Praise
“I talk about Sister Rosetta Tharpe all the time. She was black and queer and big and invented rock and roll.”
—Lizzo
“Wald will give you the story, from small-town Arkansas to the biggest stages in the country.”
—David Remnick, The New Yorker
“[Tharpe] has long been deserving of wider recognition and a place of honor in the field of music history.”
—Bonnie Raitt
“Mixing tireless reporting with nuanced and cultural insights, Wald’s Shout, Sister, Shout! is about as good as musical reparations get.”
—Tony Green, Vibe
“Rosetta Tharpe was one of my first influences, one of the first people I heard sing. I’m glad Gayle Wald has done a book on her because people need to know.”
—Isaac Hayes
“Wald makes a good case that Tharpe’s R&B spirituals played a key role in inventing rock.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“Seeing Sister Rosetta . . . really gave me a sense that this was a birthright of mine.”
—Celisse Henderson
Table Of Contents
Preface to the 2023 Edition
Preface: The Lonesome Road
1. Cotton Plant (1915–1920)
2. Got on My Travelin’ Shoes (1920–1937)
3. From Spirituals to Swing (1938–1940)
4. Shout, Sister, Shout (1940–1946)
BRIDGE: “She Made That Guitar Talk”
5. Little Sister (1947–1949)
6. At Home and on the Road (1948–1950)
7. “The World’s Greatest Spiritual Concert” (1950–1951)
8. Sister in Opryland (1952)
9. Don’t Leave Me Here (1953–1957)
BRIDGE: “The Men Would Stand Back”
10. Rebirth and Revival (1957–1964)
11. Riding the Gospel Train (1960–1970)
12. I Looked Down the Line (1970–1973)
Epilogue: Vibrations, Strong and Mean
Epilogue to the 2023 Edition
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Interviews
Selected Discography
Credits and Permissions
Notes
Index
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