And here's Sister Rosetta Tharpe in 1964, plugged in electric:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR2gR6SZC2M
Thank you! One of the myths dispelled in Elijah Wald's new book on Dylan going election at Newport in 1965 is that he broke that barrier. Sister Rosetta and black blues musicians had already done so in previous years.
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And here's Sister Rosetta Tharpe in 1964, plugged in electric:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR2gR6SZC2M
Thank you! One of the myths dispelled in Elijah Wald's new book on Dylan going election at Newport in 1965 is that he broke that barrier. Sister Rosetta and black blues musicians had already done so in previous years.
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