aeolianblues reblogged
#Sister Rosetta Tharpe#bisexual#I didn't know she was a pianist too!#if I can add a little to this#Marie Knight says she and Sister Rosetta Tharpe were never lovers#but others who knew her have knowledge of other women she was with (just not Marie Knight)#they'd also said they wouldn't go on record saying it because they were a fairly open but private community and wouldn't want to violate#her privacy#so there#Rock and roll#history#rock music history#there's a video of her ripping a sliding solo on a Gibson on telly in the 60s#the song is Up Above My Head which she co-wrote with Knight#absolutely recommend do go watch it