Sister Rosetta Tharpe began recording on the electric guitar in 1941 at her first studio session for Decca with Lucky Millinder's band. She was one of the first true fusion artists, combining multiple styles of music in her delivery.
At this point in time, hundreds of thousands of black Americans were on the move. Many were leaving the rural farms of the…
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