The Best Sister Rosetta Tharpe Guitar Solos

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was playing distorted, swinging electric guitar solos in gospel settings decades before rock and roll had a name, and figures from Chuck Berry to Keith Richards and Eric Clapton drew on her. Her fiery single-note runs and showmanship earned her the title of rock and roll's godmother and a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Informed by: Guitar World - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, electric guitar trailblazer, Guitar World - Sister Rosetta Tharpe solo compilation, Premier Guitar - Forgotten Heroes: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Paste - The 7 Best Sister Rosetta Tharpe Live Recordings

1. 1
   Strange Things Happening Every Day

   Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1944
2. 2
   Didn't It Rain

   Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1948
3. 3
   Up Above My Head

   Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1947
4. 4
   That's All

   Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1938
5. 5
   This Train

   Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1939
6. 6
   Rock Me

   Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1938
7. 7
   Down by the Riverside

   Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1948
8. 8
   Trouble in Mind

   Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1949
9. 9
   Shout, Sister, Shout

   Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1941
10. 10
    Nobody's Fault But Mine

    Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1941
11. 11
    The Lonesome Road

    Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1938
12. 12
    My Man and I

    Sister Rosetta Tharpe · solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1938