专辑简介

They started as a legendary "Sister Act" as "The Saint and the Sinner". Rosetta Tharpe who discovered Marie Knight as the ideal partner for her gospel shows saw her singing at the Golden Gate Auditorium in Harlem, on a bill with Mahalia Jackson, and invited Knight to join her on tour. Together they stormed the box offices. Rosetta Tharpe was a pioneer in her guitar technique; she was among the first popular recording artists to use heavy distortion on her electric guitar, presaging the rise of electric blues. She influenced early rock-and-roll musicians, including Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis - and that is precisely what we have on this new album. Rosetta Tarpe and Marie Knight created the path for the Rock'N Roll Movement of the Fifties! Keep the Memory Alive!