@article{1483641, recid = {1483641}, author = {Bolden, Tonya, and Christie, R. Gregory,}, title = {Rock, Rosetta, rock! Roll, Rosetta, roll! : presenting sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock & roll /}, pages = {1 volume (unpaged) :}, note = {A retelling of SIster Rosetta Tharpe's life as told by a fictional contemporary.}, abstract = {"Before there was Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The godmother of rock & roll started as a little girl from Arkansas with music in her air, in her hair, in her bones, wiggling her toes. With a big guitar in hand and a big voice in her soul, she grew into a rock & roll trailblazer in a time when women were rarely seen rocking out."--Front cover flap.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1483641}, }