SHOUT, SISTER, SHOUT!(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Pick
　　Long before “women in rock” became a media catchphrase, African
American guitar virtuoso Rosetta Tharpe proved in spectacular
fashion that women could rock. Born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, in
1915, Tharpe was gospel’s first superstar and the preeminent
crossover figure of its golden age (1945–1965).
　　Shout, Sister, Shout! is the first biography of this trailblazing
performer who influenced scores of popular musicians, from Elvis
Presley and Little Richard to Eric Clapton and Etta James. Tharpe
was raised in the Pentecostal Church, steeped in the gospel
tradition, but she produced music that crossed boundaries, defied
classification, and disregarded the social and cultural norms of
the age; incorporating elements of gospel, blues, jazz, popular
ballads, folk, country, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll. Tharpe
went electric early on, captivating both white and black audiences
in the North and South, in the U.S. and internationally, with her
charisma and skill. People who saw her perform claimed she made
that guitar talk. Ambitious, flamboyant, and relentlessly public,
Tharpe even staged her own wedding as a gospel concert-in a stadium
holding 20,000 people!
　　Wald’s eye-opening biography, which draws on the memories of more
than a hundred people who knew or worked with Tharpe, introduces us
to this vibrant, essential, yet nearly forgotten musical
heavyweight whose long career helped define gospel, r&b, and
rock music. A performer who resisted categorization at many
levels-as a gospel musician, a woman, and an African
American-Tharpe demands that we rethink our most basic notions of
music history and American culture. Her story forever alters our
understanding of both women in rock and U.S. popular music.

　　Gayle F. Wald is a professor at George Washington University
and the author of Crossing the Line. She wrote the liner notes for
a critically acclaimed 2003 Rosetta Tharpe tribute album. Wald
lives in Washington, D.C.–From the Hardcover edition.