With the start of the new "The Voice" season just around the corner I wonder what you all think of these singing and talent competition shows. The opinions of some well known musicians are quite obvious: "Television and video have done a lot of damage to music. They've propelled...
The Godmother of Rock n Roll
While not a household name, this pioneer of electric guitar playing and technique influenced Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and many others, was using distortion before most others and was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Her name? Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Born Rosetta Nubin in Arkansas in 1915,...