
Episode 5: Rosetta Tharpe and “This Train”
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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This Train Is a Clean Train
This train is a clean train. You want to ride it, you better get redeemed. No tobacco chewers or cigar smokers. No crap shooters. If you want to be bound for glory, you have to act wholly. There was no one bigger than thorpe in her gembe she is probably the first person to ever play rock and roll guitar and stadiums. 20 thousand people came to see her get married and perform a gospel show afterwards. Even thorp's half sister had to pay for her ticket to the show. She signed the contract for her wedding seven months earlier and then went out to find herself a husband.
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