Rock 'n' Roll Guitar was invented by....
.... a black woman named Sister Rosetta Tharpe, viewed by some as the first rock and roll guitarist. Tharpe first gained widespread attention in the late 1930s. "Sister Rosetta Tharpe not only could sing electrifying gospel but what an acoustic guitar she could play. [Jazz promoter] John Hammond explained, 'She is one of the first to use it for melody-plucked lines. Her technically astonishing lead breaks invented the rock and roll guitar.'
"When she sang gospel on a secular stage she scandalized the sanctified church. They never forgave her... They told Sister Tharpe that either she serve the devil or God. She would respond that the Lord knew her heart and it wouldn't lead her astray."
-- found on delanceyplace.com, from "Cafe Society" by Barney Josephson with Terry Trilling-Josephson
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