Hi David. Thanks for noting my article. Sister Tharpe did have a huge influence on music, and should be better known than she is. Ive been to her hometown in cotton growing territory in arkansas. Its a tiny town in the middle of nowhere as they say.

I remember hearing preachers go against rock and roll when I was a kid, but I never heard it in a racial context. It was the beat i guess that they didnt like, or that it was new.