Sister #RosettaTharpe remains little known in today's #Europe, but she shaped modern #Blues to a considerable amount.

Here's her performance on #1964-05-07 at #Manchester's #WilbrahamRoad railway station which was disused then for 10 years. The station is long demolished; it sat next to #AlexandraRoadSouth bridge → https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/225098477

When the audience arrived by chartered train, heavy rain set in, and so Tharpe decided to start her gig with ›Didn't it rain‹:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NFywQdeKSo