Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down

Sister Rosetta Tharpe · 1956 · Gospel de la face A

Context

Track 5 of Sister Rosetta Tharpe's album Gospel Train (Mercury, 1956). Critic Will Pinfold hears in it, in 2023, a harbinger of blues rock, with powerful vocals and a concise guitar solo.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Gospel. Among the origins and influences of Gospel: Blues, spirituals, work songs.

By the same artist

• Up Above My Head (There's Music in the Air) (1956)
• Strange Things Happening Every Day (1944)

Sources

• jazzmusicarchives.com
• EN: Gospel Train (album)

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