The British Were KICKING The Americans ASS When It Came To Rock Music In The 60's (You Agree?)

[get these nets]

WE HAD A WHOLE LOTTA STARS ON THIS STAGE TONIGHT BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW ONE THING ...............

 

[get these nets]

Vulturing might be your take, but like I said all of the British acts openly credited and paid homage to the Black American Blues artists and Rock n Roll pioneers. Used their platforms to expose their audiences to these legends as well. Got them featured on tours, TV shows, record deals,etc.

05/22/25

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Mick Jagger Teaming On Biopic Of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Godmother Of Rock And Roll, For Live Nation Productions

A Sister Rosetta Tharpe biopic penned by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and produced by Mick Jagger is in the works at Live Nation Productions.

deadline.com

EXCLUSIVE: Live Nation Productions has tapped Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Nickel Boys) to pen a feature centered on “Godmother of Rock and Roll” Sister Rosetta Tharpe, with rock legend Mick Jagger producing.


Hailing from Tribeca Studios, Jagged Films, and Inaudible Productions, the project has the participation of Tharpe’s estate, which has granted rights to her music catalogue. In the making of the film, the producers will also draw on Gayle Wald’s definitive biography Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe, to which they’ve secured exclusive rights.

In addition to the scripted feature on Tharpe, a companion documentary, featuring access to her musical catalogue, is currently in the works. That film will explore Tharpe’s legacy through interviews with friends, collaborators, music scholars, and protégés, offering access to Shout, Sister, Shout! author Wald’s exclusive recordings with gospel singer Marie Knight, Tharpe’s closest friend and collaborator.

Ellis-Taylor comes to the project after collaborating with Tribeca Productions on the Emmy-winning Netflix miniseries When They See Us, and working with Jagged Films on Uni’s Get On Up, which starred Chadwick Boseman as funk legend James Brown.

“With six guitar strings and an amplifier as a battering ram, Sister Rosetta Tharpe knocked down the Jericho walls of convention and respectability,” she observed in a statement to Deadline. “I’m thrilled to partner with Tribeca, Jagged Films and Inaudible Films to usher, Sister Rosetta, a queer woman shaped in the pews of the BlackSouth, to the screen.”

Jagger said he’s “so thrilled to be a part in telling the story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe who was a trailblazing singer and electrifying guitarist, noting that she “reshaped music history and influenced countless artists.”