Black Female Electric Guitarist

June 7 2011.

Black female electric guitarist.

While it s true there are more male guitarists deified as rock gods the mere fact of how difficult it was to narrow this list down to 10 speaks to how desperately that myth needs to die. In the meantime elle presents 12 of the greatest female electric guitar players to ever pick up the instrument. To name a few. Sister rosetta tharpe march 20 1915 october 9 1973 was an american singer songwriter guitarist and recording artist she attained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and rhythmic accompaniment that was a precursor of rock and roll she was the first great recording star of gospel music and among the first.

The first badass female guitarist. Pms pre metal syndrome was the first all black female metal band formed in the early 1990s by guitarist suzanne thomas. Joan jett a no nonsense player who in only a few strums can get an entire barroom. The good news about the best female guitarists is that there are too many to fit on a list of 25 the tradition goes back to the formative days of gospel country folk and rock your favourite.

That said history holds countless black women in blues and rock n roll who pioneered and paved the way for future guitarists and bassists for both women and men. And her intricate electric guitar style set the template for. We promised at the beginning of this auspicious and celebratory 50th anniversary year of guitar player that the staff would use the magazine s elder statesperson role to dream about the possible future of the guitar and to honor its past as part of that mission we are recognizing 50 female guitarists who have made or who are making tremendous contributions to guitarcraft and. Pms defied what it means to be a black woman performing heavy metal music in a scene that is often dominated by heteronormative white cis males.

There s a common narrative that there aren t many great female guitarists. Memphis minnie sister rosetta tharpe beverly watkins sylvia robinson barbara lynn lady bo the dutchess and many more. Well frankly that s just bullshit.