Memphis & Door County Voices: Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Beyond
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Saturday October 28 2023
Approximate running time: 2 hours
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Featuring Cathy Grier, Susan Marshall, & Reba Russell with John Lewis, Solomon Lindenberg, Eric Lewis, Paul Taylor
Date: Saturday, October 28, 2023
Time: 7 p.m.
Tickets:
All Sections - $30
Special Door County Student/Youth pricing available! (Up to Age 18, please call Box Office to purchase)
A jaw-dropping lineup of blues musicians from Memphis, Tennessee, and Door County, Wisconsin, will perform this tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the world of blues as a whole. Premiere Memphis vocalists Susan Marshall and Reba Russell will join Sturgeon Bay’s own blues powerhouse Cathy Grier to headline the show, playing the songs of legendary rock-gospel guitarist and singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe as well as their own original compositions. Marshall, Russell, and Grier will be joined by John Lewis, Solomon Lindenberg, Eric Lewis, and Paul Taylor for this high-energy, once-in-a-lifetime pairing of two musical epicenters.
“A queer black woman from Arkansas who shredded on electric guitar, belted praises both to God and secular pleasures, and broke the color line touring with white singers, [Sister Rosetta Tharpe] was gospel’s first superstar, and she most assuredly rocked.” - Rolling Stone
Featuring Cathy Grier, Susan Marshall, & Reba Russell with John Lewis, Solomon Lindenberg, Eric Lewis, Paul Taylor
Date: Saturday, October 28, 2023
Time: 7 p.m.
Tickets:
All Sections - $30
Special Door County Student/Youth pricing available! (Up to Age 18, please call Box Office to purchase)
A jaw-dropping lineup of blues musicians from Memphis, Tennessee, and Door County, Wisconsin, will perform this tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the world of blues as a whole. Premiere Memphis vocalists Susan Marshall and Reba Russell will join Sturgeon Bay’s own blues powerhouse Cathy Grier to headline the show, playing the songs of legendary rock-gospel guitarist and singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe as well as their own original compositions. Marshall, Russell, and Grier will be joined by John Lewis, Solomon Lindenberg, Eric Lewis, and Paul Taylor for this high-energy, once-in-a-lifetime pairing of two musical epicenters.
“A queer black woman from Arkansas who shredded on electric guitar, belted praises both to God and secular pleasures, and broke the color line touring with white singers, [Sister Rosetta Tharpe] was gospel’s first superstar, and she most assuredly rocked.” - Rolling Stone