Doria Roberts

Sigh...I really needed her when I was going through my white girls with guitar (and piano) phase, discovering feminism and what not back in the high school days. I am late to her and mad about it, but anyways, this song really is PERFECT! She is awesome. I could say she oughtta be crazy famous by now, but, well...it gets old saying that about a lot of clever people.

Elizabeth Cotten!

Odetta

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Up Above My Head

Researcher's Note: For real though, this might be the first time I have ever seen an "old black woman" playing guitar...certainly from such an earlier era. I love it. I just can't get past it. I had no idea she even existed until a little while ago!