In 1964, Sister Rosetta Tharpe hit the UK with the Blues And Gospel Train Tour, along with blues legends Muddy Waters and Reverend Gary Davis. The godmother of rock ’n’ roll had performed since the 30s, but this time she was televised by the BBC, and seen by Jimmy Page and Mick Jagger. Tharpe wielded a Les Paul Custom – as it was then called – a white three-pickup SG with sideways vibrola. Her blues-gospel fusion was explosive.