Goodreads asked Sikivu Hutchinson:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Sikivu Hutchinson I am a long time rock music enthusiast and, as of four years ago, amateur guitar player. I always wanted to play guitar as a teenager, but was discouraged due to there being no visible Black women role models who played, as well as the overwhelmingly white male-dominated rock music industry (despite rock's origins in Black musical artistry and dynamism). Years later, I discovered Rosetta Tharpe and became intrigued by her trajectory. The novel marries select aspects of her experiences with that of a fictitious older Black woman electric guitarist protagonist navigating the stress of fronting a band, regaining her footing in a shark-infested industry that pigeonholes her, losing her religion and challenging sexist, homophobic and white supremacist notions of Black women's creativity

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