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Roselea Arbana "Rose" Brogdon (August 15, 1925 in Boaz, Alabama
Boaz, Alabama

Boaz is a city in Etowah County, Alabama and Marshall Country, Alabama Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The city is named after the husband of Ruth, from the Book of Ruth in the Bible....
 - April 15, 1998 in Ashland, Oregon
Ashland, Oregon

Ashland is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, Oregon, United States, near Interstate 5 and the California border, and located in the south end of the Rogue Valley....
) was an American
United States

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 country
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
 singer/songwriter/fiddle player. She is referred to as "The Original Hillbilly Filly" and "The Grandmother of Rockabilly
Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, and emerged in the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a Portmanteau word of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development....
".

Maddox was the singer in the Maddox Brothers and Rose
Maddox Brothers and Rose

The Maddox Brothers and Rose are known as "America?s Most Colorful Hillbilly Band", and were based in California from the 1930s to the 1950s. The group consisted of four brothers, Fred, Cal, Cliff and Don Maddox with their sister Rose Maddox....
, often considered to be "the greatest hillbilly
Hillbilly

Hillbilly is a term referring to people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas of the United States, primarily Appalachia and the Ozarks. Due to its strongly Stereotype connotations, the term is frequently considered derogatory, and so is usually offensive to those United States of Ozarkan and Appalachian heritage....
 band of all time". In 1996 she was nominated for a Grammy award
Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
 for her Arhoolie
Arhoolie Records

Arhoolie Records is a small record label run by Chris Strachwitz. The label was founded by Strachwitz in 1960 in music as a way for him to record and publish previously obscure "down home blues" artists such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Snooks Eaglin and Bill Gaither ....
 recording $35 and a Dream.






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Roselea Arbana "Rose" Brogdon (August 15, 1925 in Boaz, Alabama
Boaz, Alabama

Boaz is a city in Etowah County, Alabama and Marshall Country, Alabama Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The city is named after the husband of Ruth, from the Book of Ruth in the Bible....
 - April 15, 1998 in Ashland, Oregon
Ashland, Oregon

Ashland is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, Oregon, United States, near Interstate 5 and the California border, and located in the south end of the Rogue Valley....
) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 country
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
 singer/songwriter/fiddle player. She is referred to as "The Original Hillbilly Filly" and "The Grandmother of Rockabilly
Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, and emerged in the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a Portmanteau word of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development....
".

Maddox was the singer in the Maddox Brothers and Rose
Maddox Brothers and Rose

The Maddox Brothers and Rose are known as "America?s Most Colorful Hillbilly Band", and were based in California from the 1930s to the 1950s. The group consisted of four brothers, Fred, Cal, Cliff and Don Maddox with their sister Rose Maddox....
, often considered to be "the greatest hillbilly
Hillbilly

Hillbilly is a term referring to people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas of the United States, primarily Appalachia and the Ozarks. Due to its strongly Stereotype connotations, the term is frequently considered derogatory, and so is usually offensive to those United States of Ozarkan and Appalachian heritage....
 band of all time". In 1996 she was nominated for a Grammy award
Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
 for her Arhoolie
Arhoolie Records

Arhoolie Records is a small record label run by Chris Strachwitz. The label was founded by Strachwitz in 1960 in music as a way for him to record and publish previously obscure "down home blues" artists such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Snooks Eaglin and Bill Gaither ....
 recording $35 and a Dream. Her life story and that of the band were told in the biography, Ramblin' Rose: The Life and Career of Rose Maddox by Jonny Whiteside. ISBN 0-8265-1269-0.

Laura Cantrell
Laura Cantrell

Laura Cantrell is a country singer and Disc jockey from Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee. She used to present a weekly radio show on WFMU called the Radio Thrift Shop....
's song California Rose was written in memory of Maddox

Discography

Maddox Brothers & Rose
  • America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band v.1
    The Maddox Brothers and Rose - Vol. 1

    The Maddox Brothers and Rose ? Vol. 1; America?s Most Colorful Hillbilly Band, Their Original Recordings 1946-1951 is a re-issue of recordings by Maddox Brothers and Rose during the years 1946 through 1951....
     (Arhoolie Records, 1976/1993)
  • America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band v.2 (Arhoolie, 1995)
  • On The Air (Arhoolie
    Arhoolie Records

    Arhoolie Records is a small record label run by Chris Strachwitz. The label was founded by Strachwitz in 1960 in music as a way for him to record and publish previously obscure "down home blues" artists such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Snooks Eaglin and Bill Gaither ....
    , 1983/1996)
  • Live On The Radio (1996)
  • The Hillbilly Boogie Years (Rockateer, 1996)
  • A Collection of Standard Sacred Songs (King, 1956)
  • The Most Colorful Hillbilly Band in America (Bear Family, 1998)


Solo/Compilations
  • Precious Memories (Columbia
    Columbia Records

    Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
    , 1958)
  • The One Rose (Capitol
    Capitol Records

    Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
    , 1960)
  • Glorybound Train (Capitol
    Capitol Records

    Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
    , 1961)
  • A Big Bouquet of Roses (Capitol
    Capitol Records

    Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
    , 1961)
  • Rose Maddox Sings Bluegrass (Capitol
    Capitol Records

    Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
    , 1962/1996)
  • Alone with You (Capitol
    Capitol Records

    Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
    , 1963)
  • Rosie (Starday, 1970)
  • Reckless Love & Bold Adventure (Takoma
    Takoma Records

    Takoma Records was a small but influential record label founded by John Fahey in the late 1950s. It was named after Fahey's hometown, the Washington, D.C....
    , 1977)
  • Rose of the West Coast Country (Arhoolie, 1980)
  • This is Rose Maddox (Arhoolie, 1982)
  • A Beautiful Bouquet (Arhoolie, 1983)
  • Queen of the West (Varrick, 1984)
  • California Rose (See for Miles, 1989)
  • $35 And A Dream (Arhoolie, 1994)
  • The One Rose: The Capitol Years (Bear Family
    Bear Family Records

    Bear Family Records is a Germany-based independent record label that specializes in reissues of archival material ranging from country music to 1950s rock and roll....
    , 1994)
  • The Moon is Rising (Country Town Music, 1996)
  • "The Legendary Queen Of The West" (Boothill, 2000)


External links

  • Biography of the Maddox Brothers and Rose
  • Short Biography and Discography