Sings Bluegrass (Capitol ST 1799, 1962) stands as one of the most remarkable studio pairings in the genre's history — California honky-tonk star Rose Maddox recording a full bluegrass album with Bill Monroe, Don Reno, and Arthur Lee "Red" Smiley contributing instrumental support. Mack Magaha and Tommy Jackson play fiddle alongside John Palmer on what amounts to an all-star Nashville session assembled around one of country music's most powerful female voices. Maddox, whose singing was forged in the roadhouse country of the Maddox Brothers & Rose, brings raw vigor and emotional uninhibitedness to the bluegrass material that sits apart from the more formal vocal styles of the genre's founding figures. The album predates by decades any widespread critical recognition of Maddox's full artistic range.
Tracklist
- 1 Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms 2:18
- 2 Down, Down, Down 2:25
- 3 My Rose of Old Kentucky alt version 2:41
- 4 Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) 2:12
- 5 Uncle Pen alt version 2:43
- 6 I’ll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning alt version 3:05
- 7 Old Slew Foot 2:25
- 8 Each Season Changes You 2:56
- 9 Blue Moon of Kentucky alt version 2:07
- 10 Footprints in the Snow alt version 2:39
- 11 Molley And Tenbrooks 2:22
- 12 The Old Crossroads Is Waitin’ alt version 3:06
