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Rose Maddox

Musician · 1925–1998 · Also a recording artist

Rose Maddox was an American country singer, an Okie-boogie and country-rock pioneer.

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  • Born in 1925 in Boaz, Alabama, and migrated as a child with her family to California during the Dust Bowl.
  • Was the lead singer of the Maddox Brothers and Rose, sometimes billed as “the most colorful hillbilly band in America.”
  • Had a string of country hits in the early 1960s, including duets with Buck Owens.
  • Recorded the influential 1962 album “Rose Maddox Sings Bluegrass” with Bill Monroe and Reno and Smiley. She died in 1998.

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