Editorial's Blog Posts Tagged 'ROSE' (2)

The career of Joe and Rose Lee Maphis was always overshadowed by Joe Maphis’ status as a stylish guitarist (known as "The King Of The Strings") and one of quite simply the innovator of country music. Joe Maphis and his customised twin neck Mosrite guitar were utilised behind such greats as Rose Maddox, Rick Nelson, Johnny Burnette and Wanda Jackson in the 1950s and ‘60s and he’s roundly acclaimed as an inspiration for Merle Travis and indeed Johnny Cash.… Continue

THE MADDOX BROTHERS AND SISTER ROSE

'From Dancefloor To Devotion’



Saturday night barn dance and Sunday morning religious hangovers



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Great Country Music is either raising hell or raising pious eyes to heaven, that's the eternal down-home dichotomy, glaring anomaly, and equally important dictum of the form.



For the huge… Continue