Maddox Brothers and Rose

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Maddox Brothers and Rose were a pioneering American country music group whose lively performances and honky-tonk style helped lay the groundwork for the Bakersfield sound.

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instanceOf American country music group
musical ensemble
activeEndYear 1956
activeStartYear 1937
basedIn Bakersfield, California NERFINISHED
Modesto, California NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
formedIn California NERFINISHED
genre country music
hillbilly music
honky-tonk
western swing
hasMemberRole Cal Maddox – guitar
Cliff Maddox – guitar
Don Maddox – fiddle
Fred Maddox – bass
Henry Maddox – guitar
Rose Maddox – lead vocals
hasPart Cal Maddox NERFINISHED
Cliff Maddox NERFINISHED
Don Maddox NERFINISHED
Fred Maddox NERFINISHED
Henry Maddox NERFINISHED
Rose Maddox NERFINISHED
helpedDevelop Bakersfield sound NERFINISHED
influenced Buck Owens NERFINISHED
Merle Haggard NERFINISHED
instrumentation fiddle
guitar
steel guitar
upright bass
notableFor mixing traditional country with boogie and early rock elements
pioneering West Coast country music
notableMember Fred Maddox NERFINISHED
Rose Maddox NERFINISHED
notableWork “George’s Playhouse Boogie” NERFINISHED
“New Mule Skinner Blues” NERFINISHED
“Philadelphia Lawyer” NERFINISHED
“Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down” NERFINISHED
originatedAs family band
recordLabel 4 Star Records NERFINISHED
Columbia Records
Decca Records
styleCharacteristic comic banter
driving dance rhythms
flashy stage costumes
lively stage performances
vocalStyle close harmony singing

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Bakersfield sound notableArtist Maddox Brothers and Rose