Country singer, songwriter, and fiddle player Rose Maddox was born Roselea
Maddox in Boaz, Alabama on August 15, 1925. She is best known as being the
vocalist in sibling group Maddox Brothers and Rose. Nicknamed ‘the Original
Hillbilly Filly’ and ‘the Grandmother of Rockabilly’, Rose Maddox also had a
successful solo career that mixed hillbilly, gospel, and rockabilly. Although
born in Alabama, at the age of seven, Rose Maddox and her family relocated to
California. By the time she was 11, she was performing at talent shows with her
brothers Fred, Cal, Cliff, and Don, which led t...