MADDOX, ROSE
(1925–1998)
MADDOX, ROSE (b. Roselea Arbana Brogdon, Boaz, Ala., August 15, 1925–April 5, 1998) Maddox was a HONKY-TONK singer of the late 1940s and early 1950s who performed with her family band as The Maddox Brothers and Rose , then switched to recording in a traditional BLUEGRASS setting. Maddox was one of the earliest powerhouse female vocalists, setting the stage for the success of KITTY WELLS a few years later. Rose's family, like many other Southerners and Westerners who had worked on farms…