This Is Rose Maddox

Rose Maddox with the Vern Williams Band | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: September 25, 2007
• Label: Arhoolie Records
• Copyright: 2007 Arhoolie Productions Inc.
• Total Length: 41:28
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• ASIN: B0011UL534
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great comeback album...!, July 31, 2007

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Is Rose Maddox (Audio CD)

In the early 1980s Rose Maddox, a founding member of the West Coast country scene, an artist who in the 'Forties had pioneered the rollicking riotousness of rockabilly and helped define the bouncy, buoyant sound of California country, was still plugging away and playing local gigs up and down the state... After many years away from the studio she teamed up with the highly regarded Vern Williams bluegrass band for a couple of records that put her back on the map. This first album, a mostly-secular set packed with golden oldies such as "Dark As A Dungeon," "Ashes Of Love," "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" and "Single Girl," is a real doozy. The picking is fine but it's the authority and conviction with which Maddox sings that really makes this set hum. She is a masterful stylist, bringing each song to life so that listeners are completely drawn it. She had a great set of pipes, too -- a powerful performer in her fifth decade of country musicmaking. For some bluegrass fans -- and folks who dig her crazy-sounding older stuff -- this may be a bit low-key, but others will be entranced. Definitely worth checking out. (DJ Joe Sixpack)