The Maddox Brothers and Rose - Vol. 1
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The Maddox Brothers and Rose – Vol. 1; America’s Most Colorful Hillbilly Band, Their Original Recordings 1946-1951 is a re-issue of recordings by Maddox Brothers and Rose
Maddox Brothers and Rose
The Maddox Brothers and Rose, known as America’s Most Colorful Hillbilly Band from the 1930s to the 1950s, consisted of four brothers, Fred, Cal, Cliff and Don Maddox, along with their sister Rose. Cliff died in 1949 and was replaced by brother Henry...

 during the years 1946 through 1951.

Track listing

  1. "George’s Playhouse Boogie" – 2:45
  2. "Midnight Train" – 3:05
  3. "Shimmy Shakin’ Daddy" – 2:11
  4. "Careless Driver" – 2:49
  5. "Move It On Over" – 2:46
  6. "Whoa Sailor" – 2:36
  7. "Milk Cow Blues" – 3:10
  8. "Mean and Wicked Boogie" – 2:39
  9. "Brown Eyes – 2:58
  10. "Honky Tonkin’" – 2:27
  11. "Time Nor Tide" – 3:02
  12. "New Mule Skinner Blues"† – 2:10
  13. "Philadelphia Lawyer
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    " – 3:15
  14. "Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down" – 2:18
  15. "When I Lay My Burden Down" – 2:16
  16. "Hangover Blues" – 2:37
  17. "Water Baby Boogie" – 2:09
  18. "Dark as a Dungeon
    Dark as a Dungeon
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    " – 2:23
  19. "Mule Train" – 2:56
  20. "Oklahoma Sweetheart Sally Ann" – 2:15
  21. "Faded Love" – 2:41
  22. "New Step It Up and Go" – 2:28
  23. "(Pay Me) Alimony" – 2:12
  24. "I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again" – 2:13
  25. "Your Love Light Never Shone" – 2:02
  26. "Meanest Man in Town" – 2:33
  27. "I Want to Live and Love" – 2:05

† Track 12 is actually "I Want to Live and Love", although a different version than track 27.

Artists

  • Rose Maddox - lead vocals.
  • Cliff Maddox - mandolin (until 1949).
  • Fred Maddox - bass and lead vocals.
  • Henry Maddox - mandolin and lead guitar (after 1949).
  • Don Maddox - fiddle and lead vocals.
  • Cal Maddox - rhythm guitar and harmonica.
  • Bud Duncan - steel guitar.

  • Lead guitar: Jimmy Winkle, Roy Nichols, or Gene Breeden.
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