America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band

They called themselves “America’s Most Colorful Hillbilly Band” and performed from the mid-1930s until the mid-1950s. Fronted by singing sister Rose, the Maddox brothers—Fred, Cal, Cliff, and Don (brother Henry replaced Cliff, who died in 1949)—played and sang a range of music that included country, Western, boogie-woogie, and honky-tonk; they lumped the styles together into the catchall category of hillbilly music. This compilation is selected from recordings made between 1946 and 1951 and includes Woody Guthrie’s “Philadelphia Lawyer” and their theme song, “I Want to Live and Love.”

Track Listing

101	George's Playhouse Boogie	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:45
102	Midnight Train	Maddox Brothers and Rose	03:05
103	Shimmy Shakin' Daddy	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:11
104	Careless Driver	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:49
105	Move It on Over	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:46
106	Whoa Sailor	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:36
107	Milk Cow Blues	Maddox Brothers and Rose	03:10
108	Mean and Wicked Boogie	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:39
109	Brown Eyes	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:58
110	Honky Tonkin'	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:27
111	Time Nor Tide	Maddox Brothers and Rose	03:09
112	New Muleskinner Blues	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:10
113	Philadelphia Lawyer	Maddox Brothers and Rose	03:15
114	Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:18
115	When I Lay My Burden Down	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:16
116	Hangover Blues	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:37
117	Water Baby Boogie	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:09
118	Dark as the Dungeon	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:23
119	Mule Train	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:56
120	Oklahoma Sweetheart Sally Ann	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:15
121	Faded Love	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:41
122	New Step It up and Go	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:28
123	(Pay Me) Alimony	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:12
124	I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:13
125	Your Love Light Never Shone	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:02
126	Meanest Man in Town	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:33
127	I Want to Live and Love	Maddox Brothers and Rose	02:05