Referred to as ‘the Most Colorful Hillbilly Band in America’, the Maddox
Brothers and Rose were one of the most famous hillbilly groups of the genre.
Originally comprised of brothers Fred, Cal, Cliff, and Don Maddox with their
sister Rose, the family group’s members were all born in Boaz, Alabama. Along
with their parents and other siblings, the entire family moved to California via
train and hitchhiking, settling in Modesto. Although they had been playing music
for several years, they established themselves as a professional musical act in
1937, performing at talent shows which ...