Interview with Don Maddox, April 2010

Partial Transcript: [Bluegrass music plays and people shout]--Oh yeah. I want to live and love.

Segment Synopsis: The short film of Don Maddox is introduced. The song "I Want to Live and Love" by Maddox Brothers and Rose plays in the background. Photos from the Maddox Family Ranch are shown.

Keywords: Directors; Family; I Want to Live and Love (Song); Live performances; Maddox Brothers and Rose (Artist); Maddox Family Ranch; Rose Maddox (Artist)

Subjects: Ashland (Or.); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Brothers; Childhood; Early life; Farms; International Bluegrass Music Museum; Maddox Brothers & Rose; Maddox, Don; Music--Performance.; Musical performance; Photographs; Short films; Siblings; Singing; Sisters; Songs

Partial Transcript: People tell me all the time that--that we're the--what do you call them? When the--when the rock and roll first introduced?

Segment Synopsis: Maddox considers the influence of Maddox Brothers and Rose on rock music and rockabilly music.

Keywords: Band influences; Bluegrass music; Country music; Maddox Brothers and Rose (Artist); Music; Rock 'n' roll; Rockabilly music; Rose Maddox (Artist)

Subjects: Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Brothers; Clothing and dress; Influences; International Bluegrass Music Museum; Maddox Brothers & Rose; Music--Performance.; Musical performance; Musicians; Rock music; Sisters; Slogans; Style, Musical

Partial Transcript: And we played a package show down in Beaumont, Texas--package, you know, that's different artists on the same show.

Segment Synopsis: Maddox recalls an encounter with Elvis Presley during a package tour show in Beaumont, Texas.

Keywords: Bellbottoms; Bluegrass music; Country music; Elvis Presley (Artist); Jackets; Maddox Brothers and Rose (Artist); Music tours; Package shows; Reeves, Jim (Artist); Rhinestone jackets; Rose Maddox (Artist); Slim Whitman (Artist); Sonny James (Artist); Stage clothes; Street clothes

Subjects: Auditoriums; Beaumont (Tex.); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Brothers; Clothing and dress; International Bluegrass Music Museum; Jackets; Maddox Brothers & Rose; Music--Performance.; Musical performance; Musicians; Sisters; Touring

Partial Transcript: Uh--from the--uh--from the Sons of the Pioneers, from Gene Autry, and from Roy Rogers, and we found the tailor that did--that did--did their--uh--costume for them.

Segment Synopsis: Maddox describes Maddox Brothers & Rose's rhinestone stage outfits, who designed them, and who was later credited as the designer.

Keywords: Bluegrass music; Country music; Custom outfits; Gene Autry (Artist); Maddox Brothers and Rose (Artist); Nudie Cohn (Artist); Rhinestone clothing; Rhinestone outfits; Rhinestones; Rogers, Roy (Artist); Rose Maddox (Artist); Sons of the Pioneers (Artist); Stage outfits

Subjects: Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Brothers; Clothing and dress; Costume designers; Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.); International Bluegrass Music Museum; Maddox Brothers & Rose; Music--Performance.; Musical performance; North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.); Sister; Tailors

Partial Transcript: [Bluegrass music plays]--Here we go.

Segment Synopsis: A recording of the song "New Step It Up and Go" by Maddox Brothers and Rose plays, with Don Maddox on the vocals.

Keywords: Audio recordings; Bluegrass bands; Bluegrass music; Country music; Maddox Brothers and Rose (Artist); Maddox, Rose (Artist); Music recording; New Step it Up and Go (Song); Vocalists; Vocals

Subjects: Ashland (Or.); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Brothers; International Bluegrass Music Museum; Maddox Brothers & Rose; Music; Music--Performance.; Musical performance; Singing; Sisters; Songs

Partial Transcript: Well at my age, I can't remember anything anymore, so I got the list of some--uh--songs on the back of my fiddle so when I can't think of them, I can just look back there.

Segment Synopsis: Maddox describes his fiddle and how he obtained it. Maddox shares some stories of his fiddle over the years.

Keywords: Bluegrass music; Country music; Fiddle players; Fiddles; Herman Macwood fiddles; Instrument damages; Instrument quality; Instrument repairs; Maddox Brothers and Rose (Artist); Music tours; Musical instruments; Rose Maddox (Artist); Sound recordings

Subjects: Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Brothers; History; International Bluegrass Music Museum; Maddox Brothers & Rose; Music--Performance.; Musical performance; Sisters; Storytelling; Violinists; Violins

Partial Transcript: And somebody told me one day that they had--uh--a cutout, a full--full-life cutout Rose poster down there in the--in the historical museum and--and I hadn't seen it, so I--I went in there to see it one day.

Segment Synopsis: Maddox describes what it is like to be the last living member of Maddox Brothers and Rose. The short film ends with a slideshow of photos with Maddox Brothers and Rose music playing in the background.

Keywords: Bluegrass music; Country music; Galleries; Maddox Brothers and Rose (Artist); Photo reels; Rose Maddox (Artist); Sound recordings

Subjects: Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Brothers; Fame; Families; International Bluegrass Music Museum; Interpersonal relationships; Maddox Brothers & Rose; Museums; Music--Performance.; Musical performance; Photographs; Recognition; Siblings; Sisters; Storytelling