as 1937. Fred Maddox's bass is displayed at the Experience Music Project in Seattle. "They wanted his bass because they believe he might have hit the first note of rock 'n' roll on it." Don Maddox was the last surviving member of the band and lived in Ashland, Oregon. He experienced a career resurgence 50 years after his success with Maddox Bros and Rose, while he played at the Britt Festival in Jacksonville, Oregon, opening for Big and Rich, performing at the Muddy Roots festival in Cookeville, Tennessee, in 2011 and 2012, playing on the Marty Stuart show, and receiving a standing ovation show at the Grand Ole Opry. He also performed in Las Vegas at the first annual Rockabilly Rockout at the Gold Coast Casino on October 5, 2014. Don Maddox died on September 12, 2021, at the age of 98. Band members Cliff Maddox (born May 19, 1912, Boaz, Alabama – died August 8, 1949, Modesto, California) Cal Maddox (born November 3, 1915, Boaz, Alabama – died July 2, 1968, Jackson County, Oregon) Fred Maddox (born July 3, 1919, Boaz, Alabama – died October 29, 1992, Kern, California) Don Maddox (born December 7, 1922, Boaz, Alabama – died September 12, 2021) Rose Maddox (born August 15, 1925, Boaz, Alabama – died April 15, 1998, Ashland, Oregon) Henry Maddox (born March 19, 1928, Boaz, Alabama – died June 11, 1974, Ashland, Oregon) Bud Duncan (born March 18, 1928, Pollard, Arkansas) Discography A Collection of Standard Sacred Songs (King, 1959) Maddox Bros. and Rose (King, 1960) I'll Write Your Name In the Sand (King, 1961) Maddox Brothers and Rose (Wrangler, 1962) Go Honky Tonkin! (Hilltop, 1965) America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band, v.1 (Arhoolie, 1976 [LP]; 1993 [CD]) America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band, v.2 (Arhoolie, 1976 [LP]; 1995 [CD]) Old Pals of Yesterday (Picc-A-Dilly, 1980) On the Air, v.1 (Arhoolie, 1983 [LP]; 1996 [CD]) Maddox Bros. and Rose: Columbia Historic Edition (Columbia, 1984) On the Air, v.2 (Arhoolie, 1985 [LP]; 1996 [CD]) Live - On the Radio (Arhoolie, 1996) recorded 1953 The Hillbilly Boogie Years (Rockateer, 1996) all Columbia recordings The Most Colorful Hillbilly Band in America (Bear Family, 1998) 4-CD set A Proper Introduction to Maddox Brothers & Rose: That'll Learn Ya Durn Ya (Proper, 2004) References External links Biography of the Maddox Brothers and Rose Photo, discography, label shots and samples Additional samples and label shots Recordings of appearances