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Rosie Flores
Born (1950-09-10) September 10, 1950 (age 74)
OriginSan Antonio, Texas
GenresAmeripolitan, country, rockabilly, honky-tonk, Western swing
Occupation(s)Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, Guitar
Years active1968–present
LabelsReprise
HighTone
Rounder
Watermelon
Eminent
Durango Rose
Emergent
Bloodshot Records
WebsiteOfficial Site

Rosie Flores (born September 10, 1950 in San Antonio, Texas) is a rockabilly and country music artist. Her music blends rockabilly, honky tonk, jazz, and Western swing along with traditional influences from her Tex-Mex heritage. She currently resides in Austin, Texas, where August 31 was declared Rosie Flores Day by the Austin City Council in 2006.[1]

Biography

Rosie Flores was born in San Antonio, Texas, where she lived until the age of twelve, when her family moved to San Diego. In interviews, Flores has recalled that growing up, she loved to watch musical television shows like The Dick Clark Show and Hit Parade. She began singing as a young child, and her brother, Roger, taught her to play rhythm guitar when she was a teenager.[2]

Flores formed her first band, Penelope’s Children, while still in high school in California.[3] In the 1970s, Flores played the San Diego nightclub circuit and was the namesake of the alt country band Rosie and the Screamers. After leaving the Screamers, she joined a "cow-punk," all-female band called Screamin' Sirens in the 1980s.[4] The latter band produced a series of 7-inch singles and tracks for compilation albums before releasing a single full-length recording in 1987, an album called Voodoo.

Flores's self-titled solo debut came out on Warner Bros./Reprise in 1987. The single, “Crying Over You”, put her on the Billboard charts for the first time.[5] Since then, Flores has recorded ten additional solo albums.

Flores has toured widely, appearing in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. In 1995, she joined Wanda Jackson on a coast-to-coast North American tour,[6] and she toured as a member of Asleep at the Wheel in 1997.[7] She has also traveled with a concert tribute she created to honor Janis Martin, a program which she performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum among other places.[8] In 2012, she was part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's tribute to Chuck Berry.[9] Her media appearances include Austin City Limits and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and she had a cameo role in the 1993 film The Thing Called Love.

In addition to her work as a performer and songwriter, Flores has helped to revive the careers of female rockabilly musicians from previous generations and to create new interest in their music. Her album Rockabilly Filly, released on Hightone Records in 1995, included vocals from early rock and roll musicians Janis Martin and Wanda Jackson.[10] In 2007, Flores brought Janis Martin to a recording studio in Blanco, Texas, to record what would be both Martin's first solo album in thirty years as well as her last before her death of cancer.[11] After the project was turned down by a number of record labels, Flores raised more than $16,000 on Kickstarter to release the album, which was titled Janis Martin: The Blanco Sessions. Flores is credited as a producer.[12]

Discography

Albums

Year Album US Country Label
1987 Rosie Flores 67 Reprise
1989 After the Farm HighTone
1993 Once More with Feeling
1995 Rockabilly Filly
1996 Honky Tonk Reprise Rounder
1997 A Little Bit of Heartache Watermelon
1999 Dance Hall Dreams Rounder
2001 Speed of Sound Eminent
2004 Bandera Highway HighTone
Single Rose Durango Rose
2005 Christmasville Emergent
2009 Girl of the Century
(with The Pine Valley Cosmonauts) 		Bloodshot
2012 Working Girl's Guitar

Singles

Year Single US Country Album
1986 "I'm Walkin'" single only
1987 "Crying Over You" 51 Rosie Flores
1988 "Somebody Loses, Somebody Wins" 67
"He Cares" 74 single only

Awards and Nominations

Year Association Category Nominated Work Result
1986 Academy of Country Music Top New Female Vocalist Herself Nominated
1997 Country Music Association Vocal Group of the Year Asleep at the Wheel Nominated
1997 Country Music Association Instrumental Group of the Year Asleep at the Wheel Nominated
1997 Academy of Country Music Band of the Year (touring) Asleep at the Wheel Won
1997 Academy of Country Music Top Vocal Group Asleep at the Wheel Won
2007 Peabody Awards N/A Whole Lotta Shakin' Won
2014 Ameripolitan Music Awards Honky Tonk Female Herself Won
2014 Ameripolitan Music Awards Rockabilly Female Herself Won

References

  1. ^ Closed Caption Log, Council Meeting, 08/31/06
  2. ^ Hudson, Kathleen (2013). Women in Texas Music: Stories and Songs. University of Texas Press. pp. 69–73. ISBN 0292752865.
  3. ^ Davis, John T. "Rosie Flores Still Rockin'". Austin Woman Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. ^ Gary Indiana, "Screamin' Sirens," Flipside, whole no. 49 (Summer 1986), pp. 18-19.
  5. ^ Arnold, Thomas K (September 16, 1987). "TWO SINGERS HOPE ALL IS 'ROSIE' ON THE COMEBACK TRAIL : Flores Comes Full Circle, Returns to Traditional Country". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  6. ^ Rosie Flores Official Web Site
  7. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2213&dat=19970412&id=JagkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bjoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2228,1441285
  8. ^ "Rosie Flores: A Tribute to Janis Martin". rockhall.org. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  9. ^ Yarborough, Chuck (October 26, 2012). "Rock Hall's Chuck Berry American Music Masters tribute: Range of performers paying homage to '50s pioneer". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Rockabilly Filly Overview". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  11. ^ "Janis Martin, 'The Female Elvis,' Returns". NPR Music. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  12. ^ Flores, Rosie. "JANIS MARTIN " The Female Elvis", Final Recording Sessions". Kickstarter. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
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