The Maddox Brothers and Rose, immediately after they migrated from Alabama to California in 1933 (Kenneth, aka "Don Juan" Maddox, on the right, age 11 years in this photo). At this time they joined hundreds of other depression-era families who lived in abandoned drainage pipes in what was called "Pipe City" in Oakland, CA.
From left to right: Fred, Don, and Cal Maddox, live on stage mid-1950's. Previously unpublished photograph.
Below: Don Maddox and myself, Medford, Oregon, 2009.
Two things that everyone should own: the Arhoolie "America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band" CDs from the MB&R and Rose's biography by Jonny Whiteside.
ReplyDeleteIncredible pix, Deke, thanx, for all you do!
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