Rosie Flores
Encyclopedia
Rosie Flores is a rockabilly
and country music
artist of Mexican American
heritage. 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.
In 1995, she joined Wanda Jackson
on a coast-to-coast North American tour.
She has appeared on Austin City Limits
and Late Night with Conan O'Brien
.
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
and country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
artist of Mexican American
Mexican American
Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent. As of July 2009, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States...
heritage. Her music blends rockabilly
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
, honky tonk
Honky tonk
A honky-tonk is a type of bar that provides musical entertainment to its patrons...
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, and Western swing
Western swing
Western swing music is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands...
along with traditional influences from her Tex-Mex heritage. She currently resides in Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, where August 31 was declared Rosie Flores Day by the Austin City Council in 2006.
In 1995, she joined Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson
Wanda Lavonne Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist who had success in the mid-1950s and 60s as one of the first popular female rockabilly singers and a pioneering rock and roll artist...
on a coast-to-coast North American tour.
She has appeared on Austin City Limits
Austin City Limits
Austin City Limits is an American public television music program recorded live in Austin, Texas by Public Broadcasting Service Public television member station KLRU, and broadcast on many PBS stations around the United States...
and Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. Late Night aired weeknights at 12:37 am...
.
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 Pine Valley Cosmonauts -History:The group was initiated by Jon Langford as a covers group, with a constantly shifting repertory and cast of backing members. The name was first used for Langford's 1995 album of Johnny Cash cover songs... ) |
Bloodshot |
Singles
| Year | Single | US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "I'm Walkin'" | single only | |
| 1987 | "Crying Over You" | 51 | Rosie Flores |
| 1988 | "Somebody Loes, Somebody Wins" | 67 | |
| "He Cares" | 74 | single only |
External links
- http://www.rockabillyhall.com/RosieFlores.html
- http://www.rosieflores.com
- http://larecord.com/interviews/2009/08/26/rosie-flores-interview-then-you-can-kill-me/
- http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A517627