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Otis Wilson "Joe" Maphis [1] (/ ˈ m eɪ f ɪ s / MAY-fis; May 12, 1921 – June 27, 1986), [2] was an American country music guitarist. He married singer Rose Lee Maphis in 1953 and they performed together. One of the flashiest country guitarists of the 1950s and 1960s, Joe Maphis was known as "The King of the Strings". [3]
Their hits in the 1950s as youngsters, such as "Hop, Skip and Jump", "Beetle Bug Bop" and "Hoy Hoy", were geared towards children, but their infectious singing and playing crossed over generations. Larry, a lightning-fingered guitar whiz at age ten, was known for playing a double-neck Mosrite guitar like his mentor, Joe Maphis.
Lawrence Collins (October 4, 1944 – January 5, 2024) was an American guitarist, best known for being a part of The Collins Kids duo with his sister Lorrie, being mentored by Joe Maphis, and for his fast and energetic playing.
Joe Maphis said he started the song after moving from barn dance shows in Virginia and Chicago to playing in a honky-tonk in Bakersfield, California, in a band that included Buck Owens on back-up vocals. [1] It is also said that Joe Maphis wrote the song one Saturday night (presumably in 1952) while driving home to Los Angeles from Bakersfield ...
The 10-piece Town Hall Party band featured Joe Maphis, Merle Travis, superb steel guitarist Marian Hall, Billy Hill and Fiddlin' Kate on violins, PeeWee Adams on drums, Jimmy Pruitt on piano, and other excellent musicians who created a Town Hall Party sound also heard on many country sessions produced by Columbia Records in Hollywood in the ...
Rose Lee Maphis (born Doris Helen Schetrompf; December 29, 1922 – October 26, 2021) was an American country singer and musician. She performed as a harmony singer and rhythm guitarist as a duo with her husband Joe Maphis. They were pioneers of the Bakersfield sound that developed in the mid-1950s. [1]
Joe Maphis (1984 "Legends") Rose Maphis (1984 "Legends") Damian "Junior Gong" Marley (2007) [6] Jimmy Martin (1990 "Will The Circle Be Unbroken") Steve Martin (2010 with Sarah Jarosz and Steep Canyon Rangers) Will T. Massey (1992) Masters of Bluegrass (1991) Kathy Mattea (1987, 1990, 1993) Dave Matthews (2000 with Emmylou Harris) Dave Matthews ...
Joe Maphis; Marcel; Krista Marie; Marie Sisters; Sarah Marince (born c. 1990) Chris Marion (born 1962) Cory Marks; Miko Marks; Marley's Ghost; Dylan Marlowe (born 1997) Kameron Marlowe (born 1997) Marshall Dyllon; The Marshall Tucker Band; Marshmello (born 1992) Linda Martell (born 1941) Brad Martin (1973–2022) Bryan Martin (born 1987) Dean ...