Rosie Flores Biography
Whether she sweetly croons western swing, weeps country, wails the blues, or yelps rockabilly, there are few roots music styles that Rosie Flores can't imbue with heartbreaking panache or foot-stomping fire. On stage she can play mellow acoustic or rambunctious lead electric guitars, and sell it with the freewheeling spirit of a rockabilly icon. The expressive Texas-born, California-raised singer-songwriter has refused to be stylistically pigeonholed. Although her eclectic ways have cost Flores a major label career, she has become an independent label icon with an international following.
Flores spent her first years in San Antonio, Texas, where she absorbed all manner of local sounds, including country and Tex-Mex. The early rock ’n' roll sounds of Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly particularly captured her youthful imagination. One of four children, Rosie was encouraged by her parents in her musical aspirations, and her father even began recording her at home. When she was 12 years old, the Flores family moved to San Diego, California, where young Rosie began to absorb a whole new set of influences.
"I tried to do like a country rock thing," Flores said in an interview. "I wanted to be like a female Gram Parsons. And, I really loved the Everly Brothers' harmony, which Gram Parsons had as well. Then, there was sort of the Byrds, but I thought the Byrds were too folk. I wanted to rock more."
Flores spent her first years in San Antonio, Texas, where she absorbed all manner of local sounds, including country and Tex-Mex. The early rock ’n' roll sounds of Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly particularly captured her youthful imagination. One of four children, Rosie was encouraged by her parents in her musical aspirations, and her father even began recording her at home. When she was 12 years old, the Flores family moved to San Diego, California, where young Rosie began to absorb a whole new set of influences.
"I tried to do like a country rock thing," Flores said in an interview. "I wanted to be like a female Gram Parsons. And, I really loved the Everly Brothers' harmony, which Gram Parsons had as well. Then, there was sort of the Byrds, but I thought the Byrds were too folk. I wanted to rock more."
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Born Rosie Durango Flores on September 30, 1950, in San Antonio, TX; son of Oscar (a postal worker) and Irene (a secretary) Flores.
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Address: Record company--Hightone, 220 4th St. #101, Oakland, CA 94607
Website: http://www.hightone.com
Website: http://www.hightone.com
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