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In the 1930s and 1940s, Rose Maddox and her brothers blazed a trail that would establish California as the centre of hardcore country excellence that would eventually spawn such important acts as Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and Wynn Stewart.
By the 1950s, Rose had become the inspiration to just about every young girl who wanted to sing country - from Wanda Jackson through Linda Ronstadt to Rosie Flores - and her influence on these and a vast number of others can never be overstated.
Rose was not yet fifty when she released her only Takoma album in 1975. yet her career had already spanned 40 years and 5 decades. Like many of her later recordings, it features her working with excellent bluegrass musicians - including Country Gazette/Flying Burrito Brothers fiddler Byron Berline - and singing a mixture of songs by contemporary writers such as Dolly Parton, Hillman Hall, Hoyt Axton and the aforementioned Merle Haggard.
Reckless Love And Bold Adventure" also features a number of selections written by Rose (under her 'real name, Roselea Brogdon) and her sister in law, Alta Troxel, plus remakes of two of her and her brothers' biggest selling records of the 1940s, the sacred 'Gathering Flowers For The Masters Bouquet' and 'Tramp On the Street'.
This album has been never been previously available on CD and has been out of print as a vinyl and cassette for more than a quarter of a century.
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