Hello! Thanks for stoping by~
I've been hard at work this year finishing the final touches on the Janis Martin recording’s which would not be possible without the kickstarter.com funding and a certain record label’s involvement of which I will hopefully announce by name soon. The Cd’s and Vinyl will be manufactured this Spring and are being mastered this month by Joe Gastwick in LA under the title “The Blanco Sessions”. Producing this record in 2007 was a dream come true for me and drummer Bobby Trimble (Modern Don Juans, Big Sandy,The Ugly Beats). As many rockabilly fans know, Janis passed away shortly after she recorded the sessions in Blanco Texas, this was supposed to be her comeback CD. I had been coaxing her to record with me for 10 years! We are now getting close to releasing an amazing 11 song masterpiece of some of her favorite rock n roll songs that she hand picked. Together with Trimble we found some cool rock songs that she loved performing live. Some were originally recorded by the likes of Ruth Brown, Ronnie Dawson and Dave Alvin to name a few. The CD will be released to the public this spring after the kickstarter donaters are taken care of first. Finally her fans around the world will be able to hear her incredible vocals which are so chilling that it will make the hair stand up on the back of your neck. I want other rock n roll female musicians to discover her vocals and songwriting so that they can be inspired as much as I was through the years.

The Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland was completely awesome to me this year when they invited me to bring

in my multi media performance on January 25th with a 64 picture slide show of Janis’ life. With a live band of stellar musicians featuring Marti Brom and myself on vocals, we had a blast telling stories about Janis and her life. In an era where Wanda Jackson, Jerry Lee, and Elvis were the kings and queens of early rock n roll, Janis (who was called The Female Elvis) was also a very integral part of the group of young artists who helped give birth to rock n roll back in the mid to late 1950's. I feel that it's so very important to help preserve her name as one of those early pioneers of female rockabilly and rock n roll by bringing this awesome recording out to her old fans as well as the new ones discovering her each and everyday. If you do not know about Janis Martin, I suggest that you take some time to google her and check her out on youtube and the internet to discover for yourself what made her a rare and special artist to the end.


Other news: I am in the middle of recording a brand new Rosie CD, it’s a rocker and I hope to have it out this year, so keep checking back here to see when that will be released on Bloodshot Records. I’ll be hitting the road to bring the Janis Tribute to a theater hopefully near you and will be performing with my band too. So please ck the tour dates here for more information. I will try to be better at keeping up here so thanks for stopping by my website as well as, FB, Twitter etc. to find out what’s new and exciting this year. Keep the faith and stay true to yourself.

Cheers, The Rockabilly Filly~ ROSIE FLORES