Search - Artist/Band: Joe Maphis

• Name: Joe Maphis
• Birthday: 05/12/1921
• Birth Place: Suffolk, VA
• Died: 06/27/1986
• Decades Active: 1940,1950,1960,1970
• Genre: Country
• Styles: Instrumental Country, Traditional Country, Bakersfield Sound, Bluegrass, Traditional Bluegrass, Honky Tonk, Rockabilly

Title	Release
Cold Heart of Steel	11/10/2009
Hot Time in Nashville	02/07/2005
Flying Fingers WA	03/25/1997
Fire on the Strings WA	1957

Joe and Rose Maphis were a popular husband-and-wife act in the late '40s and early '50s, singing traditional material backed by the amazing instrumental talent of Joe, who played everything with strings on it, especially the twin-neck guitar. The honky-tonk anthem "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)" was their big hit. Until his death in 1986, Joe was a sessions instrumentalist, backing such stars as Rick Nelson, Tex Ritter, and Wanda Jackson. ~ David Vinopal, All Music Guide