Rose Lee Maphis

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. was born Doris Helen Schetrompf on December 29, 1922, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Margaret Helen (Schriever) and Stanley Schetrompf. She grew up on a farm in Hagerstown where her family produced eggs and butter, sold Christmas trees and rented out cabins near the river that ran though their property. As a child, Maphis listened to the Grand Ole Opry. Rose attended business college after graduating high school in 1941.

Before performing with her husband, Maphis was featured in a female quartet, a western group called The Saddle Sweethearts, who often played the same bill as Gene Autry After performing with Saddle Sweethearts, she worked briefly for her father as a bookkeeper. She learned that Mother Maybelle and The Carter Sisters were leaving the Old Dominion Barn Dance and were looking for singers. She met her future husband Joe there.

The Maphises were best known for the self-penned honky-tonk standard "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)", which was originally recorded by Flatt and Scruggs.

Post-entertainment career After the death of her husband, she worked as a seamstress at Opryland theme park designing for such stars as Brenda Lee and Barbara Mandrell.

Rose's last public appearance was on August 7, 2021, in Cumberland, Maryland for a 100th birthday celebration for her late husband.

She died of kidney failure on October 26, 2021, in Nashville, Tennessee, at age 98. She had 3 children, Lorrie, Dale, and Jody. 1955 "I'm Willin' To Try / Let's Pull Together" 1959: "Fire On the Strings / I Love You Deeply" (A-side by Joe Maphis)

Mosrite Records 1966: "Send Me Your Love A.P.O. / Write Him A Letter" 1967: "Tunin' Up For The Blues / A Lifetime of Love" 1967: "Country Girl Courtship / Pickin' and Guitin'"

Starday Records 1964: "Hoot'n Annie / Remember I'm Just As Close As the Phone" 1965: "Hot Time in Nashville / I've Got To Take You Home" 1965: "Your Little Black Book / Don't Pass Me By" 1966: "Ridin' Down Ole 99 / Turn On The Bright Lights"

Chart Records 1969: "Gee Aren't We Lucky / Guitar Happy" 1970: "Run That By Me One More Time / I Don't Care" 1971: "Slippin', Pickin', Fiddlin' / If I'm Gonna Have Your Lovin'"

Albums 1961: Rose Lee Maphis 1962: Rose Lee & Joe Maphis (with Joe Maphis and the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys) 1964: Mr. and Mrs. Country Music (with Joe Maphis) 1964: Hootenanny Star 1978: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (with Joe Maphis) 1979: Boogie Woogie Flattop Guitar Pickin' Man (with Joe Maphis) 1980: Honky Tonk Cowboy (with Joe Maphis)