Otis "Joe" Maphis

Otis Wilson "Joe" Maphis (May 12, 1921 – June 27, 1986), was an American country music guitarist. He married singer Rose Lee Maphis in 1953 and they performed together, later referred to as "Mr & Mrs Country Music". One of the flashiest country guitarists of the 1950s and 1960s, Joe Maphis was known as "The King of the Strings". He was able to play many stringed instruments with great facility. However, he specialized in dazzling guitar virtuosity.

Birth and Death Data: Born May 12, 1921 (Suffolk), Died June 27, 1986

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1944

Roles Represented in DAHR: violin

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	71963	10-in.	4/10/1944	Smile and drive your blues away	Patsy Montana	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	71964	10-in.	4/10/1944	I don't want anyone but you	Patsy Montana	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	71965	10-in.	4/10/1944	Good night soldier	Patsy Montana	instrumentalist, violin
Decca	71966	10-in.	4/10/1944	I've done the best I could	Patsy Montana	instrumentalist, violin

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Maphis, Otis "Joe"," accessed November 12, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/329396.

Maphis, Otis "Joe". (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 12, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/329396.

"Maphis, Otis "Joe"." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 12 November 2024.