Rosie Flores
b. 10 September 1950, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Flores's background accounts for the strong, Mexican influence in her brand of country music. When she was 12 years old, her family moved to San Diego, California and she subsequently became part of an all-girl psychedelic band, Penelope's Children. She was then backed by a punk band, the Screamers. Next came another all-girl cow-punk band, the Screamin' Sirens. In 1985, she was part of a compilation album of new country artists, A TOWN SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD, on which she sang Heartbreak Train with Albert Lee. Her first album for Reprise, ROSIE FLORES, was produced with Dwight Yoakam, but her biggest single on the US country charts, Crying Over You, only reached number 51. Dropped by Reprise, she re-emerged five years later on HighTone with AFTER THE FARM. Flores remains one of those Texas artists more popular as a cult performer in Europe than in her home country.