If you haven't yet discovered Rosie Flores.....

I’ve mixed and recorded hundreds of live shows (and a local TV interview show connected to monthly concert series) and when I got into the "coffee house" scene, not having been previously connected to it (except as a musician or attendee), it was a serious eye opener. The people I hadn’t paid much attention to or was oblivious of turned out to be some of the best, most talented, and most astonishing musicians I’d ever discovered. Julian Lage, Lucy Kaplanski, Ellis Paul, Anais Mitchell...I could go on and on...the "coffee house" world, or as a talented pro guitar friend called it "the unpopular music business," is amazing. Generally almost nobody makes any serious money (Ellis Paul had a song in a movie that paid for a house, Lage is doing great, Anais wrote the musical Hadestown and won dozens of Tony awards, but those are exceptions) but certainly not for lack of talent. Support that scene...if you don’t have a venue start one...

That's the one Eric.

I remember seeing her around 1984-1985, but am blank on where.

First thought was the Comeback Inn (Venice), but don't think so.

Anyway, thanks for the post (will look into her recordings).

DeKay

@dekay: The last time I saw Rosie live was in 2015, at Pappy And Harriets in Pioneertown, the infamous club associated with Gram Parsons, located in the foothills just north of the I-10 freeway that connects Palm Springs/Palm Desert and Los Angeles.

I went to see Jim Lauderdale, and Rosie was sitting at a table in the audience. Late in his set Jim called her up on stage, and she did a coupla songs. A feisty little singer, songwriter, and guitarist! I saw her a few times around L.A. over the years, and she never put on a less than joyous show. She sure doesn’t look her age (74), does she?

Her last album---Simple Case Of The Blues---features accompaniment from Kenny Vaughan (from Marty Stuart’s great band The Fabulous Superlatives, my current favorite combo) and Charlie Sexton on electric guitars, Dave Roe (Johnny Cashes last upright bassist) on bass, and Jimmy Lester (one-time member of Los Straitjackets, who accompany Nick Lowe on his new album) on drums. Whatta band!

@wolf_garcia 

The unpopular music business 

Clever! 

Unbeknownst to the general public, some of the best artists in the world fall into this category. We can count ourselves lucky, whatever the reason(s) might be in our individual cases, that we discovered such music.