Rose left her home state of Michigan and hit the road to pick apples and banjos, later dropping the apples and picking up various accordions, stringbass and tap shoes. Eventually our gal Rose saw the honkytonk light and an electrical outlet and then found a steel guitar hiding down in her knapsack. Ever since the day she hooked 'em all together, she's been on the road to honkytonk heaven.
Layin' down the twang in Girl Howdy, Rose plays a 1950's-era Carvin double-neck 8-string non-pedal steel guitar and loves the A6 tuning. She was a founding member of the Heartbeats Rhythm Quartet (with Tara Nevins, Beverly Smith and June Drucker), playing button accordion and banjo in the influential alt-trad band that toured extensively in the
U.S., Canada and Europe from 1986-96, and was featured on A Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, E-Town and Voice of America. Rose had the pleasure of touring as a multi-instrumentalist with Robin & Linda Williams, James Leva and Memory Theater, and currently, Rani Arbo &
Rose Sinclair
~ Steel & harmony vocals ~
Photo: Jack Rowell
Photo: Lisa Brande
Photo: Lisa Brande
Photo: Lisa Brande
