The daughter of a concert violinist, Julie Maggiore, born Julie Beaver, began classical training on the violin at the age of four.  At 13 she switched to fiddling and also took up guitar, mandolin, and voclas.  By 15 she was playing honky-tonks as the fiddler for Monte Mills & the Lucky Horseshoe Band.  After graduating from Morro Bay High School in 1998, she left her small California beach town and moved to Levelland, Texas to study Commercial Music Performance at South Plains College, one of just two schools in the country to offer this type of program.  She graduated first in her calss in 2000, and transferred to Texas Tech University on a Livestock Judging Scholarship.

     Julie returned to California in 2002, bringing with her a bad case of the Texas blues.  By day she was finishing her Animal Science degree at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and by night playing wicked blues violin and singing in the local clubs.  In-between midterms and final exams, she toured internationally with singer/songwriter Darryl Purpose and collaborated with Grammy Award Winner Louie Orterga.  It wasn't long before her own group, Julie & the BadDogs, was booked up months in advance.  January 2006 brought the release of Julie's self-produced debut album Don't Wait Too Long, as well as a live CD and DVD in collaboaration with Purpose. 

    Today, Julie is balancing her two great passions in life: music and animals.  In addition to performing nearly every weekend, she works for the 4-H Youth Development Program and teaches violin lesssons out of Matt's Music in Paso Robles.  In spite of her busy schedule, Julie always finds time to ride her trusty old horse and is training a new filly for when he retires in the spring.

Julie with Martin Simpson, NAMM 2005