O Sister, Where Art Thou?
In the early forties, eight inmates of the Goree prison unit formed one of the first all-female country and western acts in the country, capturing the hearts of millions of radio listeners. Then they nearly all vanished forever.
4 comments
October 9th, 2009 at 10:33pm
RT says:
This is a great story! For a current fantastic all woman band, check out Giddyup Kitty, they were great at the Telluride bluegrass festival this year.
August 6th, 2009 at 7:54am
twixle says:
If you dig deep enough into the past there is always a good story to find! Thank you so much Mr. Hollandsworth for all of your hard work and effort put into writing this wonderful story of our Texas history. It was a delight taking the time to read it and learn something new. These women tried a lifetime to get on with their lives and hide their past only for it to resurface years later and show what wonderful women they really were deep down inside.
August 5th, 2009 at 10:17pm
siska says:
I love this article, i really hope Jen will do well with this movie, i think and wish the director will bring this great story to life, so we can remember this group woman!
November 19th, 2008 at 3:02pm
awibird says:
This story is incredible. I have been a journalist/writer/editor for years, have a M.A in history, very rarely any more see a story that makes me wish I had written it. This one did. Awesome. I understand Jennifer Aniston plans to make a movie about the Goree girls band. Bully for her. My opinion of her just went up 1000 % (and it wasn't bad to start with.) I just love it when people dig out and publicize little known parts of our history, especially about people who face daunting odds. This story made me wish I had worked in that prison and helped those women, and that is the key to involvement in a story. If Aniston can capture that humanity it should be a dynamite movie. I hope it is not trivialized and Hollywoodized. Regardless, kudos to the guy who researched and wrote this haunting story. It inspired me to get on with projects I'm working on and see them to completion.
