The Goree Girl All String Band playing at the Texas Prison Rodeo in the 1940s.

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This image shows the Goree Girl All String Band playing at the Texas Prison Rodeo in the 1940s. The Goree Girl All String Band, was a band of all female inmates, housed in the Goree Unit, in Huntsville Texas. [1] The group was widely known and were heard weekly on the WBAP radio station, airing across North Texas. [1] The was started by inmate Reable Childs, and she was inspired by the station’s show, “Thirty minutes Behind the Walls,” which gave the audience a peek into the prison system in Texas. [1] The eight women band had singers, acoustic guitars, fiddle, banjo, and a steel guitar. [1] The band played country and western and they were the first all women country band in Texas. [1] However, after they were released from prison, they did not further their musical careers. [1] | Source: [1] Fanning , Rhonda , and Leah Scarpelli. 2016. “Why a Famous All-Women Prison String Band Faded into Obscurity.” Texas Standard. December 22, 2016. https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/why-a-famous-all-women-prison-string-band-faded-into-obscurity/.
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[1] Fanning , Rhonda , and Leah Scarpelli. 2016. “Why a Famous All-Women Prison String Band Faded into Obscurity.” Texas Standard. December 22, 2016. https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/why-a-famous-all-women-prison-string-band-faded-into-obscurity/.
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