APPEARANCES for Texas Jailhouse Music: A Prison Band History

  • BOOKPEOPLE (Austin, TX). Wednesday May 4, 2016. 7:00PM.

  • TEXAS PRISON MUSEUM (Huntsville, TX). Saturday May 7, 2016. 2:00PM.

  • WILD DETECTIVES (Dallas, TX). SATURDAY May 14, 2016. 4:00PM.

  • CALFKILLER BOOK LAUNCH (Holiday Inn-Vanderbilt/Downtown) --for the International Country Music Conference (Nashville, TN). Wednesday May 25, 2016. 5:00PM. 

  • BRAZOS BOOKSTORE (Houston, TX). Saturday June 11, 2016. 7:00PM.

  • BOOKWOMAN (AUSTIN, TX). TUESDAY JUNE 28, 2016. 7:00PM.

  • ANTONE'S RECORDS w/ roger wallace! -  (AUSTIN, TX). SATURDAY JULY 31, 2016. 3:00PM.

  • BARNES & NOBLE - SUNSET VALLEY (AUSTIN, TX). SATURDAY AUGust 20, 2016. 2:00PM.

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LECTURES.

Caroline is highly experienced at public speaking, with past lectures and presentations for many organizations. Here are a few of her past talks:

“The Welded Chain That Binds: One Family’s Journey from Prison Cell to Opry Stage.”  International Country Music Conference (ICMC), Nashville, Tennessee. May 25, 2012.

“Ninety-Nine Years Blues: Country Music in the Louisiana State Penitentiary.” Louisiana Studies Conference (LSC),  Natchitoches, Louisiana. September 23, 2012.

“Big Creek Farmer’s Girls: The Poe Sisters and the Grand Ole Opry." ICMC, Nashville, Tennessee. May 24, 2013.

"Louisiana Hayride: The Women Who Played the Hayride." with Kevin Fontenot, SAGE Lecture Series, McNeese University. Lake Charles, Louisiana. April 28, 2014.

“Pardon Me if I’m Sentimental:  Radio and Texas Prison Bands in the New Deal Era.” Gulf South History & Humanities Conference (GSHHC), Galveston, Texas. October 10, 2014.

"Gonna Be Better Times: The Story of Al Urban, Texas Rockabilly Legend and (Un)Successful Country Songwriter." ICMC, Nashville, Tennessee. May 22, 2015.

"Blood on the Strings: Lewis "Lefty" Franklin, Texas Champion Fiddler and Murderer." ICMC. Nashville, Tennessee. May 27, 2016.